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Spruce
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I’m curious about coffee - the national beverage (so I understand) of the US.

I didn’t want to hijack Dan S’s thread on watch imports to the US but, having read that nearly all the coffee drunk in the US is imported, and not being able to find out elsewhere, I thought I’d ask on OF if the cost of coffee in the US will cost (much) more consequent to the new tariffs?
 
Dan S
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Haha, my wife and I were just talking about what we should stock up on, and coffee was the first thing on our list. We don't eat much chocolate, but that would also be an obvious thing to buy. Wine/liquor, also. I'm fine with domestic wine and bourbon, but I suspect we will see a secondary rise in those domestic "equivalents" also.

I suspect we're going to see a lot of empty shelves in the coming weeks.
 
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Spruce Spruce
I’m curious about coffee - the national beverage (so I understand) of the US.

I didn’t want to hijack Dan S’s thread on watch imports to the US but, having read that nearly all the coffee drunk in the US is imported, and not being able to find out elsewhere, I thought I’d ask on OF if the cost of coffee in the US will cost (much) more consequent to the new tariffs?
Prices have quadrupled in 5 years time, safe to say it will keep costing more with or without tariffs:

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YY77 YY77
Prices have quadrupled in 5 years time, safe to say it will keep costing more with or without tariffs:

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They'll have to change the name of that coffee variety "Arabica".....a certain someone wont like that! 🤣
 
sheepdoll
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Coffee can be grown in parts of California. I looked into it once since I like growing stuff in the garden. Can not remember if the resulting price was 25 or 100USD a cup.

Wasabi is another interesting plant to grow. I sometimes get distracted watching You T vids on that subject. Current project is rooting fig trees.

Chocolate on the other hand ...
 
Walrus
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Anyone ever try “mushroom coffee”? I wasn’t thinking of it so much for the cost savings but I’m interested in the health benefits I just can’t see it tasting that good.
 
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Businesses normally price in future expectation months in advance of things that will increase prices (if known). I noticed that most of the Portland and Washington area Roasters increase their prices roughly $2 per 12 ounce bag or per pound (bulk) at retail immediately after the election. In most cases it worked out pretty close to a 15% increase. I haven't noticed any increases since then, but additional price increases would not surprise me.
 
140dave
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Coffee is grown domestically both in Hawaii and Santa Barbara, California. Neither in enough volume to sustain our buzz.

But, my Lavazza beans actually dropped in price today, -8%. Go figure. 🧐
 
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ErichPryde ErichPryde
Not my favorite cup.
I had a customer send me some once and honestly it was very good…
 
Pastorbottle
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Unfortunately the crops for such products as coffee and chocolate require two factors to be done on an economic scale one is of course climate, the conditions need to be just right for good yields and the other sadly, is cheep labour....the poor bastards get little in return for their efforts.
 
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I had a customer send me some once and honestly it was very good…
My wife is from the Philippines and we sometimes get the civet coffee as a present. It has always been really good. If you don't think about it too much.
 
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My wife is from the Philippines and we sometimes get the civet coffee as a present. It has always been really good. If you don't think about it too much.

I'm not so worried about the processing aspect (other than ethically). It just doesn't impress me- especially for the price. I've had better coffee for significantly less. Origin is an important part of the story, but the roaster is perhaps just as important (that's probably actually an advantage that Kopi luwak has, It generally doesn't suffer bad roasters).

But, just my take.
 
pdxleaf
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Tariffs will likely raise the cost of coffee, which will suck. Climate change will likely kill the coffee plant, which will suck more.
 
p4ul
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pdxleaf pdxleaf
Tariffs will likely raise the cost of coffee, which will suck. Climate change will likely kill the coffee plant, which will suck more.
Not so sure about that.

Southern English ‘champagne’ now beats the genuine french in blind tastings, likely coffee will be similar
maybe the US will able to grow more but the cheap labour issue stands.
 
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Walrus Walrus
Anyone ever try “mushroom coffee”? I wasn’t thinking of it so much for the cost savings but I’m interested in the health benefits I just can’t see it tasting that good.
I’ve heard good things about mudwtr, but I’ve never tried it
 
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Not so sure about that.

Southern English ‘champagne’ now beats the genuine french in blind tastings, likely coffee will be similar
maybe the US will able to grow more but the cheap labour issue stands.
Grapes and coffee are different..
 
p4ul
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Grapes and coffee are different..
They are, but both are fruit plants, grapes from vines and coffee beans are the seeds of a type of cherry as far as I was aware? As climate changes different plants thrive in the changed environment. No?
 
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Can’t see them raising tariffs on Civet shit.
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I wanna know who saw a civert having a shit and thought: "I know that shit looks like it'd be a tasty brew" and how many different kind of animal turds did they go through to end up settling on the civert?
 
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