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[–] Dagnet@lemmy.world 153 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (9 children)

Turns out that putting a 50% tariff on the biggest coffee producer in the world (to try to interfere with Bolsonaro's trial) raises the price of coffee, who would've thunk

[–] hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com 30 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Price of the coffee is the smallest part of that cup of coffee though, probably less than a dollar. The vast majority of it is everything else from facilities to work and leeches cutting their profits

[–] Atherel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 50 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yes but every middleman will add as much as possible to profit and blame it on the tariffs.

[–] WanderingThoughts@europe.pub 11 points 1 day ago

"Preemptive tariff compensation".

[–] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

They’re putting huge tariffs on Switzerland too. Which makes the grinders and other shit Starbucks uses to make coffee in its shops.

However, I’m pretty sure roasted beans and ground coffee at the grocery store is just price fixed to the cost of a cup at the megacorp coffee shops at this point.

Fuck this place. And fuck it’s coffee industry.

[–] coyootje@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago

Yeah, just waiting for the record profits of the coffee importers and processing plants.

[–] MisterFrog@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Are we sure this person isn't buying instant granules? At least to my Australian brain, a 25 fl oz cup of coffee (~739 mL in real units), is a patently insane size to buy from a cafe.

[–] Revan343@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago

Are we sure this person isn't buying instant granules?

Yes

a 25 fl oz cup of coffee

They aren't buying that either; they are buying a 25 oz (~700g) container of coffee beans, most likely pre-ground

[–] hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 day ago

That's probably a fill for a thermos, but yeah that's a proper size coffee.

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