The Price of Coffee ** A non political Observation **

[SMSgt]

Do you realize how many countries sell coffee beans?

 

[pasound]

Most of the coffee coming in from Central and South America comes through one gigantic coffee port/warehouse complex in New Orleans. The speculators control the prices more than any other factor.

 

[oldbrownhat]

I buy roasted beans from Peet's and Starbuck's, but often get 3 Coracaos from Brasil (where my dad and Brasileira stepmother are right now, in fact):
https://youtu.be/O5EH-Sx11zA?si=JFyQkfhPK1dNs-J1&t=8

Well, if we're going to sing about the stuff, let's go back to 1940:
[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iP6IUqrFHjw[/ame]

 

[steelslaver]

Hawaii grows coffee alright, but their output is so low it sells for over 3 times that of bulk producers. So the US is the worlds largest importer of coffee. The weather in the majority of coffee producing areas has not been ideal so out put will be down. butt, I have already bought several hundred pound of raw been, which keep better than roasted.

 

[quikdraw67]

Canadian coffee?

Whodathunk.

Tim Horton's. We drink it every morning. Better than any of the other grocery store coffees IMHO.

 

[pharmer]

We have been using "Gold Star" medium roast Kona for a couple years. Not as good as "Blue Horse" ($60/lb) but starts the day right and affordable ($17/lb). Even at $60/lb you are into a whole pot for $4, definitely beating the coffee house prices. Joe

 

[THE PILGRIM]

Was recently down at my local Coffee Roaster.
They had 3-4 tons of Coffee Beans in the parking lot on pallets.
Coffee beans are shipped in Burlap bags heavily stenciled with all kinds of info. I should have taken some pics! A light rain was falling. The Beans were plastic covered.
The coffee that I have made fun of is an old and respected name.
But people, do you really want to drink MySore Coffee?
India Mysore Coffee
– Simpson & Vail

 

[The Norseman]

Beans

Even if Tariffs took affect, markets will adjust.
There are different producers, consumers seek
substitute products, price decreases, and other
Companies would take advantage of others
misfortune, people want in on American markets.

Recall what happened to Bud Light. They didn't
have a tariff but similar consequences.

 

[500hunter]

And so so worth it.

But most of it is only 10% Kona.

 

[GnarlsR2]

On July 2 we shopped at Costco for re-supplying our main consumables.
We were taken back by the increase in price for our favorite coffee.. Kirkland Columbian 3-lbs can.
We buy 6 cans at a time. At $20.99 a can $124.94 was almost 50% of our total!
One can of Kirkland coffee is the same price as 30 rolls of Kirkland T.P.
My wife told me that if we run out of coffee or toilet paper she will trade me in for a cowboy!

 

[biku324]

We don't grow coffee. You pay tariffs, no one else; these are consumption taxes.

 

[THE PILGRIM]

They grow some Coffee in California.
So I hear!
Have never seen or drank any!
'Although coffee farms are scattered throughout California, the biggest concentrations are in Santa Barbara and San Diego counties. Most of the farms are fewer than five years old and their beans are just starting to mature. '

 

[biku324]

Sorry, those aren't serious commercial producers. https://www.voronoiapp.com/food-beverage/Global-Coffee-Production-in-2024-by-Country-4084