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[–] Dagnet@lemmy.world 159 points 3 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (3 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 33 points 3 days 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 53 points 3 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] WanderingThoughts@europe.pub 12 points 2 days ago

"Preemptive tariff compensation".

[–] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days 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 11 points 3 days ago

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

[–] MisterFrog@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days 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 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] MisterFrog@lemmy.world 1 points 19 hours ago

Yeah this makes sense, many thanks for this possible explanation!

(Apparently people do buy 25 fl oz of coffee from a cafe according to another comment, which is mind blowing to me)

[–] hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] MisterFrog@lemmy.world 1 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

At that point, why go to a cafe?

This is very Australian of me, but you don't really go to cafes just to drink a boatload of coffee. You go for the vibes, or the great quality coffee, but if you want 25 fl oz of coffee, what exactly are you buying. Batch brew (drip coffee to the Americans, I think?)

You'd be wired as fuck, that's for sure haha

[–] hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Grab a coffee on the go? Idk it's common here

[–] MisterFrog@lemmy.world 1 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

People grab takeaway coffee here also, but not a 740 mL coffee. Those really are insane sizes.

[–] hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah it's on the bigger side, would last all day for me most days

[–] MisterFrog@lemmy.world 1 points 10 hours ago

Damn, we are built different haha