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minus-squaresolsangraal@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up63·1 month agothe only state that grows coffee is hawaii and their coffee is already more expensive than anything you’ll find on the shelf now
minus-squareLowpast@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·edit-21 month ago… and that’s relevant, how? Were talking about tarrifs. Puerto Rican coffee has no increase in tarrifs. Puerto rico grows coffee - not a particularly huge amount of it, (yet), but it’s good (not great).
minus-squareSuperIce@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·1 month agoStill 2 to 4x the cost of beans from other countries, more than the tariffs.
minus-squareLowpast@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down3·1 month agoThe high price is from high labor costs. So, once tarrifs happen, it’ll be competitive, no?
minus-squareGissaMittJobb@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoJones act probably matters somewhat here too
minus-squaresolsangraal@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·30 days agoand apparently california now too–though i don’t know if they sell it, or are still working on getting production going
the only state that grows coffee is hawaii and their coffee is already more expensive than anything you’ll find on the shelf now
Puerto Rico.
Not a state, a colony.
… and that’s relevant, how? Were talking about tarrifs. Puerto Rican coffee has no increase in tarrifs. Puerto rico grows coffee - not a particularly huge amount of it, (yet), but it’s good (not great).
Still 2 to 4x the cost of beans from other countries, more than the tariffs.
The high price is from high labor costs. So, once tarrifs happen, it’ll be competitive, no?
Are the tariffs 1-300%?
Jones act probably matters somewhat here too
and apparently california now too–though i don’t know if they sell it, or are still working on getting production going
So far
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