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minus-squaresolsangraallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up51·10 hours 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-squaresolsangraallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 hours agoand apparently california now too–though i don’t know if they sell it, or are still working on getting production going
minus-squareSuperIce@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·9 hours agoStill 2 to 4x the cost of beans from other countries, more than the tariffs.
minus-squareLowpast@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·9 hours agoThe high price is from high labor costs. So, once tarrifs happen, it’ll be competitive, no?
minus-squareLowpast@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·edit-29 hours 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).
the only state that grows coffee is hawaii and their coffee is already more expensive than anything you’ll find on the shelf now
So far
Puerto Rico.
and apparently california now too–though i don’t know if they sell it, or are still working on getting production going
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%?
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).
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