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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish63•1 year 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-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish19•1 year agoStill 2 to 4x the cost of beans from other countries, more than the tariffs.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•1 year agoThe high price is from high labor costs. So, once tarrifs happen, it’ll be competitive, no?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•1 year agoand apparently california now too–though i don’t know if they sell it, or are still working on getting production going
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink12•edit-21 year 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
Puerto Rico.
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
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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