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[–] 161 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (17 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

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  • [–] 34 points 1 year ago (13 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

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year 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.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (8 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.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    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

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (5 children)

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

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (4 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

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (3 children)

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

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

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

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  • [+] -21 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    It's actually because people are willing to pay it.

    Products are priced according to what people are willing to pay, not what they cost to produce.

    If you've ever sold drugs, you'd know this firsthand. So many suckers are proud to pay 500%+ markup on products and then praise me for selling it to them.

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