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          511 days ago

          It’ll rise with the rest, or does anyone believe a premium brand would just omit a general price increase among virtually all competitors and become a brand anyone can afford? Especially since Hawaiian coffee is majorly limited in supply.

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          11 days ago

          until the demand for it skyrockets. then it’s either gone or just as expensive as all the tariffed coffee.

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        711 days ago

        Lived in Hawaii most of my life: the big name coffees from here are terrible and only have that insane price because it’s from Hawaii. Though there are some small local roasters here

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        511 days ago

        Kauai Coffee is a relatively large operation that exports to the continental US and is more like $9 retail (and perpetually on sale for $7.50 or so) for a 10oz bag in the grocery store.

        It’s not cheap coffee, but it’s certainly not top of the line priced coffee.

        They do make some coffees that are more than $25/lb, but not the "regular* stuff people would buy in a store.

        Of course I agree that their price will go up with the market with tariffs introduced, and that in general the tariffs are a terrible, terrible idea.

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      911 days ago

      Unfortunately the Jones Act means shipping from Hawaii to the continental US requires the use of a shipping vessel constructed in the US, flying the US flag, and entirely crewed by US citizens which makes the shipping costs expensive as fuck.

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        111 days ago

        We should just put a tarrif on all other imports 😂😂😂 🤡

      • Lung
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        111 days ago

        This is factually accurate by a several orders of magnitude