Trump's tariffs on Brazil could make your coffee even more expensive

5 Chicago NBC ^ | 7/10/25 | Amelia Lucas

[DallasBiff]

President Donald Trump's proposed 50% tariff on Brazilian imports is bad news for coffee drinkers.

Brazil, the largest U.S. supplier of green coffee beans, accounts for about a third of the country's total supply, according to data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Coffee beans need to grow in a warm, tropical climate, making Hawaii and Puerto Rico the only suitable places in the United States to farm the crop. But, as the world's top consumer of coffee, the U.S. requires a massive supply to stay caffeinated. Mintel estimates that the U.S. coffee market reached $19.75 billion last year.

[yuleeyahoo]

I buy coffee when it is on sale. I now have a several years supply. Temporary disruptions do not bother me.

[Whatever Works]

No worries. Got Lion’s coffee here in Hawaii. Longs always has a sale.

[Whatever Works]

Exactly! And Lions (for cheap).

[EvelynMcHale]

Duly noted!

[joshua c]

i say go for it

let Trump be Trump

i will have a coke and a chocolate bar for breakfast

if coffee gets too expensive

[Verginius Rufus]

I have sometimes drunk green tea, but never green coffee, so I’m not going to worry about the supply of green coffee beans.

[Cold Heart]

Can’t your friend buy Russian coffee?

[Colorado Doug]

I think that it’s a bonus if liberal Starbucks drinkers have to pay more. I brew my own so it wouldn’t affect me much anyway.

[Candor7]

Close Second

The Brazilians can have their coffee , trade it elsewhere.