Source: Garrison Center
by Thomas L Knapp
“Brazil … accounts for 45% of US coffee imports, and 99% of the coffee we drink is imported (outside of Hawaii, American soil/climate are apparently not very hospitable to coffee cultivation). How much coffee comes to the US from Brazil? About eight million 60-kilogram (132 pound) bags per year. Americans drink 179 billion cups of coffee per year, 491 million cups per day. That’s about to get a LOT more expensive, whether you go in for fru-fru bespoke beverages prepared by expert baristas at your favorite shop, or just fire up your drip, ‘k-cup,’ or espresso machine at home. ‘DON’T MESS WITH PEOPLE’S COFFEE’ strikes me as one of the most basic rules implicit in the maintenance of civil society, but apparently Trump didn’t get the memo.” (08/05/25)