Source: Palm Beach Post
by Frank Cerabino
“Of all of President Donald Trump’s tariffs, the one that’s really got me frothed up is the one on coffee beans. Allow me to venti. As Trump’s new tariffs create an inflationary pressure on a wide range of items, I can pretend they don’t exist. Toys? I’ve outgrown them. Tools? I don’t need any new drills or hammers. Cars? Not in the market this year. But coffee? That’s another story. Without coffee I am a mere husk of a man with a mid-afternoon headache and way too much oat milk on my hands. … That long line of cars idling every morning in the drive-thru line at the Starbucks isn’t there due to a craving for the kale and mushroom egg bites. If you mess with coffee, you’re reminding people on a daily basis who really are the end-of-the-line suckers that pay for import tariffs.” (08/18/25)