Wait till the coffee gets outrageous...

[William Gustafson]

All those people that can't afford coffee, driving on the roads in the morning, half asleep, or having withdrawn for no caffeine. Road Rage spikes!!!

5-dollar coffee at Starbuck will now be 10-15 dollars a cup.... A pound of coffee in the store will now be 30 bucks...

Guess they will go back to Mountain Dew or 5-hour energy drinks... or God forbid, Tea!!

https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/03/coffee-prices-tariffs/

[niyad]

1. How much tea is actually grown here?

[Captain Zero]

26. That's what I'm wondering.

There's really not more than corn in Indiana.

[Sympthsical]

2. Can get 500 caffeine pills for like $15

I have them for morning gym stuff and the occasional afternoon slump times. Easy, cheap, no coffee breath. They're lovely.

(I do drink coffee at home, though)

[BamaRefugee]

7. I just looked those up ( I use occasionally too in the afternoon) and it doesn't look good

From Bing:
Caffeine pills are made from caffeine extracted from natural sources such as coffee beans, tea leaves, or cocoa beans1. The caffeine is then purified and combined with other ingredients to create the final pill formulation1.

So the only place in the USA that grows coffee is in Hawaii, and that's already expensive coffee. They won't be using that. I never heard of a tea plantation in the USA either.

So the caffeine is going to be coming from another country, and be subject to tariffs, or the pills themselves from another country and again, tariffs.

At least as it appears after minimal research.

[hlthe2b]

21. NO. Most caffeine is made from synthetic components in the lab--including in energy drinks & other products

Synthetic Caffeine:
Caffeine can be manufactured synthetically from chemical compounds like urea and chloroacetic acid. This process allows for the production of caffeine in large quantities and at a lower cost than extracting it from natural sources

All synthetic caffeine is nearly indistinguishable from naturally extracted.

[BamaRefugee]

34. I thought that might be true

but it was like 1am when I did my cursory search and I wasn't staying up to do more research!

[William769]

3. I'm not a coffee drinker, but you better not mess with my Mountain Dew!

[SunSeeker]

6. The price of soda has already spiked. Maybe because of the aluminum used for soda cans?

I haven't bought a case of Coke in a few months and was shocked last week that my local grocery store was selling a 12-pack for $10.99. WTF

[Old Crank]

12. Tariffs hit aluminum

Can prices have gone up. The cost of all canned goods are going up because of tariffs on metals.

I don't think that explains all the hike on your coke case though.

Here in Munich, the 1.5 liter bottles sell normally for 1.80. They are on sale rotationally between stores at 1.2-1.3. I buy then.

[William769]

25. Thast about the price here.

If I buy at Walmart I can get a case of Mountain Dew for $13.49 a case (it's called the cube).

[elocs]

28. Which is why I buy 2 liter plastic bottles of caffeine free diet cola at Walmart for a buck. n/t

[Lancero]

38. Bottles are up too. Two liter of Dr. Pepper is $3.25 where I'm at.

Pepsi and Coke are both at $3.

They haven't been selling as much, especially that high. As a result, they tend to get put up for sale a couple times a month at 3 for $6 when the store decides they need to push the inventory out before it hits the sell date.

As often as they go up for sale at $2 per, I'm surprised that the price hasn't dropped to $2.50.

Hilariously, the price of the name brand stuff has gotten so bad that Dollar General has decided it's worth the money to start selling their store brand sodas again. $1.50 per, meanwhile Wal-mart still sells their own brand at $1 per. Harps has generic Best Choice at... $1.68 iirc. Always Save is another generic they stock, but I can't remember the price of that one.

[SunSeeker]

41. I don't like 2-liter bottles because they go flat if you dont drink them fast.

And I don't drink a lot of soda. That's why I prefer cans. But with that price difference, I may learn to put up with less fizz.

[BamaRefugee]

9. See my reply above about caffeine and tariffs.

I think they're gonna mess with you.

Hopefully I'm wrong!

[William769]

27. Thanks I read your reply and I did not know that.

[COL Mustard]

4. I'm going to get some of those

“I Did That” stickers with Trump’s ugly face on them and paste them wherever I see that prices have gone up.

[DFW]

5. Too late

I’m already a tea drinker. Fire away.

[Old Crank]

13. Just think of when you go back to visit.

You can make friends by bring good Italian coffee for relatives😊😊

[DFW]

15. WHAT relatives?

My brother in Virginia drinks tea. My sister in New Jersey drinks tea. My daughter in New York drinks tea. Even my daughter in Germany drinks tea. Broadly distributed family genetic defect.

[Old Crank]

16. I have the same defect.

The good news is I don't need fancy teas.

[DFW]

20. I bring Constant Comment from the States

The ones here are too bitter for my taste, and I can’t dtand Earl Grey. I’ll drink Lipton generic with lemon and either honey or apricot marmalade before I’ll drink Earl Grey or jasmine.

[Old Crank]

24. Not fond of Earl Grey

that and Darjeeling (weak)

I don't mind a bit of bitter, 2 tsp sugar, sometimes a slice of lemon if cut already.
But just about any old black tea is just fine with me.

I was telling my wife that if we go back in Nov. for a wedding we should bring a suitcase full of coffee to sell...

[DFW]

32. My wife loves coffee, too.

Because of her RLS, she can only drink coffee made from a real espresso machine. She likes it strong enough to jumpstart a corpse. I love the aroma, and if it is polluted with enough sugar, I’ll drink it, too.

But black tea, laced with cinnamon, orange peel and cloves, a few drops of freshly squeezed lemon, and then sweetened with marillen (Austrian apricots) marmalade, now that will set me with a smile for the rest of the day/night.

[I_UndergroundPanther]

36. I'm a mutant

I like coffee and tea , energy drinks especially ultra monster (several flavors)and sugar free Red Bull and diet Mountain Dew sometimes.

Celcius sucks

I plan on buying a lot of cafe Bustelo instant coffee ( one of my favorites) because it lasts forever and I can stockpile it.

[Turbineguy]

30. A lot of tea comes from Sri Lanka

44 percent tariff.

[speak easy]

8. "5-dollar coffee at Starbuck will now be 10-15 dollars a cup" NONSENSE.

The average tariff on coffee producing countries is around 40%. If all of that gets passed on Starbucks will be paying something like 40% more for coffee beans. But beans are only a fraction of the cost serving a cup of coffee. Wages, electricity, the premises account for the lions share of the cost. At most a 5-dollar coffee at Starbucks will be 6 dollars a cup.

[Celerity]

18. Thank you. Ludicrous claim and yet you are the only other one calling bollocks.

[Lancero]

39. I'd say $7.50, they'll want the extra buffer for when Trump increases tariffs again.

[Xipe Totec]

10. Blackadder Mud For Coffee

[nilram]

11. I've got at least 25 lbs of Peets in my freezer.

Bought on sale. Thinking I'll give up coffee now and start selling it when the price spikes. Fund my retirement.

[live love laugh]

14. Choosing coffee was very strategic--it's somewhat addictive

Which means people will still buy it thus generating more tariff tax revenue.

All of this to finance the looming trillion dollar tax cuts.

[Kaleva]

17. Can't really feel sorry for people who can afford $5 a cup coffee

[Figarosmom]

19. Why on earth would he put teriffs

On coffee? That's not something that can be grown here . Hawaii grows Kona coffee and I guess California could but they won't have the water. Puerto Rico has good coffee. But how do we grow asmuch as we need?

Those is so foolish and uts all just to boost his ego when all these countries come begging him.

[hlthe2b]

22. I don't discount the concern, however scientists have made progress creating lab-grown COFFEE

(And for those specifically concerned only with non-coffee caffeine in other products, labs have been making synthetic caffeine for years, especially for those who worry about their Mountain Dew or energy drinks--can be made in bulk and much cheaper.)

As for lab-created coffee:
Two years after the scientists in Finland successfully made coffee in a laboratory, VTT Technical Research Center of Finland Ltd has released detailed information on the process. Published in the Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry, the scientific paper describes the exact process the scientists used to produce coffee starting from the original coffee plant itself, and establishing cell cultures to alter its aroma in the roasting process, caffeine content, flavor analysis, and sensory profiling by a panel of tasters.
https://phys.org/news/2023-12-scientists-recipe-lab-grown-coffee-creation.html

As ridiculous and enraging as his tariffs are, our major problem with coffee is the recent drought in all the leading coffee-producing areas.

[BidenRocks]

23. I never liked really dark roast. No Starbucks habit.

One 34oz bag of Eight O'Clock whole bean at Walmart is about $14.
From the grinder to the French Press.
I still toss a pinch of salt on the grind. Something
I picked up in the corps. 4 minutes and press down
And bless your heart . I don't need veni. vedi vecci or even snap.crackle and pop.
I will not set myself for abuse. Just bring a tall, reglar, black0

[Diamond_Dog]

31. Eight o Clock is my go-to, as well.

When I was still working, I’d brew up some at home and put it in a Thermos to bring to work. Does anyone still do that any more?

[I_UndergroundPanther]

37. Starbucks roasts its coffee to charcoal

Even the Starbucks blonde isn’t a real light roast it’s a medium roast.

I like light roast except for certain brands like bustelo and 8’o clock they taste good at a darker roast. I love light roast ceremony brand coffee.

I also do the salt on top of the grinds. I learned it from a 4 star chef that was on the psych unit with me. She told me to try it after the coffee on the psych unit made me wince and shiver it was so bitter. So adding salt was a revelation.

[NickB79]

29. Better start planting Chinese yellowhorn trees for homemade tea

https://store.experimentalfarmnetwork.org/products/chinese-yellowhorn?srsltid=AfmBOopbf_dyeKVeEpP9Mjgt6iz8DtM9SxPYGIlrq3_ifweED_OdKiho

Apparently as much caffeine as strong tea leaves!

I have several on my land up here in Minnesota over 10 yr old. Small tree to 15', hardy to -30F. Also beautiful in bloom. The nuts are kind of like peanuts when saltwater soaked and roasted. I've started selling seedlings grown from nuts from my trees for a little extra cash. Mine originally came from Burnt Ridge Nursery out of Washington State.

I haven't tried using them for tea yet, but will this year.

[the_liberal_grandpa]

33. Stocking up at Costco

I got a couple of extra boxes of "Extra Bold" K-cups from Costco before the prices shoot up.

I don't order coffee at restaurants anymore because its like $4 a cup and it's usually shitty coffee.
and I can help keep my bill for breakfast for my wife and I just under $40.

We have really slowed down on going out for meals because the cost is outrageous.

Restaurants are going to get hit bad.

[StarryNite]

35. The coffee my daughter drinks just jumped from $16 to $24 a bag.

I'm glad I don't drink coffee.

[Mountainguy]

40. It'll drive people to the cheaper brands

Folgers, Maxwell House, Chock-Full-O-Nuts, etc.

It'll probably put some of these guys like Black Rifle out of business. Nobody is going to be willing to pay 25 or 30 bucks for a little bag of coffee no matter how good the bag looks.

[wishstar]

42. Coffee already went up a lot months ago on the mass produced brands

The large canisters of big brands got expensive over past year with fewer or no good sales. Because of GERD, I have to drink decaf but I found I can do better buying 12 oz bags of brands on sale such as Tim Horton, Community Coffee and Seattle's Best because they have decaf with 100% Arabica and taste better too.