How Tariffs Are Raising the Price of Your Morning Coffee

Every morning, local coffee shops operate according to an organized regimen. Espresso ground, milk steamed, and drinks sipped. However, this age-old rhythm is under threat for coffee shops across the country as tariffs start to bite.  

Most coffee shops in the U.S. source their beans internationally, from countries near the equator that have the necessary temperatures and altitude for growing coffee. 

Alakef Coffee Roasters and sister company City Girl Coffee in Duluth, Minnesota, source the majority of their coffee beans from Brazil.  

“If a ... tariff remains on Brazil, I don't know if we'll survive,” CEO Alyza Bohbot says. “Right now, we're just trying to hold onto every dollar that we have because we're not sure that those dollars are guaranteed given the tariffs.”

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