How Did This Get Here: Your Coffee

The last few weeks have had many of us thinking long and hard about the things we buy, the price of those goods, and the potential for those prices to jump.

This episode is part of our series, "How Did This Get Here?", where we follow goods as they make their way through the global supply chain, and explore what the president's announced tariffs may mean for your pocketbook.

Today, we continue our series with.a product some of you may be sipping on right now. It's coffee.

Coffee is everywhere. The average person in the U-S drinks a bit more than 3 cups a day. And Americans spend almost 100 and 10 billion dollars every year on the drink.

And that amount is going up. Perhaps you've noticed the price for your favorite brand jumped in recent months? The average price of ground coffee in the supermarket hit an all-time high in March, at 7 dollars 38 cents a pound. That's up 84 percent since just before the pandemic.

We discuss what's behind the jump. And what tariffs...and the warming climate...mean for your favorite cup of joe.

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