THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF UNIVERSAL TARIFFS ON ALL GOODS IMPORTED TO THE U-S COULD INCREASE THE PRICE OF AN EXTREMELY POPULAR BEVERAGE.... RESEARCHERS SAY 67 PERCENT OF AMERICANS DRINK COFFEE DAILY... 16 WAPT'S BROOKLYN JOYNER HAS MORE ON HOW ONE JACKSON COFFEE SHOP PLANS TO DEAL WITH THE POSSIBLE PRICE HIKE. PKG: MEKO WILLIAMS JACKSON :43 I JUST RECENTLY STARTED DRINKING COFFEE AND ITS BECOME AN ADDICTION SO IT HELPS WITH MY DAY :51 COFFEE - IT'S A FAN FAVORITE AMONGST MILLIONS OF AMERICANS NAVKAETAN AUJLA JACKSON :18 I DRINK IT BLACK, I ENJOY THE TASTE, THE AROMA THE ENERGY BOOST IT GIVES ME FOR THE REST OF THE DAY :25 BUT WITH PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP PUTTING UNIVERSAL TARIFFS ON ALL GOODS BEING IMPORTED THE U.S. THIS MIGHT MAKE YOUR GO-TO CAFFEINE BOOST A BIT PRICIER MEKO WILLIAMS JACKSON 1:37 NOT HAPPY ABOUT IT ITS AFFECTING EVERYTHING ITS AFFECTING OF COURSE FOOD 1:45 HERE AT NATIVE COFFEE IN JACKSON - THE MANAGER BEN FORD SAYS HE HAS BEEN KEEPING TABS ON THE RECENT TARIFFS. HE SAYS IN THEIR FIVE YEARS OF BUSINESS... THEY'VE WEATHERED STORMS LIKE THIS BEFORE... INCLUDING LAST YEAR. BEN FORD MANAGER AT NATIVE COFFEE 2:33 THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH COFFEE TRANSPORTING THROUGH THE HORN OF AFRICA THAT AFFECTED EVERYONE'S PRICES HERE SO KIND VERY SIMILAR TO THE TARIFFS BUT IT WAS JUST SPECIFICALLY WITH COFFEE, OUR PRICES DID GO UP BECAUSE OF THAT 2:52 STAND UP: BROOKLYN JOYNER NATIVE COFFEE SERVES COFFEE FROM A LIST OF OTHER COUNTRIES AND SO DO A LOT OF OTHER COFFEE SHOPS. IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW, IT'S HARD FOR COFFEE BEANS TO BE GROW HERE IN THE U.S. 3:25 COFFEE GROWS BEST ALONG THE EQUATOR OBVIOUSLY THE U.S. IS NOT THAT AND SO THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE TO IMPORT IT 3:33 3:44 WE CARRY A LOT OF COFFEES FROM ETHIOPIA, BURUNDI, UGANDA, SO IT'S A SHIPPED COMMODITY, SO IF TARIFFS GO UP THAT WILL AFFECT US 3:56 ON WEDNESDAY - PRESIDENT TRUMP ANNOUNCED A PAUSE ON THESE TARIFFS FOR 90 DAYS AND HE SINGLED OUT CHINA WITH A 125 PERCENT TARIFF ON THEIR EXPORTED GOODS. FORD SAYS THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY BUT THEIR COFFEE PRICES HAVE NOT BEEN AFFECTED BY THESE CHANGES JUTS YET. HE SAYS NO MATTER WHAT
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Coffee 바카라 게임 웹사이트 it's a fan favorite among millions of Americans. But with President Donald Trump's universal tariffs on all goods imported into the United States, your go-to caffeine boost might become a bit pricier."I just recently started drinking coffee, and it's become an addiction, so it helps with my day," said Meko Williams, a Jackson, Mississippi, resident, while buying coffee before starting his work shift. "I drink it black. I enjoy the taste, the aroma, the energy boost it gives me for the rest of the day," said Navkaetan Aujla as she sipped her coffee. At Native Coffee in Jackson, the manager, Ben Ford, says he has been keeping tabs on the recent tariffs.He says in their five years of business, they have weathered storms like this before, including last year."There was a problem with coffee transporting through the horn of Africa that affected everyone바카라 게임 웹사이트s prices here, so kind of very similar to the, to the tariffs, but that was just specifically with coffee. Our prices did go up because of that," Ford said. Native Coffee serves coffee from a list of other countries, and so do a lot of other coffee shops. It's difficult to grow coffee beans in the U.S. "Coffee grows best along the equator. Obviously, the U.S. is not that, and so, that's why you have to import it," Ford said."We carry a lot of coffees from Ethiopia, Burundi, Uganda, so it's a shipped commodity coffee is. So if, obviously, if tariffs go up, then that will affect us," Ford said. On Wednesday, Trump announced a pause on the tariffs for 90 days, and he singled out China with a 125% tariff on its exported goods to the U.S. This 125% tariff is in addition to the 20% tariff that is already in effect and is tied to China's role in fentanyl production.Ford says there has been a lot of uncertainty, but their coffee prices have not been affected by these changes just yet. He says no matter what happens, they have one goal. "Since Day 1, it's always been quality coffee for quality people, so no matter if tariffs go up, that won't change," Ford said.
JACKSON, Miss. — Coffee 바카라 게임 웹사이트 it's a fan favorite among millions of Americans.
But with President Donald Trump's universal tariffs on all goods imported into the United States, your go-to caffeine boost might become a bit pricier.
"I just recently started drinking coffee, and it's become an addiction, so it helps with my day," said Meko Williams, a Jackson, Mississippi, resident, while buying coffee before starting his work shift.
"I drink it black. I enjoy the taste, the aroma, the energy boost it gives me for the rest of the day," said Navkaetan Aujla as she sipped her coffee. At Native Coffee in Jackson, the manager, Ben Ford, says he has been keeping tabs on the recent tariffs.
He says in their five years of business, they have weathered storms like this before, including last year.
"There was a problem with coffee transporting through the horn of Africa that affected everyone바카라 게임 웹사이트s prices here, so kind of very similar to the, to the tariffs, but that was just specifically with coffee. Our prices did go up because of that," Ford said.
Native Coffee serves coffee from a list of other countries, and so do a lot of other coffee shops. It's difficult to grow coffee beans in the U.S.
"Coffee grows best along the equator. Obviously, the U.S. is not that, and so, that's why you have to import it," Ford said.
"We carry a lot of coffees from Ethiopia, Burundi, Uganda, so it's a shipped commodity coffee is. So if, obviously, if tariffs go up, then that will affect us," Ford said. On Wednesday, Trump announced a pause on the tariffs for 90 days, and he singled out China with a 125% tariff on its exported goods to the U.S. This 125% tariff is in addition to the 20% tariff that is already in effect and is tied to China's role in fentanyl production.
Ford says there has been a lot of uncertainty, but their coffee prices have not been affected by these changes just yet. He says no matter what happens, they have one goal.
"Since Day 1, it's always been quality coffee for quality people, so no matter if tariffs go up, that won't change," Ford said.
