Finding Coffee in Chaos: Strategies for Roasters as US Tariffs Sink In

Finding Coffee in Chaos: Strategies for Roasters as US Tariffs Sink In

Daily Coffee News spoke with more than a dozen U.S. green coffee traders and roasters about how tariffs are affecting their businesses.

A room full of coffee roasters were asked by longtime green coffee trader Mark Inman:

How many people started buying green coffee professionally within the past few years?
Approximately half the room raised a hand, to which Inman replied:
I’m sorry. It does get better, trust me, but you’re going to come out of the other end of this time with more knowledge than people who have been buying green coffee for 15, 20 years.

This was addressed at a roundtable discussion at the Roast Summit in Portland, Oregon.

Author's summary: US coffee roasters face challenges due to tariffs.

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