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Clark County coffee drinkers likely to see higher prices as tariffs and drought take a toll

Coffee prices are rising as tariffs are beginning to hit importers for the popular commodity that is grown almost solely outside the U.S.

By Sarah Wolf, Columbian staff reporter
Published: April 16, 2025, 6:10am
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Kafiex co-founder and head roaster Matthew Selivanow wets the filter for a pour-over brew of coffee Monday at Kafiex Roasters Coffee Lab in Vancouver. Tariffs may drive up already high coffee prices. “It’s going to be a slow, gradual increase,” Selivanow said.
Kafiex co-founder and head roaster Matthew Selivanow wets the filter for a pour-over brew of coffee Monday at Kafiex Roasters Coffee Lab in Vancouver. Tariffs may drive up already high coffee prices. “It’s going to be a slow, gradual increase,” Selivanow said. (Taylor Balkom/The Columbian) Photo Gallery

A cup of Joe costs more than it used to. And with federal tariffs in place on coffee exporting countries, that price will likely get even higher.

Currently, American tariffs on most coffee producing countries sit at 10 percent. (There’s still a 25 percent tariff on goods from Canada and Mexico, however, which are both among the highest coffee exporters to the U.S.,

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