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Trump is putting tariffs on coffee. Why?

Trump’s Reciprocal Trade Act spells bad news for coffee - Coffee Intelligence

The coffee industry, a $460 billion global market, is facing an uncertain future as protectionist trade policies threaten supply chains, pricing, and consumer habits. Trump’s tariff plan puts U.S. coffee imports – worth $8.2B in 2023 – at risk, threatening price hikes and supply chain chaos ...

intelligence.coffee

For decades, coffee has entered the U.S. tariff-free, a reflection of the country’s total dependence on foreign production. Unlike aluminium, steel, or automobiles, coffee is not a broadly domestically produced commodity, making tariffs an unusual – and costly – policy choice.

Canadian Coffee Farmers. Do they exist?

The Importance of Smallholder Coffee Farmers You know how there could be bright, blue skies in our coastal provinces, while some other provinces in between are getting pounded with snow and Arctic temperatures? Where do coffee roaster's get their coffee?

roadcoffeeco.com

Throughout the entire North American continent, there are only two places within the United States that are capable of having a sustainable coffee farming industry: Hawaii and California. As much as we all would like, we unfortunately do not live in climates like some of the favourite USA travel destinations!


The coffee zone...

 

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@diane, you can grow coffee in California! You can have your cannabis. Give me coffee...

We Can Grow Coffee in California. But Should We?

Agriculture experts question whether a drought-stricken state should be using water to grow premium coffee. FRINJ coffee is trying to make that case.

civileats.com

Coffee farming in California has been something unheard of—an anomaly at most—as coffee is traditionally grown in tropical, humid climates throughout Latin America, the Caribbean, and Africa. But Bailey is part of an emerging group of growers who in recent years have been populating the state’s southern region under a brand named FRINJ coffee.

Coffee from California? Sip happens! - California Grown

At Good Land Organics, what began as a small test crop over 20 years ago is now a full-fledged coffee farming and processing operation.

californiagrown.org

If you’re surprised that coffee grows in California, you’re not alone. We recently met the Good Land Organics team at their picturesque farm just north of Santa Barbara in Goleta, California to see what the buzz is about. There they grow avocados, a variety of subtropical fruits, finger limes, and of course, coffee. Obviously, our tour started with a cup (or three) of their famous brew.

 

[diane]

@diane, you can grow coffee in California! You can have your cannabis. Give me coffee...

We Can Grow Coffee in California. But Should We?

Agriculture experts question whether a drought-stricken state should be using water to grow premium coffee. FRINJ coffee is trying to make that case.

civileats.com

Coffee farming in California has been something unheard of—an anomaly at most—as coffee is traditionally grown in tropical, humid climates throughout Latin America, the Caribbean, and Africa. But Bailey is part of an emerging group of growers who in recent years have been populating the state’s southern region under a brand named FRINJ coffee.

Coffee from California? Sip happens! - California Grown

At Good Land Organics, what began as a small test crop over 20 years ago is now a full-fledged coffee farming and processing operation.

californiagrown.org

If you’re surprised that coffee grows in California, you’re not alone. We recently met the Good Land Organics team at their picturesque farm just north of Santa Barbara in Goleta, California to see what the buzz is about. There they grow avocados, a variety of subtropical fruits, finger limes, and of course, coffee. Obviously, our tour started with a cup (or three) of their famous brew.

I've heard of coffee growing in California - and Goleta is a peculiar little seaside town. (Well, it used to be little!) I don't know if California coffee will be as good as, say, Costa Rica - the coffee there is very different from anything here. Maxwell House it ain't! Considering it took American soldiers who'd been stationed in Europe and beatniks in their poetic coffee shops with bongos to educate American taste buds, it may still take some time. American coffee for a long time was so bad we invented sugar and cream coffee - the coffee version of Franco American Spaghettios!

 

[rittmeister]

fuck maxwell

 

[5fish]

I've heard of coffee growing in California - and Goleta

We can grow coffee in Florida, but not yet...

Coffee – Gardening Solutions

gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu

 

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fuck maxwell

Why are you made at Maxwell...

 

[diane]

Granny drank that every morning, still boiling. I do NOT know how she didn't scald her mouth but...kept the taste from sticking!

Maxwell House used to be the go-to morning coffee in this region, followed by Hills Brothers. Their logo was a Persian gentleman in robes, slippers and a turban carrying a cup somewhere. (Perhaps to the sink to dispose of it.)

 

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Remember "Good to the last drop"

The iconic Maxwell House slogan "Good to the last drop" is a registered trademark, and while the company once claimed it was coined by Theodore Roosevelt, the veracity of that claim has never been historically established.

 

[rittmeister]

Why are you made at Maxwell...

it has as much to do with coffee as dyed potatoes have with easter

 

[5fish]

Here an old story about Vienna where figures of the 20th century visited the same coffee cafe...

1913: When Hitler, Trotsky, Tito, Freud and Stalin all lived in the same place

A century ago, a single square mile in the capital of the then Austro-Hungarian Empire was home to some of the most remarkable men of the 20th Century.

www.bbc.com

 

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- YouTube

Bekijk je favoriete video's, luister naar de muziek die je leuk vindt, upload originele content en deel alles met vrienden, familie en anderen op YouTube.

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North America’s Original Buzz

Yaupon holly, a once-forgotten caffeinated plant native to this continent, is one of this year’s hottest food trends.

ambrook.com

 

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Here is modern China...

The Evolution Of China’s Coffee Industry | USC China

From business meetings at the Starbucks in the upscale area of Xintiandi, Shanghai to multicultural get-togethers at the expat-friendly Baker and Spice on Anfu Road, coffee has become a cultural icon in mainland China.

china.usc.edu

 

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Civil War...

Coffee and Comradery in the Civil War—The Confederates

Coffee became a ritual that Civil War soldiers looked forward to--Part I gives the Confederate perspective

www.civilwarmed.org

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Here is another good Civil War site on coffee with art work from the time...

Nobody Can Soldier Without Coffee - Sid Richardson Museum - Fort Worth

Nobody Can Soldier Without Coffee explores the relationship between soldiers and coffee in American 19th century artwork.

sidrichardsonmuseum.org

One of the similarities between Frederic Remington and Winslow Homer as demonstrated through our current exhibit, In a Different Light: Winslow Homer & Frederic Remington, is that both artists made their start as illustrators working for the popular magazines of the period (Harper’s Weekly, Scribner’s Monthly, etc). One of their key assignments was as war correspondents. Remington focused on the American Indian Wars in the Southwest and later the Spanish American War in Cuba. Being from an earlier generation, Homer focused on the American Civil War.

 

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Romans had cafes???

Cafe (in the time of) Nero

Hi, I usually write this blog on a Sunday morning whilst I work my way through a cafetière of coffee and that’s exactly what I am doing today. Drinking coffee, and more specifically, sitting …

sbhistorygeek.wordpress.com

There were also the kind of venue that would have been filled with the closest thing that ancient Rome had to a cafe – the thermopolium.


A good comparison for a thermopolium would be a medieval tavern – a place where hot and cold food and drinks were sold to the public. One of the best extant examples is in Ostia, the wonderfully preserved port east of Rome. The thermopolium is on the ground floor of a tenement building and dates from the reign of Hadrian ( AD 117-138). It’s really well-preserved and still has the marble counter and stone benches that would have been used at the time. For patrons that preferred to take their refreshment al fresco there is a courtyard at the rear with benches and a fountain. Next to these are some steps that would have led down to the cellar.

Thermopolium - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

In the ancient Greco-Roman world, a thermopolium (pl.: thermopolia), from Greek θερμοπώλειον (thermopōlion), i.e. cook-shop,[1] literally "a place where something hot is sold", was a commercial establishment where it was possible to purchase ready-to-eat food. In Latin literature, they are also called popinae, cauponae, hospitia or stabula, but archaeologists refer to them all as thermopolia.[2] They were mainly used by those who did not have their own kitchens, often inhabitants of insulae, and this sometimes led to thermopolia being scorned by the upper class.

 

[LJMYERS]

Well for sure they served it at the Maxwell House where CSA General Nathan Bedford Forrest stayed.

 

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Maxwell House where CSA General Nathan Bedford Forrest stayed.

Served long after he was crowned king of the Klan.... @diane

Maxwell House Hotel - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

The Maxwell House Hotel was a major hotel in downtown Nashville. Because of its stature, seven US Presidents and other prominent guests stayed there over the years. It was built by Colonel John Overton Jr. and named for his wife, Harriet (Maxwell) Overton. The architect was Isaiah Rogers.[1]

Former Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest was inducted into the Ku Klux Klan in this hotel in 1866. The first national meeting of the KKK took place at the hotel in April 1867. It later became the namesake of Maxwell House coffee. It was demolished in 1961.

The hotel was at its height from the 1890s to the early 20th century. Its Christmas dinner featuring calf's head, black bear, and opossum, and other unusual delicacies became famous. Hotel guests included Jane Addams, Sarah Bernhardt, William Jennings Bryan, Enrico Caruso,[3] "Buffalo Bill" Cody, Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, Annie Oakley, William Sydney Porter (O. Henry),[10] General Tom Thumb, Cornelius Vanderbilt, George Westinghouse,[1] and Presidents Andrew Johnson, Rutherford B. Hayes, Grover Cleveland, Theodore Roosevelt, William McKinley, William Howard Taft, and Woodrow Wilson.[2]

Here is the origin story of Maxwell House coffee...

https://tnmuseum.org/junior-curators/posts/maxwell-house-coffee-and-nashville

One of his first big customers was the Maxwell House Hotel. The hotel bought some of his coffee to serve in their dining room. Supposedly, the customers loved it so much they demanded that the hotel keep selling it. Joel named his coffee brand Maxwell House after the hotel in Nashville, where this happened. President Theodore Roosevelt stayed at Maxwell House in 1907. People said he called the coffee, “good to the last drop.” Most likely, he didn’t actually say this, but the story became famous. It was even used in ads.

A reported comment by President Theodore Roosevelt that a cup of coffee he drank was "good to the last drop" was used as the advertising slogan for Maxwell House coffee, which was served at and named after the hotel.[11] General Foods, former owner of the Maxwell House brand, acknowledged that Roosevelt in fact had nothing to do with the slogan's origin. It was penned by the company's onetime president Clifford Spiller. The coffee brand is still in operation, and is now owned by Kraft Heinz in the North American market and JDE Peet's in the rest of the world.

 

[diane]

Served long after he was crowned king of the Klan.... @diane

Maxwell House Hotel - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

The Maxwell House Hotel was a major hotel in downtown Nashville. Because of its stature, seven US Presidents and other prominent guests stayed there over the years. It was built by Colonel John Overton Jr. and named for his wife, Harriet (Maxwell) Overton. The architect was Isaiah Rogers.[1]

Former Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest was inducted into the Ku Klux Klan in this hotel in 1866. The first national meeting of the KKK took place at the hotel in April 1867. It later became the namesake of Maxwell House coffee. It was demolished in 1961.

The hotel was at its height from the 1890s to the early 20th century. Its Christmas dinner featuring calf's head, black bear, and opossum, and other unusual delicacies became famous. Hotel guests included Jane Addams, Sarah Bernhardt, William Jennings Bryan, Enrico Caruso,[3] "Buffalo Bill" Cody, Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, Annie Oakley, William Sydney Porter (O. Henry),[10] General Tom Thumb, Cornelius Vanderbilt, George Westinghouse,[1] and Presidents Andrew Johnson, Rutherford B. Hayes, Grover Cleveland, Theodore Roosevelt, William McKinley, William Howard Taft, and Woodrow Wilson.[2]

Here is the origin story of Maxwell House coffee...

https://tnmuseum.org/junior-curators/posts/maxwell-house-coffee-and-nashville

One of his first big customers was the Maxwell House Hotel. The hotel bought some of his coffee to serve in their dining room. Supposedly, the customers loved it so much they demanded that the hotel keep selling it. Joel named his coffee brand Maxwell House after the hotel in Nashville, where this happened. President Theodore Roosevelt stayed at Maxwell House in 1907. People said he called the coffee, “good to the last drop.” Most likely, he didn’t actually say this, but the story became famous. It was even used in ads.

A reported comment by President Theodore Roosevelt that a cup of coffee he drank was "good to the last drop" was used as the advertising slogan for Maxwell House coffee, which was served at and named after the hotel.[11] General Foods, former owner of the Maxwell House brand, acknowledged that Roosevelt in fact had nothing to do with the slogan's origin. It was penned by the company's onetime president Clifford Spiller. The coffee brand is still in operation, and is now owned by Kraft Heinz in the North American market and JDE Peet's in the rest of the world.

That's what happened - the klan held a meeting to induct Forrest into their outfit but he did not attend. They did it anyway. Earlier, John Morton - Forrest's artillery captain and close friend - had started to give Forrest the klan oath (Morton was a high-ranking member and could administer this) but Forrest interrupted him. So...he was telling the truth when he told Congress he had never been a member and had never taken any oath of theirs. However, that doesn't mean he didn't lead them. With his strong personality, he always ended up leading anything he participated in. When he became a real Christian, having had a profound conversion experience, he stepped away from it and tried to convince others to do the same. This was not a simple course of action given the extreme situation in Tennessee at that time, and he was heavily criticized by many of his former troops and friends as well as family. His wife remained convinced the klan was good and raised her grandchildren to believe the same - which is why his grandson became the Grand Dragon in Georgia for many years. Shortly before his death, in a letter written to a friend in Texas, Forrest said involvement with the klan was "the worst mistake of my life."

 

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