Climate change is making coffee more expensive. Tariffs likely will too

By MAX CONWAY, Rochester Institute of Technology and CEDAR ATTANASIO, Associated Press
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — With her purple-and-pink hair swaying, Reneé Colón stands on a stepladder in the rented corner of a warehouse, pouring Brazilian coffee beans into her groaning old roasting machine.
The beans are precious because they survived severe drought in a year when environmental conditions depressed coffee production globally, doubling the price of raw beans in just months.
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