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.
At the recent Roast Summit in Portland, Oregon, longtime green coffee trader Mark Inman asked for a show of hands: "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."
Inman was addressing a roundtable discussion where, between tastings and education sessions, there was a palpable anxiety among U.S. coffee roasters.
Author summary: US coffee roasters face challenges due to tariffs.