Jon Dolin

Overseer of things @ Barefoot Coffee Roasters in San Diego-Bay Area. Former Wall St & entertainment. Invest in Real Estate, Venture, CPGs, Pharma, psychedelics

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$30 burgers, $50 bags of coffee, $100 steaks. But have you heard of To’ak Chocolate’s Enriquestuardo bar which costs $490.

That’s $490 for a single 1.76oz bar of chocolate. Another🧵on the world’s most expensive chocolate.

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Here’s today’s coffee c market chart. In all my years in coffee, Ive never seen anything like these hourly swings. Issue is Brazil tariffs only reduce from 50 to 40%. Roasters still won’t buy those. Plus Brazil is selling beans to china, keeping supply low @herbgreenberg

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Coffee prices have skyrocketed since last year, partly due to tariffs. Easing them now of course helps. But Brazil has been selling beans US roasters haven’t been able to afford to buy bc of tariffs to china and other countries. So there will still be tight supply

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These are the most remote coffee shops around the world https://t.co/Cljsi2ZhJN

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@herbgreenberg Others prices also ⬆️. Our chocolate vendor has raised prices 3x this year bc of tariffs. Equipment prices have soared. A customer building out a cafe is paying at least an extra $10k bc of tariffs.

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@herbgreenberg We don’t buy/commit to coffee every week, but our costs have never had such a wide spread. C market coffees r marked up based on quality, and marked up even more for tariffs. Roasters and cafes are raising prices, shrinking bags (more)

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This has been the craziest week I’ve ever seen in the coffee C Market @herbgreenberg

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China’s Coffee Industry Benefits from Trump’s Trade War - STiR Coffee and Tea Magazine | Global Business Insight on Coffee and Tea https://t.co/elX2EMtU1f

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@mlevchin Have you tried altering your recipe? Lower yield and/or shorter time. I haven’t had those issues tho if I’m using a more chocolate forward espresso at home, I’ll keep my paddle on a lower flow rate

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Virtually *all* federal employees hired in past 1-2 years have apparently been (or will be shortly) fired. This alarming move will severely & immediately compromise public safety, from disruption of severe weather warnings to pandemic prevention to nuclear incident response.

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@fredmgrier @Art_In_RE @Tesla 👍🏻

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@davidhenkes Labor shortages during Covid ⬆️ wages. Supply chain shortages ⬆️ cogs (ingredients, paper goods etc). Costs of equipment & replacement parts skyrocketed and prices have not come down. Some restaurants price gouged. Many others can’t raise prices enough to offset these costs

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Coffee C market prices hit levels today unseen since 1997 (See 1 day and 1 year charts). This will certainly lead to higher prices for beans at markets and drinks at cafes @herbgreenberg

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@drgurner There is a massive difference between cheap and expensive coffee. The problem is many roasters masquerade as quality and charge a lot of money for low quality and/or poorly roasted beans

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A new generation of coffee concoctions on social media is putting the spotlight back on the drink’s possible weight-loss effects https://t.co/aKVGVInYZp

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$31 per pound….for low-grade dark roast coffee beans… in a tin can…that has a roast date from 2023…and a best by date in 2025.

Just stunning.

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@davidhenkes Some of our baristas do, but mainly bc
1) shifts aren’t 8 hours and 2) they are in school so their availability doesn’t always match our needs which leads them to work at another location on open days

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2) Oil prices.

World wide tensions have led to lower oil production and increased prices. This not only impacts beans transport, but fertilizer as well.

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Dryer conditions in the Panama Canal have reduced vessel traffic by 30%