27 minutes ago Xavier Walt ,

DULUTH, Minn. — Tariffs and global issues are forcing coffee houses, including local shops like Duluth Coffee Company, to raise their prices for your morning cup of joe.

“Duluth Coffee Company is going through unprecedented times in the purchasing and selling of coffee, not only because of tariffs, but because all of the raw coffee that we buy is connected to the sea market, which is a futures market that decides the value of Arabica coffee,” said the coffee house’s owner Eric Faust.

For many owners and operators of cafes and roasteries, the additional costs feel unfair, as they’re not able to get their beans from anywhere else stateside.

“The only place that coffee grows in the United States is in Puerto Rico and Hawaii, and they produce a very small

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