Brian Laird on WNYC.

Well, we've been through a lot of heavy stuff on the show today as we do many days these days.

Rikers Island as an issue in the New York City mayoral race cuts to health data collection at the Centers for Disease

Control and the Trump administration and the conversation we just had on the Middle East.

As we sometimes do, after all of that, we're going to end kind of on the lighter side.

Let's talk about coffee. Roasted coffee prices are soaring higher and higher.

That's what a recent Wall Street Journal article,

Hell Have No Fury, like a coffee drinker in 2025, is saying,

did you read it?

So here's our question.

Coffee drinkers, do you have any tips and tricks for managing the rising price of coffee? 212-433

WNYC, 212, 433-9-6-9-2? Have you changed your habits? Do you stop getting, are you not getting as

much coffee out and making more at home? Are you getting smaller sizes at your favorite

coffee shop? What are some tricks and tips for managing the rising costs of coffee that you have

engaged in, Wall Street Journal reported on some, and that you might want to share with fellow

coffee drinkers in the audience.

212-433 WNYC, 212-433-9692. Why is this happening? Well, the journal reports,

roasted coffee prices at the grocery stores are up 22% in the past year, more than any other

item tracked by the government.

And they attribute this to Trump's tariffs, hidden coffee producers in countries like Brazil,

which has a 50% tariff right now, on top of coffee farms, suffering from poor weather conditions there.

And they get into some people's tips and tricks. What are yours? 212,

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