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    From JAB@21:1/5 to All on Sun Jul 13 19:48:00 2025
    Even as it grows right under their noses and in their backyards, most
    Americans have probably never heard about yaupon.

    Tariffs give the U.S.'s only native caffeinated plant a shot at
    stardom

    Yaupon, a holly, may be little-known outside indigenous groups, but
    that may soon change thanks to tea and coffee tariffs.
    ...
    ...
    When the Sons of Liberty dumped over 92,000 pounds of tea into the
    Boston Harbor in protest of the passage of the wildly unpopular Tea
    Act of 1773, colonial Americans knew the political performance
    wouldn't force them to kick their caffeine habit. While they still
    hadn't found a way to successfully cultivate their beloved Camellia
    sinensis -- the scientific name for the tea plant-- on American soil,
    they had another locally grown option: yaupon.

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/food/2025/07/13/yaupon-tea-caffeine-tariffs-coffee/

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  • From Retrograde@21:1/5 to JAB on Mon Jul 14 09:34:58 2025
    On 2025-07-14, JAB <here@is.invalid> wrote:
    Even as it grows right under their noses and in their backyards, most Americans have probably never heard about yaupon.

    Give me coffee or give me death.

    Let the morons who applied tariffs to all coffee-producing countries
    drink fucking yaupon, whatever it is.

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to fungus@amongus.com.invalid on Mon Jul 14 11:55:51 2025
    On Mon, 14 Jul 2025 09:34:58 -0000 (UTC), Retrograde <fungus@amongus.com.invalid> wrote:

    tariffs to all coffee-producing countries

    "White House defends tariffs on Brazil despite trade surplus"

    50% Brazil Tariffs Are About Punishment, Not Trade

    "Trump threatens 50% tariffs on Brazil if it doesn't stop the
    Bolsonaro 'witch hunt' trial "

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