Climate change is brewing a storm in your coffee too

[aggregator] downloaded image for imported item #5932

ORIGIN: https://www.yourweather.co.uk/news/

Even though the idiom ‘storm in a teacup’ signals overreaction to something trivial, the storm brewing inside your coffee cup is not to be taken lightly. For it is a teaser of what climate change could result in just a few years.

coffeeWith climate change, a storm is brewing and coffee may not be the same again.

Worries about climate change are everywhere. From wildfires to wetter winters, higher temperatures in the summer to hurricanes, you have heard them all. But did you know that your favourite cuppa joe is not an exception to climate change and a storm has been brewing for a while now?

Why Arabica ain’t Robusta?

If you are a coffee aficionado, you surely know the difference between your arabica and robusta. How arabica are the most popular coffee beans and also meet most of global coffee demand.

But did you know that the arabica coffee plant is also sensitive to weather changes and can easily fail if temperatures soar above 30 degrees Celsius. With the planet warming up and summer temperatures

en_USEnglish