Posted on 01/13/2025 4:53:15 AM PST by MtnClimber
A few hundred years ago, coffee was almost an unknown commodity with hardly a handful of countries consuming it at a commercial scale. But today, it is a sought-after drink that drives multiple companies to compete for the world’s best beans.
An estimated 21 billion pounds of green coffee are produced annually across more than 25 million acres worldwide. U.S., Brazil, and Japan are the top coffee-consuming countries.
Though late to the caffeinated party, China is now driving global demand. In the 2023-2024 crop year, China’s consumption reached nearly six million 60-kilogram bags, while domestic production stood at less than two million bags. The balance was imported.
But will this global java joy be interrupted by production shortfalls caused by climate change? A simple Google search will yield thousands of news articles about how a warming world is killing Arabica and Robusta coffee beans.
I am currently based in India where tea is king. But coffee consumption is on the rise and could soon reach levels seen in Scandinavia, Canada, and Indonesia. Coincidentally, I am writing this from a city just few hours away from the largest coffee-growing region in the country.
Indian coffee traders say that the impact of climate change “is minimal for now.”
“There have been difficulties in terms of water (and) temperatures, but (they have) not affected production majorly because (they are) not something new,” says Suhas Dwarkanath of Benki Coffee.
This was confirmed by India’s Commerce Ministry, which has allayed fears about weather disruptions and projects higher coffee output for 2024-25. The Indian Coffee Board has set a 10-year road map for doubling the country’s coffee production and exports.
While focusing on weather impacts, analysts and media often overlook other factors that can significantly influence coffee crops.
Colombia, for example, has experienced important benefits
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They will try anything to cause fear.
How do you certify fair trade in the Indian cast system? And this certainly isn’t green sustainable ....[gobbledygook]
I was surprised to learn that Vietnam is said to be the second largest coffee producer after Brazil.
The Coffee Song
https://youtu.be/zTbJBnkRkFo?si=NKr0heaTotQ-gA1c
That must be connected to their history as French Indochina.
But what about Jamaica?!?
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