Coffee-growing countries becoming too hot to cultivate beans, analysis finds
www.theguardian.com
Five countries responsible for 75% of world’s coffee supply record average of 57 extra days of coffee-harming heat a year
    • silence7@slrpnk.netOPEnglish
      11·
      8 天前

      It’s a bit too simplistic; coffee doesn’t tolerate the overnight lows that you get outside the tropics and only grows between 25°N to 30°S. You could in theory grow it indoors with artificial lighting like marijuana, but that’s really expensive.

      • oce 🐆@jlai.luEnglish
        2·
        8 天前

        I bet a time will come when it will be worth it, like heated greenhouse tomatoes.

        • Random_Character_A@lemmy.worldEnglish
          7·
          8 天前

          I have one coffee tree in my living room. If I take it outside in the summer I might harverst enough for two large cups in a single year.

          Roasting beans on a kitchen oven sucks and basicly any brand in stores tastes better (probably because of my shitty roasting).

    • frongt@lemmy.zipEnglish
      6·
      8 天前

      It takes years and years to establish a reliable farm. Climate change is happening faster and more unpredictably.

      Also, it’s not just temperature/latitude that plants rely on, it’s soil, elevation, humidity, and sunlight. Those are really hard to change.

    • mushroommunk@lemmy.todayEnglish
      4·
      8 天前

      On top of the temperature thing silence mentioned, moving coffee north would push other crops further north and cause a chain of issues