silence7@slrpnk.net to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoCoffee-growing countries becoming too hot to cultivate beans, analysis finds | Five countries responsible for 75% of world’s coffee supply record average of 57 extra days of coffee-harming heat a yearwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square62linkfedilinkarrow-up1370arrow-down13
arrow-up1367arrow-down1external-linkCoffee-growing countries becoming too hot to cultivate beans, analysis finds | Five countries responsible for 75% of world’s coffee supply record average of 57 extra days of coffee-harming heat a yearwww.theguardian.comsilence7@slrpnk.net to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square62linkfedilink
minus-squaresepiroth154@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·3 days agoWouldn’t it just move more north or am I thinking too simplistic?
minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·3 days agoIt’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.
minus-squareoce 🐆@jlai.lulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days agoI bet a time will come when it will be worth it, like heated greenhouse tomatoes.
minus-squareRandom_Character_A@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·3 days agoI 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).
minus-squarefrongt@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·3 days agoIt 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.
minus-squaremushroommunk@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 days agoOn top of the temperature thing silence mentioned, moving coffee north would push other crops further north and cause a chain of issues
Wouldn’t it just move more north or am I thinking too simplistic?
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.
I bet a time will come when it will be worth it, like heated greenhouse tomatoes.
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).
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.
On top of the temperature thing silence mentioned, moving coffee north would push other crops further north and cause a chain of issues