silence7@slrpnk.net to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month 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-square61linkfedilinkarrow-up1365arrow-down13cross-posted to: climate@slrpnk.net
arrow-up1362arrow-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 · 1 month agomessage-square61linkfedilinkcross-posted to: climate@slrpnk.net
minus-squaresepiroth154@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 month agoWouldn’t it just move more north or am I thinking too simplistic?
minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·1 month 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-up2·1 month agoI bet a time will come when it will be worth it, like heated greenhouse tomatoes.
minus-squareRandom_Character_A@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 month 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-up5·1 month 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-up4·1 month 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