Study: Coffee could be extinct by 2080

[smangalang]

Some of you morning coffee drinkers are probably are sipping as you read this devastating news. According to a recent study that concludes climate change could spell doom for the world’s favorite drug, we all might have taken this global warming thing a bit more seriously, but, alas, it may be too late.

Accounting for seventy percent of global coffee production, Arabica coffee grows in cloud forests that are particularly sensitive to environmental changes, and researchers who visited the Boma Plateau in South Sudan to assess the possibility of growing the plant there in the future were disheartened to find the wild varieties on which cultivated Arabica depend to remain resistant to disease were already in danger of dying off.

The prospects are “profoundly negative,” the study concluded [for Arabica]. Even in a best-case scenario, two-thirds of the suitable growing locations would disappear by 2080—and at worst, nearly 100 percent. And that’s factoring in only climate change, not deforestation.

Though Robusta coffee is more resistant to climate change, its strong taste would likely make the drink unpalatable to many coffee drinkers, and that’s just not something we can swallow.

Full story at National Geographic via Foodbeast.

 

[Bert.]

not devastating news since most of us reading it will be dead. sucks for those in 2080

 

[slicknick951]

not devastating news since most of us reading it will be dead. sucks for those in 2080

this
i don't even drink coffee

 

[powerballin]

damn! 

 

[fraij da 5 11]

I'm sure they'll be keeping me awake in other ways when I'm 94 years old.

 

[ricky409]

good nap and exercise >>>>>>>> coffee...

try doing a light jog in the morning and see how it will wake you up as opposed to a veinte cup of expresso...

or whatever the large size at starbucks is.

 

[sumrndmdude]

not devastating news since most of us reading it will be dead. sucks for those in 2080

wu tang is for the children, apparently zyzz is not!

 

[semf]

i think same could be said of CHOCOLATE too

 

[big j 33]

good nap and exercise >>>>>>>> coffee...

try doing a light jog in the morning and see how it will wake you up as opposed to a veinte cup of expresso...

or whatever the large size at starbucks is.

They don't serve large cups of espresso. And no one would argue against the benefits of sleep and exercise, but many who work don't have the option of a nap and exercise in the middle of the day. 

A cup of coffee + a 30 minute nap and that's a real refresher. Drink the coffee, take a nap, and it takes roughly 20-30 minutes for caffeine to take effect. Wake up from the nap, get a boost from the coffee, and you're good.

We all should be sleeping better and exercising daily, but when time is an issue, a few minutes to make a cup of coffee is a lot faster than the hour and change to nap, exercise, shower.

 

[ricky409]

They don't serve large cups of espresso. And no one would argue against the benefits of sleep and exercise, but many who work don't have the option of a nap and exercise in the middle of the day. 

A cup of coffee + a 30 minute nap and that's a real refresher. Drink the coffee, take a nap, and it takes roughly 20-30 minutes for caffeine to take effect. Wake up from the nap, get a boost from the coffee, and you're good.

We all should be sleeping better and exercising daily, but when time is an issue, a few minutes to make a cup of coffee is a lot faster than the hour and change to nap, exercise, shower.

ol' technical ninja right here...

but a mile run + shower will take 15 min... lettuce not pretend like i'm saying you should hit the weight room for a hour workout.

 

[coldcity]

not devastating news since most of us reading it will be dead. sucks for those in 2080

this
i don't even drink coffee

+1

 

[norcalhussla]

Tea > Coffee

 

[Bert.]

Tea > Coffee

naw, the taste of coffee with some cream and sugar is amazing, a lot of people drink it for the caffeine but i love the taste, wish decaf wasnt nasty and bad for you otherwise id drink it like crazy.

 

[milestailsprowe]

This will be fixed by the time it gets real bad

 

[feeninlikejodeci]

good nap and exercise >>>>>>>> coffee...
try doing a light jog in the morning and see how it will wake you up as opposed to a veinte cup of expresso...
or whatever the large size at starbucks is.

#Endorphin Swag

 

[so nyuh shi dae]

maybe the extinction of coffee will convince people that global warming exists.