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How climate change will brew a bad-tasting, expensive cup of coffee

Phyllis_Robinson
May 16, 2014

By Damian Carrington in the March 14, 2014 issue of the Guardian
Reposted/printed from The Progreso Network

Rising heat, extreme weather and pests mean the highland bean is running out of cool mountainsides on which it flourishes

Global warming is leading to bad, expensive coffee. The perfect storm of raising heat, extreme whether and ferocious pests mean the highland bean is running out of cool mountain               sides on which it flourishes.
 Rich western urbanites expecting to dodge the impacts of climate change should prepare for a jolt: global warming is leading to bad, expensive coffee. Almost 2bn cups of coffee perk up its drinkers every day, but a perfect storm of rising heat, extreme weather and ferocious pests mean the highland bean is running out of cool mountainsides on which it flourishes. Read more here.