Has the world reached "Peak Coffee"?

[Born2bwire]

thats not coffee, thats just a cutting agent.

Yeah, so be careful what you wish for.

A similar thing happened to bananas from my recollection. The current Cavendish variety became prominant not because of its taste but because of its resilience against the diseases that were devastating the banana crops.

 

[techs]

Yeah, so be careful what you wish for.

A similar thing happened to bananas from my recollection. The current Cavendish variety became prominant not because of its taste but because of its resilience against the diseases that were devastating the banana crops.

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[ivan2]

next, synthetic coffee.

 

[dmcowen674]

Oh NOES!

It's just more of the same bullshit.

They are being paid to not grow beans just like farmers in the U.S, being paid to grow corn instead of wheat.

They are growing bumper drug crops and being funded by Americans buying coffee at higher prices. What a wonderful scam.

It has cost them the Tourist Industry but average Americans can't afford those vacations anyway so no biggie. The very wealthy have much more exotic getaways than the old Mexico resorts.

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

Yeah, so be careful what you wish for.

A similar thing happened to bananas from my recollection. The current Cavendish variety became prominant not because of its taste but because of its resilience against the diseases that were devastating the banana crops.

That is exactly what's happening to most of our produce and people don't realize it. Varieties are selected for looks and transportability rather than taste. Couple that with grocery stores training people to expect availability every day of the year and you get 'youts' who have never eaten a ripe piece of fruit and think crisp is a flavor.

 

[vi edit]

It's just more of the same bullshit.

They are being paid to not grow beans just like farmers in the U.S, being paid to grow corn instead of wheat.

They are growing bumper drug crops and being funded by Americans buying coffee at higher prices. What a wonderful scam.

It has cost them the Tourist Industry but average Americans can't afford those vacations anyway so no biggie. The very wealthy have much more exotic getaways than the old Mexico resorts.

Oh so it couldn't be because of several years of poor growing seasons. That'd be too simple.

 

[h8red]

If true, we must occupy Columbia to secure future supplies of coffee and cocaine.

I think what you meant to say is that we need to liberate the people of Columbia from a dictator...which has NOTHING to do with coffee or cocaine

 

[dmcowen674]

Oh so it couldn't be because of several years of poor growing seasons. That'd be too simple.

No, it's 2011, pretty sure we know how to farm by now.

 

[vi edit]

No, it's 2011, pretty sure we know how to farm by now.

If you can control temps, rain(as in too much), and sunshine across massive areas of coffee production then you sir, have more power than I.

 

[DivideBYZero]

Having been to the Coffee growing region of Colombia, the major reason appeared to be the wholesale price of coffee vs bananas. Per sq/m the farmer can make more money from a Banana crop, so many farmers have a Coffee/banana mix and some have gone full banana. Coffee farming is a fairly long term endeavour, it takes an appreciably long time to bring a plant to production from seedling, and the processing, even when done as a collective as most coffee in Colombia is, is far in excess of that required for bananas.

I was in the Zona Cafetera this March, 2011.

Essentially, Dave McOwen is wrong. Again. About everything. Ever.

 

[Lithium381]

Hazelnut coffee..... so good. Is it "el nino" this time or did al gores global warming thing really happen?

 

[Spikesoldier]

coffee is renewable, so no.

 

[OverVolt]

Wow many of you are experiencing a bout of mass retardation. It has little to do a weak dollar policy or inflation. The article spells it out right there for you to read: yield was 12million 132lb bags, now 9million 132lb bags, price goes up.

While all that other stuff is a factor it's annoying to watch you all parrot back what you hear.

 

[DrPizza]

So, that means that Starbucks now pays about $1 per pound for its beans. A cup of coffee costs Starbucks 8 cents, instead of 7 cents. Oh noes! They'll have to raise the price of a cup by at least a dollar!

 

[MotF Bane]

Digging up a five month old thread to prove techs and McOwned wrong.

EXCELLENT.