The taste of the coffee will change dramatically by 2050, scientists

How climate change will affect the taste of coffee

Fans of an invigorating drink will soon be very annoyed: scientists believe that coffee taste is going to change much by 2050.

A recently published study on climate change has upset all lovers of the fragrant beverage: it turns out that in the near future more than half the coffee plantations of Ethiopia will become unsuitable for coffee cultivation. Similar forecasts are provided for the other “coffee countries”: by 2050, Brazil, Indonesia and Colombia coffee plantations will be reduced by half.

Moody beans

Why is this happening? After all, global warming is getting hotter and the coffee is love just such a climate! It turns out, is not so simple.

The fact that the taste of coffee beans depends on many factors, including the environment. In this they are similar to grapes. Therefore, one and the same variety of coffee grown in two different countries (or even on different slopes of a single mountain), will have different flavors.

When agricultural land in Ethiopia, Brazil and other countries will be less, coffee plantations can be transferred to mountainous terrain, in a more favorable climate. On the one hand, it potentially increases the available for coffee cultivation land four times, on the other, such drastic changes in the external environment, temperature, and soil will affect the coffee taste.

Coffee reserve Fund under threat

In addition, the need to replant millions of coffee trees, followed by the need to move people who work on these plantations. Perhaps the producers will be using genetic engineering to make coffee more resilient to heat and drought. Otherwise, you will have to pay fans to enjoy a Cup of coffee, he will become not only less tasty but more expensive.

When in 2014 in Brazil was a drought, the price of coffee has doubled. Imagine what would happen if all the coffee producers will start this problem?

In Ethiopia is already feeling. More hot and dry seasons prevent farmers to sustain the same production as before. Ethiopian Arabica is very sensitive to any changes in climate.

Another problem is the loss of wild coffee varieties. Their is still a lot in Ethiopia, which is considered the birthplace of coffee. Farmers periodically use wild plants to replenish your supply of seeds. If this “global coffee supply” dies, there will be consequences in the whole world.

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