Summary
The coffee industry is facing changes due to tariffs and climate challenges. Weather changes are making it harder to grow coffee, and tariffs are impacting sales. Prices may rise, and the taste of coffee could change over time.
Key Facts
- Coffee growers face challenges like pests, diseases, and new tariffs.
- Climate change could cut the land suitable for coffee farming by 50% by 2050.
- Brazil and Vietnam, top coffee producers, may have land that becomes unsuitable.
- Ethiopia may lose 21% of its coffee-growing areas due to warming temperatures.
- Arabica coffee, popular in the U.S., now needs higher elevations to thrive due to rising temperatures.
- Coffee farmers have difficulty affording changes needed for climate adaptation.
- Coffee market prices are unstable and do not always cover production costs.
