What are the consequences of climate change for coffee production, for the people, for the beverage itself—indeed, for the entire industry?
Chahan Yeretzian has been researching coffee for 20 years. He established the Coffee Excellence Center at the ZHaW in Wädenswil and helps determine the focus of coffee research at the Specialty Coffee Association.
We talk about coffee from the lab, underfunded research in coffee cultivation, and overheated markets for innovation at the end of the supply chain. Chahan is precise, questioning things that many in the coffee industry take for granted. The coffee of the future may partly come from the lab, but it cannot be blind to technology—45 minutes with the coffee professor on the future of coffee.
Coffee is part of climate change. We can all have a say in whether it becomes more of a part of the solution or a part of the problem.
