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Philipp Schallberger Benjamin Hohlmann
Artikel
May 19, 2026
Coffee Production and Water Use: Myth or Real Problem?
From Philipp Schallberger
Kaffee in iner washing Station
140 liters of water per cup of coffee. The figure has circulated since 2003, gets copied without scrutiny, and has even been used as the basis for fines in Honduras. The problem: it counts rainwater as consumption — water that falls on the ground whether coffee grows there or not. We asked our producers. At ...
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