Having lived in China for 8 years - I gradually began buying Chinese (Yunnan grown) coffee beans to use with my Flair Pro2 - and became really impressed with the quality of Arabica beans they produced - the climate in Yunnan is simalar-ish to that in the Andes - Audi the altitude - and the difference in taste minimal
I used to have a ridiculous coffee addiction without any benefits (like feeling awake), then i found out I had ADHD, went on meds, and now I no longer need coffee :D I feel so much better! I drank 4-6 cups a day i think, doesn't sounds like much maybe, but my small body could not handle that. My adrenals didn't either. They were so fatigued I could just go to sleep after drinking coffee.
@Sport-wsbef I have ADD too & slow processing disorder. I like smell of coffee & it helps my digestion. It might help looking into MTHFR mutations test & figure out how to support your body the best with supplements & keto or even ketovore/carnivore diet. I have never even considered medication seeing what it does to elderly.
@@naturalselection3656 Currently I take a low dosage of atomoxetine, it's a non-stimulant. I tried out all kinds, but this did the trick for me, all bodies react differently, it's trial and error. I want to try Keto in the future, it definitively works, but I'm underweight atm, so one step at a time :)
I live in NE Thailand and have tried unsuccessfully to grow on coffee trees planted from when they are 1 year old. Most of the coffee in Thailand comes for cooler and higher north of Thailand. I would be very interested in more heat tolerant coffee as all other factors like shade, soil and water levels I can control.
I love coffee, I live in Malaysia and I want to grow some coffee beans. Maybe FRiM can help but I'd be interested in hot varieties that would like to grow with bananas. I'm working to grow banana trees in barrels so the trees can be moved around and intensely fed compost for fast production. Growing coffee under these trees would be a good idea. I'd like to try roasting the beans too.
The narrator keeps referring to drinks that don't really need high quality coffee (pumpkin spiced latte, Starbucks, morning flat white (if you add a lot of milk)) yet saying robusta doesn't taste "as great". If your standard of coffee drinks contains sugar, milk and flavourings, you likely won't be able to appreciate the subtle notes of high quality arabica beans anyway.
I haven't drunk coffee for a few years now, as it has brought me far more problems than benefits, but I can sympathize with those who say they can't live without it.
It caused a flare in my dopamine receptor sensitivity and akathisia due to drugs. So I cant drink coffee,tea,energy drinks etc. It never made the wanted effect in me because of adhd anyway. Caffeine makes me sleepy. I was using green tea to sleep every night before my disease flared up. Sometimes even drank coffee to sleep. Human body is weird.
@@exosproudmamabear558sometimes when I drink coffee I get really sleepy for about 10min... Curiously If I drink green tea at night, I can't go to sleep. Same with camomile tea. If I drink coffee at night, I will go to bed later but sleep exactly as good as if I don't have one
I quit this year. Coffee and caffeine is not good for your health, it's a bad habit. Frankly, coffee itself is bitter and doesn't taste great. Starbucks is a hype machine and ruined many family businesses, serving up tons of sugar and fat laden "coffee" drinks. I was in a coffee co-op many years ago in Costa Rica, before Starbucks. Local coffee was very inexpensive, cheaper than coke, even the poor could afford it. Everyone just boiled the roasted beans in water for 20 min, and added sugar or fresh pressed cane juice to taste. That was the best coffee I ever had.
How about paying a more fair price to the producers? sometimes I got the feeling that we just want to improve quality and incomes without take actions at the root of the problems. As many as other crops, very often, companies that transform the crop into the product(s) really don't pay enough for the raw material from the producers and it's a shame. Three time technology won't solve the problems, we (almost) already have many of the technologies needed, and since producers are in low income country, we're just putting technology between us and the producers, which at the end will end up to a bigger gap.
I don't agree at all with the opinion "arabica beans have a superior taste to robusta". For us robusta drinkers, arabica beans are much less caffeinated (in fact, just contain half as much caffeine as robusta), which makes it's taste bland just like coffee-flavoured water. It's personal preferences, so don't compare apples to oranges
There is no money to made on coffee. We grow it in Kenya and we can't even sell it due to politics. There is no shortage but I believe a sinister plan is going on to create artificial shortage. I hope those politics don't get into tea. Thank l god our tea has ready market in middle east and Russia. There is an oversupply of coffee!
Maybe try switching things up with drinks like matcha, yerba mate, or black tea as coffee alternatives. I started exploring these when I hit the three-cups-a-day mark. Plus, if you get the prep right, they give you that same cozy routine as coffee
If you mean coffee farmers - they usually receive a relatively small percentage of the final retail price, but the proportion can vary a lot depending on factors like coffee supply chain, location and on the operator. You may want to search for brands that prioritize transparency and fair compensation for farmers. 🙌
Absolutely, I drank high-quality robusta coffee for years! Over this time I've discovered some truly great robusta beans However, nowadays, I predominantly opt for arabica. I stumbled upon a particular bean that has a taste of dark chocolate, and it aligns with fair trade and organic standards. My new love :) I dont really understand, why DW dislikes robusta so much ^^
(I bought 1 take-out cup of coffee 4 years ago). My routine: I brew a 30 oz. cup of coffee at home and put in an insulated cup, then at lunch an ice cold can of cola, then yerba mate late in the workday. At dinner, ice cold sun tea from a pitcher in my refrigerator. Who needs to buy take-out coffee???
I grew up drinking robusto coffee in the original Maxwell House Masterblend. To this day, I think robusto tastes better and look for brands that still use it in their ground coffee. It my not be as "complex", but I love how strong it tastes and is perfect for getting a jump start in the morning.
I grew up drinking whatever store coffee was cheapest. At grandma's house it sat in the perk on the wood burning side of the combo gas/wood stove all day long. Today, I do appreciate the odd cup of "good" coffee. But usually just some 8 O'clock beans or an Aldi pod.
I drink a half coffee half hot water in the morning with some thick milk (whole milk without all the water recommended to make "milk"). This is the only caffinated I have in the day. The rest of the day I drink either decaf, black tea, dandelion root brewed thing or chicory root brewed thing. It doesn't matter much to me. I would like to live long enough to try some of these other coffees. I like both Arabica and Robusta---each has its place. But, I am always intrigued by anything outside of the box! I will be rather old by 2050, so this may not happen for me. :-(
I have two cups of coffee in the morning before going to work I'm talking about 5:00 in the morning once I get to work I start working and maybe set up a two shots for an American and that's it for the day and I try to purchase from local coffee shops and not chains enjoyed it very much thank you that was a nice review
The thing is,people dosen't know how coffee really taste. Because corporations and old coffee chain roasters tend to dark roast. Lighter roast coffees ,smaller lot,single origins, from small local roasters is more interesting taste and more sustainable.
@@Sorcerer86pt Couldn't we genetically engineer coffee so its more robust in these environments and might also even taste better? They are doing it already with a lot of other plants.
I have a home espresso machine - it makes outstanding coffee. I have one or two coffees every morning. But, if the machine died and I could not fix or replace it, or I could not buy good quality coffee beans, I would just quit drinking coffee - no joy in drinking bad or bland coffee.
I am interested in watching and finishing this video, but, I am tired of all this gloom and doom scenarios that everyone is screaming about. Running out of this or that in like 20-30 years. We still have gas, water, etc. Kind of like chicken little, the sky is falling. Pretty sure this generation will be fine. Just saying.......
Im not too bothered. Coffee is a bad addiction anyway. I have mostly switched to chicory based bevarages. Yes it tastes different, but after some time you adjust to the flavour. I feel a thousand times better without coffee in my life. I sleep better, i dont have digestive issues anymore, and i feel more alert.
well I'm from India and we India mostly like both coffee and chai(and ya chai means tea in Hindi,so never ever say chai tea infront of an Indian😂),so ya most of the Indians are not worried about coffee that much
I'm sorry DW Planet A but as soon as you say small farmers are a problem you are SO OUT OF TOUCH with reality it's pathetic. It's large farms that tend to create the problems, large monoculture farms.
What we actually said was that agroforestry would be a great answer for farmers who usually depend only on the coffee crops - this would create a better safety net in terms of their income. 🌱
Really impressed with the HUGE historic mistake about introduction of coffee in the Brazilian economy. I understand that was not the topic of the video, but that’s how fake news starts to spread.
I will be grateful just to have any. Damn. Every day a new aspect of new climate change that will make my life miserable, and make that of future generations' lives impossible.
How many cups of coffee do you drink daily? And how would you replace them?
3 to 5 😮
There is plenty of solutions, and enough coffee for everyone. Don't be alarmed
@@jamessmith4681
Says a person who lives in the West and earns way more than 50-100 US dollars a month.
Do not drink coffee at all because I don't like the taste of it but I really enjoy drinking tea. I hope tea does not have the same problems.
I switched to tea
Finally somebody is talking about the crop losses.
Having lived in China for 8 years - I gradually began buying Chinese (Yunnan grown) coffee beans to use with my Flair Pro2 - and became really impressed with the quality of Arabica beans they produced - the climate in Yunnan is simalar-ish to that in the Andes - Audi the altitude - and the difference in taste minimal
A world without caffeine would be a strange and difficult one.
You did not mention a better one. Once the addiction to caffeine fades away after a week, you don't miss it.
I used to have a ridiculous coffee addiction without any benefits (like feeling awake), then i found out I had ADHD, went on meds, and now I no longer need coffee :D I feel so much better!
I drank 4-6 cups a day i think, doesn't sounds like much maybe, but my small body could not handle that. My adrenals didn't either. They were so fatigued I could just go to sleep after drinking coffee.
I can’t believe we live in a world where someone thinks 4-6 cups a day isn’t a lot.
Like dude, 1 cup of Coffee a day is more than enough for me. 2 or more a day is already crazy
@Sport-wsbef
I have ADD too & slow processing disorder. I like smell of coffee & it helps my digestion. It might help looking into MTHFR mutations test & figure out how to support your body the best with supplements & keto or even ketovore/carnivore diet.
I have never even considered medication seeing what it does to elderly.
Interesting I might be in the same spot as you may I ask what you were prescribed with ?
@@naturalselection3656 Currently I take a low dosage of atomoxetine, it's a non-stimulant. I tried out all kinds, but this did the trick for me, all bodies react differently, it's trial and error. I want to try Keto in the future, it definitively works, but I'm underweight atm, so one step at a time :)
I live in NE Thailand and have tried unsuccessfully to grow on coffee trees planted from when they are 1 year old. Most of the coffee in Thailand comes for cooler and higher north of Thailand.
I would be very interested in more heat tolerant coffee as all other factors like shade, soil and water levels I can control.
I love coffee, I live in Malaysia and I want to grow some coffee beans. Maybe FRiM can help but I'd be interested in hot varieties that would like to grow with bananas. I'm working to grow banana trees in barrels so the trees can be moved around and intensely fed compost for fast production. Growing coffee under these trees would be a good idea. I'd like to try roasting the beans too.
The narrator keeps referring to drinks that don't really need high quality coffee (pumpkin spiced latte, Starbucks, morning flat white (if you add a lot of milk)) yet saying robusta doesn't taste "as great". If your standard of coffee drinks contains sugar, milk and flavourings, you likely won't be able to appreciate the subtle notes of high quality arabica beans anyway.
Exactly right. But you can not convince the brainwashed of that.
Exactly!
So coffee could be a has-bean?
Especially once you discover and adapt to matcha lattes 🍵
Not for me it’s timeless drink
Finally... Something that everyone can relate to losing in the here and now.
Yes, the first positive I have heard regarding climate change. The jobs lost will move to something else.
I'm a trucker. I can say with total confidence that without coffee the number of accidents will skyrocket.
I haven't drunk coffee for a few years now, as it has brought me far more problems than benefits, but I can sympathize with those who say they can't live without it.
It caused a flare in my dopamine receptor sensitivity and akathisia due to drugs. So I cant drink coffee,tea,energy drinks etc. It never made the wanted effect in me because of adhd anyway. Caffeine makes me sleepy. I was using green tea to sleep every night before my disease flared up. Sometimes even drank coffee to sleep. Human body is weird.
@@exosproudmamabear558sometimes when I drink coffee I get really sleepy for about 10min... Curiously If I drink green tea at night, I can't go to sleep.
Same with camomile tea.
If I drink coffee at night, I will go to bed later but sleep exactly as good as if I don't have one
Shade grown coffee is much better in yield quality and plant longevity. Plus agro-forestry adds to farmers' long term revenue
I quit this year. Coffee and caffeine is not good for your health, it's a bad habit. Frankly, coffee itself is bitter and doesn't taste great. Starbucks is a hype machine and ruined many family businesses, serving up tons of sugar and fat laden "coffee" drinks. I was in a coffee co-op many years ago in Costa Rica, before Starbucks. Local coffee was very inexpensive, cheaper than coke, even the poor could afford it. Everyone just boiled the roasted beans in water for 20 min, and added sugar or fresh pressed cane juice to taste. That was the best coffee I ever had.
How about paying a more fair price to the producers? sometimes I got the feeling that we just want to improve quality and incomes without take actions at the root of the problems. As many as other crops, very often, companies that transform the crop into the product(s) really don't pay enough for the raw material from the producers and it's a shame.
Three time technology won't solve the problems, we (almost) already have many of the technologies needed, and since producers are in low income country, we're just putting technology between us and the producers, which at the end will end up to a bigger gap.
I don't agree at all with the opinion "arabica beans have a superior taste to robusta". For us robusta drinkers, arabica beans are much less caffeinated (in fact, just contain half as much caffeine as robusta), which makes it's taste bland just like coffee-flavoured water. It's personal preferences, so don't compare apples to oranges
There is no money to made on coffee. We grow it in Kenya and we can't even sell it due to politics. There is no shortage but I believe a sinister plan is going on to create artificial shortage. I hope those politics don't get into tea. Thank l god our tea has ready market in middle east and Russia. There is an oversupply of coffee!
Informative video as always
In Brasil, huge farms with drip irrigation in the North East and new GMO varieties, no one can beat that
Thank God that here in Brazil, coffee plantations continue in our culture in an unchanging way.
Tea is more widely drank than coffee
I've been drinking coffee almost every day for 34 years!
Maybe try switching things up with drinks like matcha, yerba mate, or black tea as coffee alternatives. I started exploring these when I hit the three-cups-a-day mark. Plus, if you get the prep right, they give you that same cozy routine as coffee
'The coffee supply chain often lacks transparency' Do you know what % of the coffee you buy is going to the producer?
If you mean coffee farmers - they usually receive a relatively small percentage of the final retail price, but the proportion can vary a lot depending on factors like coffee supply chain, location and on the operator. You may want to search for brands that prioritize transparency and fair compensation for farmers. 🙌
In my case it is zero. Almost 100% of the coffee I buy goes to me.
i love robusta (low acidity, higher bitterness) - and I do not drink 'instant'
Absolutely, I drank high-quality robusta coffee for years! Over this time I've discovered some truly great robusta beans
However, nowadays, I predominantly opt for arabica. I stumbled upon a particular bean that has a taste of dark chocolate, and it aligns with fair trade and organic standards. My new love :)
I dont really understand, why DW dislikes robusta so much ^^
i like organic & fairtrade #coffee. ☕
One cup of high quality coffee in the morning is a must for me. It's a ritual.
(I bought 1 take-out cup of coffee 4 years ago). My routine: I brew a 30 oz. cup of coffee at home and put in an insulated cup, then at lunch an ice cold can of cola, then yerba mate late in the workday. At dinner, ice cold sun tea from a pitcher in my refrigerator. Who needs to buy take-out coffee???
@DWPlanetA I would love to hear more about future varieties of coffee
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I deeply love my morning coffee. I don't know how I'd function without it.
this was a simple straightforward approach to descriptions of given tasks that dont fail, good work, (personal flowerisms, headache)
Supa-cute coffee researchers - I'm hooked!
Good info!
Speciality Coffee is more expensive and tastes different than the coffee you buy from Starbucks, but it might give a chance to support farmers
People don’t go to Starbucks for the taste of the coffee. They go for the sugary caffeine.
I grew up drinking robusto coffee in the original Maxwell House Masterblend. To this day, I think robusto tastes better and look for brands that still use it in their ground coffee. It my not be as "complex", but I love how strong it tastes and is perfect for getting a jump start in the morning.
I grew up drinking whatever store coffee was cheapest. At grandma's house it sat in the perk on the wood burning side of the combo gas/wood stove all day long. Today, I do appreciate the odd cup of "good" coffee. But usually just some 8 O'clock beans or an Aldi pod.
1:30 I'm going to pause it here for a cup. (But Phil, you never have a second cup after 5:30 at home...)
У кофе один из самых вкусных ароматов в мире. Да, вкус нравится не всем - это нормально.
И цветки кофейного дерева пахнут замечательно.
I drink a half coffee half hot water in the morning with some thick milk (whole milk without all the water recommended to make "milk"). This is the only caffinated I have in the day. The rest of the day I drink either decaf, black tea, dandelion root brewed thing or chicory root brewed thing. It doesn't matter much to me. I would like to live long enough to try some of these other coffees. I like both Arabica and Robusta---each has its place. But, I am always intrigued by anything outside of the box! I will be rather old by 2050, so this may not happen for me. :-(
coffee is a nice treat for me once or twice a month
I'm surprised you didn't talk about the liberica variety
If you want to be able to drink coffee in your old age, fight climate catastrophe now!
Essa voz maravilhosa da narração é da linda Beina Xu?
only someone who is highly profiting of the trade will say transparency is bad for buisness.... consumers want to know.
Yeah, exactly 👻
My morning cup is my daily prayer.
I have two cups of coffee in the morning before going to work I'm talking about 5:00 in the morning once I get to work I start working and maybe set up a two shots for an American and that's it for the day and I try to purchase from local coffee shops and not chains enjoyed it very much thank you that was a nice review
The thing is,people dosen't know how coffee really taste. Because corporations and old coffee chain roasters tend to dark roast.
Lighter roast coffees ,smaller lot,single origins, from small local roasters is more interesting taste and more sustainable.
Why dont they grow coffee in vertical farms locally though?
We don't know if it's feasible. Maybe robusta could do. Arábica is too sensible imho. Like they said, coffee 'science' is too behind to answer this
@@Sorcerer86pt Couldn't we genetically engineer coffee so its more robust in these environments and might also even taste better? They are doing it already with a lot of other plants.
@@laurenz1337_ we could. Like we did for other GMOs. There has to be investment in both money and time. That's the problem
Nobody asked me if I wanted my coffee to taste differently... 😡
Maybe a new plantation in Italy would start when global warming will continue
Too dry
In Costa Rica you can find coffe with appellation of origin and it is called Café Tarrazú.
I have a purely symbiotic relationship with coffee
Enjoying this vid with a good Cappuccino
I wish to be big part of coffee industry in next few years …
I just grow cleavers and roast the seeds like you would coffee. Basically tastes the same, in my opinion.
I make very nice tea with fresh & dry cleavers. Taste great & are very healthy.
Drink tea 😂. I dislike coffee, so I am not worried. Lol.
But very interesting documentary as always.
I would like to learn more about the statistics of the hybrid coffee varieties. Is there any paper I could read? @DWPlanetA
Here is one with the empirical evidence from Costa Rica ☕www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772655X23000058
I have a home espresso machine - it makes outstanding coffee. I have one or two coffees every morning. But, if the machine died and I could not fix or replace it, or I could not buy good quality coffee beans, I would just quit drinking coffee - no joy in drinking bad or bland coffee.
i brew a big pot of coffee the night before and put it in the fridge so its ready when i wake up
"transparency is bad for business" i'm sorry what?
'Tis be the truth mate. I dare you: show me an honest billionaire.
@@KarlosEPM well said. solidarity forever💪
"varietal"? What is wrong with the word 'variety'?
1 cup or less of Instant coffee daily.
I am interested in watching and finishing this video, but, I am tired of all this gloom and doom scenarios that everyone is screaming about. Running out of this or that in like 20-30 years. We still have gas, water, etc. Kind of like chicken little, the sky is falling. Pretty sure this generation will be fine. Just saying.......
I guess it's time to Jump on to Tea
i do not like coffee at all. i am glad. i mostly drink water, sometimes a redbull, but only because it tastes so good, not for the coffeine.
I feel so sorry for the Chinese being subjected to terrible American coffee.
i love agroforestry!
🙌✨Then we have a video just for you 👉 "Agroforestry: A solution to farming’s biggest problems?" ua-cam.com/video/cfvYL-Acyec/v-deo.html
2-6 Cups; and tbh I prefer the taste of robusta over arabica which tastes often more acidic, currently use a 20% Arabica/80% Robusta bland :)
Im not too bothered. Coffee is a bad addiction anyway. I have mostly switched to chicory based bevarages. Yes it tastes different, but after some time you adjust to the flavour. I feel a thousand times better without coffee in my life. I sleep better, i dont have digestive issues anymore, and i feel more alert.
The digestive problems were the worst! That’s why I searched alternatives
Is the digestive maybe because of all the fiber from the chicory helping your gut microbiota?
I luv coffeeeeee❤😂
I use my coffee machine with cappuccinator every day, many times per day.
♥☕😍
well I'm from India and we India mostly like both coffee and chai(and ya chai means tea in Hindi,so never ever say chai tea infront of an Indian😂),so ya most of the Indians are not worried about coffee that much
I buy coffee from certified B Corporations as much as possible.
It would be better if the narrator spoke slowly and clearly and didn't gabble like a silly schoolgirl.
Hey Bob! We are all for critical discussion here but please stay respectful and do not insult our reporters.
I'm sorry DW Planet A but as soon as you say small farmers are a problem you are SO OUT OF TOUCH with reality it's pathetic. It's large farms that tend to create the problems, large monoculture farms.
Most news organisations are supported by, and therefore support, large companies.
What we actually said was that agroforestry would be a great answer for farmers who usually depend only on the coffee crops - this would create a better safety net in terms of their income. 🌱
Coffee is expensive these days... people aren't drinking as before
BioDynamic Farming by Rick Mansell will allow us to grow organic crops without the price increase 🙏
Side note: should you give up pumpkin spice latte? You should, even if there was nothing but coffee growing in all of Africa.
Modern poison.
Save the planet, save the coffee🙂
We can always go back to what we did for thousands of years - not drink coffee 😉 It doesn't seem to be necessary for life
No.
Coffee and 420 mmm😋 🫶🏿
A coffee shortage video
Nooooo! I guess I have to change my morning routine!
Nice vid, I don’t drink coffee
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Nooooooooo‼️ 🥺
used to be more than 5 cups a day but now down to 2 cups only lol 🤣🤣🤣. Basically can't live without em😂
The industrial revolution and its consequences were a disaster for humanity.
The problem with coffee production is land management not changing temperatures. Predictions of climate apocalypse are nonsense.
In general, I prefer tea.
just waiting till i can grow my own in the UK
Really impressed with the HUGE historic mistake about introduction of coffee in the Brazilian economy. I understand that was not the topic of the video, but that’s how fake news starts to spread.
Go to Vietnam, cheap land, cheap labor, good place on earth for planting coffee. Cheers.
I will be grateful just to have any. Damn. Every day a new aspect of new climate change that will make my life miserable, and make that of future generations' lives impossible.
💋☕
There will come a day when people will feel really stupid by talking about climate change and carbon footprint.
I HATE COFFE CROPS THEY ARE REPLACING OTHER CROPS
Coffee is horrible. Any change would make it better. Impossible to make it worse
There is plenty of solutions, and enough coffee for everyone. Don't be alarmed
Лишь бы не было искусственного дефицита.
Hybridizing for different climates ois the trick!