The Elbert Files: Coffee and wine and beef, oh my
Friday, May 7, 2021 6:00 AM
“Our Changing Menu” is a new book by food experts and science writers about how climate change is affecting what we eat and drink.
Coffee is one example. Coffee plants are “sensitive to even a small increase in temperature,” which means that “in parts of Mexico, increasing temperatures could reduce coffee production by over 30 percent, making it unviable” in some areas by the end of this decade, the authors wrote.
Options include shifting production to higher altitudes or more northern latitudes, but doing so would be expensive and change the economics of the popular beverage.