What consequences does climate change have for coffee production, for people, for the beverage, and for the entire industry?
Chahan Yeretzian has been researching coffee for 20 years. At the ZHaW in Wädenswil, he established the Coffee Excellence Center, and at the Specialty Coffee Association, he helps determine what coffee research should specialize in.
We talk about coffee from the lab, underfunded coffee research in cultivation, and overheated markets for innovations at the end of the chain. Chahan is meticulous, questioning things that many coffee people take for granted. The coffee of the future may partly come from the lab, but it must not be technologically blind – 45 minutes with the coffee professor on the future of coffee.
Coffee is part of climate change. We can all help determine whether it is more part of the solution or part of the problem.
