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Something to spoil your day

Postby bruceb » Wed Jun 12, 2013 5:05 am

Sorry to bring this kind of news, but for those who have not heard, a leaf-blight fungus is threatening coffee plants and plantations in Central America. There's a short article about it here in Wired. In my experience (subjective observation) these kinds of events occur, doing considerable damage and increasing prices and then disappear again for years. Only time will tell if that's the case here.
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I decided I needed a bit of a change so I roasted some Monsooned Malabar. That was a change!
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Postby GreenBean » Wed Jun 12, 2013 7:21 am

Thanks Bruce. The article makes alarming reading with comments on Central American coffee such as:
Regional production fell by 15 percent last year, putting nearly 400,000 people out of work, and that’s just a taste of what’s to come. The next harvest season begins in October, and according to the International Coffee Organization, crop losses could hit 50 percent.

I hope that things will not get that bad. :?
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