Coffee Drinkers Beware: Colombia Says “Peak Coffee” is Near
Just kidding. We aren’t running out of coffee. But Colombia now says worldwide demand will exceed production next year.
Will this mean more habitat destruction as farmers rush to clear land to help meet the demands of coffee drinkers?
Colombia is the world’s third largest producer of coffee and according to Bloomberg News, a growers group in the country now says that there will be less coffee produced than is desired next year. Oddly, while there will be a probable international surplus of 6-7 million bags this year, the extra supply will soon be made irrelevant by a 10 million bag deficit next year. We aren’t talking about the bags of coffee you buy in stores: we are talking about 132 lb. bags.
If you drink coffee, then you soon might be drinking less than usual.
