Title:
Scientists Are on a Quest to Create the Perfect Cup of Coffee—Without the Beans
Author:
Vanessa Bates Ramirez
Published:
SingularityHub, 22 October 2021
From the article:
Ahh, coffee. Is there anything more delicious, more satisfying? It’s always there when you need it, be it first thing in the morning or for a mid-afternoon pick-me-up. According to the Sustainable Coffee Challenge, global consumption of this vital brew is around 600 billion cups per year (I know—I would have guessed higher, too).
But as with many of the products we consume, there’s a cost beyond what we pay at the store. Producing coffee—like producing meat, or almonds, or corn, or pretty much anything—has an environmental cost, too.