Global coffee prices are on the rise due to storms, shipping disruptions, and climate issues, but coffee lovers in New Zealand are still buying their daily brews. Coffee prices for popular types like arabica and robusta have gone up by around 2-4%, according to analysts at Barchart. This increase is caused by problems in coffee-growing regions, like plant diseases, floods, and unusual weather, especially in South America and Vietnam, where coffee production has dropped.
In New Zealand, coffee wholesalers like John Burton Ltd are struggling with long shipping times, particularly from Brazil. To solve this, they are sourcing coffee beans from Papua New Guinea, which is closer and faster to ship. However, the weak New Zealand dollar is making it harder to buy coffee from international markets. While some are optimistic about fair trade’s positive impact on farming communities, climate change continues to cause unpredictable weather that affects coffee drying and production.
Unfortunately for coffee drinkers, prices are expected to stay high for a while.
very interesting
I loved reading it because, I never knew that maybe chocolate might be gone in the future!
save the chocolate…
I enjoyed this reading because
it show what climate changes does!!
they might have to move most chocolate into a colder place, since the climate clock is getting low
so temperature might get higher.
i love chocolate
I’m allergic to dairy, but this makes me sad for my best friends all around NZ (don’t think it’s weird because I actually do). And my chocolate loving cousin, her name is Dana (I’m from South Korea and she told me how to spell her name in Korean but its not pronounced like Dana).
I know that there are chocolate lovers around the world so, poor them or if you like chocolate poor you (even though I’m allergic to dairy, or to make it easy dairy products: cheese, milk, butter etc).