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VEVEY, Switzerland – With climate change threatening coffee cultivation, Nestlé experts are exploring how advanced data science and artificial intelligence can be leveraged to help select and breed more climate-resilient plants. While more than 120 species of coffee exist, around 70% of the world’s coffee production is arabica. However, Arabica has a lower tolerance to rising temperatures and is more susceptible to disease than other coffee plants, such as Robusta. [...]

SÃO PAULO, Brazil – An article published in the journal ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering brings good news for coffee buffs: the plastic in used coffee pods can be recycled to make filament for 3D printers, minimizing its environmental impact. The solution was successfully tested by research groups in Brazil at the Federal University of São Carlos (USFCar) and the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), and in the United Kingdom at Manchester Metropolitan [...]

Una ricerca che ha analizzato oltre 500 aziende produttrici di caffè nella Foresta pluviale atlantica e del Cerrado rivela l’effetto positivo delle certificazioni agricole sull’ambiente. Lo studio è stato condotto sotto l’egida del Programma di conservazione, ripristino e uso sostenibile della biodiversità del FAPESP (BIOTA-FAPESP) e finanziato attraverso due progetti. Leggiamo di seguito la prima parte dell’articolo pubblicato sul [...]

SAO PAULO, Brazil – The process of selecting specialty coffee beans entails three kinds of inspection. Two are physical and involve samples of raw and roast coffee. The third is sensory and involves tasting the drink. Certification is provided by the Specialty Coffee Association of America (SCAA). In accordance with SCAA guidelines, coffee quality is measured on a decimal scale from zero to 100. A specialty coffee must score 80 or more. The grower sends a sample of raw beans to three [...]