A storm is brewing for coffee fans

Your morning cuppa looks set to become the latest casualty of climate change, writes Oliver Moore

CLIMATE change has already been blamed for making storms and hurricanes like Sandy more severe and for melting arctic ice. But now it may be about to make your morning cup of coffee extinct too.

Coffee is the world’s most popular beverage and the second most traded commodity after oil. Arabica accounts for 70% of all global production; the remaining 30% is the less flavourful rhobusta, used to bulk out and strengthen coffee, especially coffee at the lower end of the price spectrum.