Will This New Breed Of Coffee Plant Mean Cheaper Coffee? - Part 2/2 | Talking Point | Full Episode

Extreme weather patterns are threatening to further affect coffee supplies and increase prices. Steven Chia travels to Indonesia to investigate what could be done to prevent the worst effects. He discovers a new and hardier variety of arabica. But would consumers like the taste of it? And would a stable supply of beans lead to the price of our cup of coffee falling?
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Part 1: • Why Is My Coffee Getti...
00:00 Introduction
01:22 Which plants can help coffee trees grow better?
05:46 Countering insects that eat coffee cherries
09:44 Komasti: Coffee variety that can resist extreme weather
15:43 How does Komasti taste v.s. older varieties?
20:13 Rising costs of other ingredients
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[@brentshuffler1234]

The precious highlight in this documentary series is the peaceful, soft-spoken, thoughtful and responsible female farmer who is using organic techniques, no toxic inputs, working with Nature, saving costs, boosting biodiversity, improving yields, and contributing to environmental, financial, and agricultural resilience. Wonderful case-study!

[@johndoe-vc1we]

She's amazing and explains so well. Quite technical

[@RoseDragoness]

lisa and leo are amazing! I love that her coffee plantation form an ecosystem with other plants and insects alike.

[@ambition112]

0:33: ☕ Indonesia's coffee production has increased, but import prices have gone up, leading to a drop in supply and higher prices. 4:56: 🌱 Flowering plants attract pollinators and predator wasps to coffee farms, helping with pollination and protecting against coffee berry borers. 9:25: 🌍 The coffee industry in Indonesia is facing a shortage in supply due to prolonged dry weather caused by El Nino, but there is hope for growth with the introduction of new Arabica varieties. 14:31: 🌱 Farmers in Indonesia are being encouraged to grow a new variety of Arabica coffee that is more robust, productive, and can handle changing weather patterns. 19:54: ☕ Despite a rise in coffee production yield in Indonesia, the cost of coffee in Singapore has increased due to various factors such as higher coffee bean prices and other expenses. Recap by Tammy AI

[@StefanusGoana]

I wonder why Steven was busy with Arabica while he was investigating Robusta price hike. Seeing Lisa and other resilient arabica seed has nothing to do with the hike of robusta coffee in Singapore 😂

[@dusttoh8927]

If the new Arabica is more robust, will the new Robusta be more arabic?

[@user-ko2ww6uz7c]

When I just consider weaning myself off it, u pull me back in.

[@drpk6514]

So you put subtitles for a British person speaking perfect English but no subtitles for a Singaporean?! Keeping honey bees along with coffee plantations has shown up to 20% increased yield in coffee and extra honey income for the farmers.

[@PAPnostandards]

The other increases include water price by an astounding 30%, carpark fees by 27%, town council S&CC, ERP rates, electricity and gas tariffs, university fees, and kindergarten and childcare centre rates.

[@nicholasbolas]

It will never go down, because this is SG and there's hardlock price memory. Tough times ahead for normies...

[@demoncloud6147]

Good

[@joquime119]

I know and feel that Indonesia-Philippines is not that well in Ms Universe pageantry, but inspite that I'm loving them because of Sumatra coffee beans ❤

[@brentshuffler1234]

The clear conclusion is that coffee itself (just like any pure tea or pure herb) and water remain very cheap per serving. However, all the unnecessary manufactured additives (e.g., added sugar, added sweeteners, dairy-products, hydrogenated oils, and margarine!) create both financial problems and health-related issues, as well as massive ENVIRONMENTAL damage and costs. Let's help ourselves, our health and our planet by switching to pure tea/coffee and water, and saying NO! to all the stuff from laboratories, from factories, from animal-farms, from feedlots, and from environmentally damaging practices.

[@douglaskampfer2028]

I am surprised that I didn't see Honey Bee hives in the coffee Grove, if you need a pollinator why not have honey bees.

[@williamzabiski7653]

Nope. Its the test the climate, the soil , the breed.

[@luckycharm8888]

Cheaper coffee? you must be pulling everybodys leg! Corporate profits demands more profit year over year to satisfy the greed of shareholders, so forget about prices going down!🙏

[@JakesSito]

leaf rust

[@d0nk85]

MArgarine ... wow

[@balsarmy]

All the breeding creates not only positive features, but also new problems

[@lile5341]

Same crop, same island, same climate, same species of farmer (humans with two hands, two feet, two eyes). The difference is in the knowledge and wisdom

[@Changemustcome171]

Vote for more opposition the next GE

[@Fledermausmann]

There's also apparently an entirely new species of coffee called Stenophylla that is supposed to be pretty hardy though it's got much lower yields than the two main coffee species (Arabica and Robusta.) Judging by the fact that there are more than 100 species of coffee, there must be one that can survive climate change (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffea).