Could Australia become a coffee-growing nation?

Some Australians could soon be paying up to seven dollars for a regular coffee. Credit: Chevanon Photography/pexels

Australians drink a lot of coffee - billions of cups a year - but Australian- grown coffee is only a small part of that. What if we grew more of our own? That’s what scientists in northern New South Wales are working on.

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KEY POINTS

• Australia grows less than half a percent of all the coffee we drink. Most Australian coffee grows in Queensland or northern New South Wales where farmers face climate challenges.
• According to AgriFutures Australia, Australians consume a staggering six billion cups of coffee annually, a testament to the nation’s deep-rooted café culture.
• At Southern Cross University in Lismore, Professor Tobias Kretzschmar is finding out by trialling new trees. Scientists have turned to a unique taste wheel which helps analyse the makeup of a particular taste. The taste wheel doesn’t just identify the flavour of the coffee, but its character.

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