Could Australia become a coffee-growing nation?

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.

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

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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Could Australia become a coffee-growing nation?

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