The Disturbing Secret Behind the World’s Most Expensive Coffee
The Disturbing Secret Behind the World’s Most Expensive Coffee
www.nationalgeographic.com
The Disturbing Secret Behind the World’s Most Expensive Coffee
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Pretty much everything about coffee is bad. It is a jungle monoculture.
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There’s often exploitation and it’s hard on the environment.
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I switched coffee for Yerba Mate a long time ago. It probably has similar supply chain issues to be honest but its isolated in a specific part of Brazil and Argentina from what I know. @josie@vegantheoryclub.org have you ever been to a mate growing region?
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There can be an agroforestry version, but probably not at a large scale with massive consumption globally.
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Imagine my shock that this article wasn't about Starbucks.
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Yeah last time this came up someone posted another article about people trying it… the voice tastes bad and the only reason it’s expensive is part of the marketing.
It’s a gimmick scam coffee nobody actually wants.
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That's not a secret, it's literally the main thing to know about the coffee, this factoid was used in the Simpsons.
Isn't a factoid something that sounds true but is actually false?
A factoid is basically a junk food proposition, it can be false or it can be true but insignificant. Just like how junk food refers to both foods with a lot of empty calories (and so are unhealthy) as well as ultra-processed foods (which need not be unhealthy, but aren't beneficial either). The individual you're replying to is using the term correctly.