Global Kitchen: Climate Change and Coffee

Here is an event upcoming for New Yorkers that promises to be very interesting.

Global Kitchen: Climate Change and Coffee

Tuesday, February 3, 6:30 pm

American Museum of Natural History

Linder Theater; first floor

Fee: $20

"Todd Carmichael, La Colombe Torrefaction Coffee Roasters & Blenders, and Danner Friedman, Rainforest Alliance, discuss growing coffee amid the realities of climate change at the American Museum of Natural History. Participants will learn how the coffee they purchase can help protect against deforestation, one of the leading causes of carbon-dioxide emissions. A coffee cupping will introduce several coffee varietals (plant strains) grown under different environmental conditions, from slash-and-burn farms to rainforests."

I'll be there. That's about the most interesting topic for a public cupping that I have ever heard of. For those of you that can't make it, I'll be sure to post here the next day... can you taste slash-and-burn?

For more information or tickets you can contact visitorinfo@amnh.org

Comments

[ChasingSanity.com]

Another, somewhat related topic, worth discussing is coffee and the use of styrofoam cups on the part of Dunkin Donuts. Check it: http://www.chasingsanity.com/cheap-coffee-thrills-expense-mother-nature/

[Jörg Volkmann]

Daniel, I am eagerly waiting for your report on the cupping!

[Daniel Humphries]

Hi Jörg,

I'm a bum! I didn't make it to the event after all... I was a little jet lagged and it was soooo cold that night in New York. I'm trying to get some information on how it went, and I will post it when I find it. Thanks for reading!