--- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote:
> >
> > --- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk" <shempmcgurk@> 
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > It takes 140 litres of water to produce one cup of coffee.
> > 
> > No wonder I always have to pee after I drink a cup
> > of coffee!
> 
> I got this info from an article on the world's water from the 
> recent "New Yorker".  Fascinating article and most of it 
> concentrates on India and how public policy encourages water-
> waste by Indian farmers.

So I get that coffee plants are thirsty, but are they
encouraging Indian farmers to grow coffee there? When
I think coffee, I think of the countries it's usually
from, which are all rainforest nations that do not 
exactly have a problem with water scarcity. I don't
really see a lot of Bombay Blend on the shelves next
to the other coffees.






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