On Sun, 15 Jul 2018 17:41:55 -0600, U.S. Janet B. >
wrote:

>On Sun, 15 Jul 2018 22:58:57 GMT, "l not -l" > wrote:
>
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>>On 15-Jul-2018, dsi1 > wrote:
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>>> On Sunday, July 15, 2018 at 11:06:12 AM UTC-10, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
>>> > '
>>> > https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/c...ave-it-n891221
>>>
>>> We're just going to have to switch to tea.
>>Hmm; not for me, tea is fine iced; but it will never do as a morning
>>caffeine delivery system. I'll switch to Guatemalan or any other coffee
>>that is not Kona or from robusta beans.
>
>the underlying message is that the fungus and bugs that are affecting
>the Columbia coffee has already traveled from elsewhere. We can
>expect that other growers elsewhere will be battling the same
>problems.

Global markets and mono-culture can be devastating. I am not sure how
similar the coffees grown in Colombia are, but I keep thinking about
the Cavandish banana problem.