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   Minoru Saba (minorusaba@toad.social)'s status on Tuesday, 14-May-2024 22:53:44 JST Minoru Saba

   "The world’s supply of #coffee and #cocoa comes from a handful of countries. Vietnam and Brazil account for more than half of global coffee bean exports — and Vietnam has suffered from severe drought. Cocoa’s two biggest producers are West Africa’s Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire, where production shortfalls are causing unprecedented volatility and record-high prices"
   https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/05/09/markets/cocoa-volatility-coffee-market/
   🔸#Japan may find it difficult to secure coffee/cocoa supplies due to weakening yen. Back to locally grown tea?

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     Minoru Saba (minorusaba@toad.social)'s status on Tuesday, 14-May-2024 23:08:30 JST Minoru Saba

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     🔸Alternatively, we may end up with beanless synthetic coffee according to the WSJ:
     https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/why-you-may-soon-be-drinking-synthetic-coffee/ar-AA1o73SP

     🔸Or, how about dandelion coffee which seems more traditional?
     https://coffeeaffection.com/dandelion-coffee-recipe/

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     Minoru Saba (minorusaba@toad.social)'s status on Wednesday, 15-May-2024 10:15:38 JST Minoru Saba

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     • Christopher Keener, pHd :ddg:

     @RoboticistDuck Visited Okinawa, first and only time, over a decade ago. Had heard they were growing coffee near or in Yanbaru area, but couldn't fit it in the 3 days trip. Seems interest increased since then and apart from Okinawa attempts to grow coffee have started in Kyushu, Okayama, and Ogasawara (where they're growing cacao, too); but yields are apparently still low.

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     Christopher Keener, pHd :ddg: (roboticistduck@mas.to)'s status on Wednesday, 15-May-2024 10:15:39 JST Christopher Keener, pHd :ddg:

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     @minorusaba or growing coffee as a warmer climate permits it within more places in Japan itself! ☕️ 🍵

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     Minoru Saba (minorusaba@toad.social)'s status on Wednesday, 15-May-2024 10:25:19 JST Minoru Saba

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     • Christopher Keener, pHd :ddg:

     @RoboticistDuck
     Then there's "mud water" which apparently is "a chai-cocoa combo that tastes like a cinnamon-rich mocha, with a hint of ginger and a very earthy aftertaste" that's "almost like drinking actual mud"
     https://www.vice.com/en/article/y3dgnm/mud-wtr-honest-review-coffee-alternative
     Sounds safer to stick with tea?🤔

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     Christopher Keener, pHd :ddg: (roboticistduck@mas.to)'s status on Wednesday, 15-May-2024 10:25:20 JST Christopher Keener, pHd :ddg:

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     @minorusaba gerbil kibble ☕️