In the coming years, coffee from Brazil might start to taste a bit different. The South American country is the world’s biggest producer of arabica, a mild variety of coffee bean. But as climate ...

A commodity crisis is brewing. Weather patterns are putting pressure on crop yields all over the world, and many commodities – cocoa, coffee, and corn being three of the worst affected – have felt the ...

Next Wednesday, April 22, 2026, The Human Bean is hosting its annual Earth Day Giveback at all U.S. locations. Every drink sold plants one tree through Trees for the Future, an international nonprofit ...

This story was produced by Grist and co-published with Slate. When Henri Kunz was growing up in West Germany in the 1980s, he used to drink an instant coffee substitute called Caro, a blend of barley, ...