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Dear coffee lovers, we bear bad news. You ready?
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YOU SURE YOU'RE READY?
A major coffee crisis is brewing – the world could be facing a massive coffee shortage.
Cue the panic attack.
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According to a video posted on online news site AJ+, a global shortage of coffee is inevitable due to high demand and lack of supply
In the video that was posted on 15 February 2016, it highlights figures which suggest that while world demand for coffee is increasing, supply is down. **In Costa Rica alone, coffee exports for January 2016 were down by 20%.**
One major takeaway from the video is that cafes in Asia have grown by nearly 15% in 2015!
The mushrooming of coffee shops has spread all over Asia. To put that into perspective, the number of coffee shops in [Klang Valley](http://says.com/my/lifestyle/new-cafes-to-chill-out-in-2015), Jakarta, Singapore, and other major cities in Asia are rapidly increasing.
Artisan Coffee in Section 13, PJ is just one of the many cafes in Klang Valley.
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So, why is there a decrease in the supply of coffee?
There is believed to be a direct correlation between the warm season (worsened in the region by climate change) and coffee leaf rust, a form of fungus that can destroy coffee crops.
Brazil, the world's foremost coffee supplier, lost almost five million bags of coffee due to the country's punishing, ongoing drought!
Aside from climate change, coffee farmers are giving up their farms in favour of more profitable and stable livelihoods in cities. They make as little as USD3 a day, who could blame them?
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