As printed in today’s Chicago Tribune, there is apparently a coffee fungus – roya – that is decimating the Central and South American Arabica coffee trees.  Fumigating the trees only works if every single grower sprays, as roya is wind-borne.  Basically, the leaves turn black and fall off, severely weakening the tree.  Farmers are pulling all the beans off the trees for this year’s crop, but next year?  Who knows how much you can pick from a blighted tree.  And apparently the roya-resistent tree isn’t as pleasing to the palate.

Goddess suggests hitting the stores hard and heavy when you see a fantastic deal on coffee.  I’ll keep my eyes open and post, but you have to do your part, too.  I repeated this to DH who said “We have enough coffee.”  Obviously his opinion won’t color our shopping habits…