A cup of coffee can be without sugar or milk, or even coffee beans! Can you drink it?

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I believe that the "artificial meat" made of soybean protein is no stranger, although the taste is not exactly the same as the real "meat", but for people who want to eat a healthy diet, the emergence of artificial meat should be a good thing. Is coffee without beans acceptable to coffee lovers?

There are no beans, but that's coffee.

Coffee refers to a drink made from roasted coffee beans. On the other hand, coffee beans need to go through fruit picking, raw bean processing, export sales, and then roasting, grinding and brewing before they can get a cup of coffee to us. This rather complicated process is fun for many coffee lovers, but some people think it is too time-consuming! So, these people simply don't even want the beans, so don't worry about having a cup of coffee without beans.

The coffee, which doesn't need beans, is called "Atomo Coffee" and comes from a startup based in Seattle, USA. According to the company's CEO Andy Kleitsch and food scientist Jarret Stopforth, the artificial coffee is made by identifying the main compounds in the coffee (they say about 40 have been identified so far) and then using the same compounds to recombine the coffee.

Although more detailed manufacturing methods of "Atomo Coffee" have not been made public, its taste is described as appetizing. It is said that the artificial coffee retains the original taste and aroma of ordinary coffee, but reduces the sour and bitter taste that many people do not like, and reduces the calorie content! Sounds a lot better than traditional coffee?

Do we have to drink artificial coffee sooner or later?

Nowadays, China is ushering in an upsurge of coffee. No matter which way or which store, more and more Chinese people begin to come into contact with and like this kind of drink imported from foreign countries. At the same time, we gradually realize that coffee itself is facing all kinds of crises.

This year, researchers at the Royal Botanical Gardens said that 60% of the world's wild coffee varieties, including wild Arabica beans used to make boutique coffee, are facing a survival crisis because of warming climate change, the loss of deforestation habitats and the threat of diseases and pests. This change not only affects coffee drinkers, but also has an impact on many countries that rely on coffee exports for income. In addition to the impact of the natural environment, the coffee industry itself is also facing a crisis. The sharp drop in the price of coffee beans has caused dissatisfaction among coffee farmers. Although the demand for coffee is still strong around the world, coffee farmers have not benefited from it, which has led coffee farmers in many areas to give up growing coffee.

A small cup of coffee is actually the spiritual food for many people. In the face of reduced coffee production, if you want to drink delicious coffee sustainably, when this artificial, bean-free coffee is really on the table, will you accept it?