Tea and Coffee Growing

Melbourne's love affair with coffee is causing thousands of tonnes of ground coffee waste — leading to methane emissions. One social enterprise is tackling this, combining it with animal waste — another large emitter — to improve sustainability.

The spike in coffee prices around the world means consumers are likely to pay more for their morning flat white, but it could prove a boom time for Australian growers.

From traditional tea ceremonies to viral TikToks, the rising popularity of matcha is driving a global shortage, leaving farmers, suppliers and cafes trying to keep up.

US tariffs and supply issues are creating uncertainty for an already strained coffee market, and roasters say it's only a matter of time before Australians will pay more for their brew.

Farmers are teaming up with roasters and scientists to perfect the Australian coffee bean. 

From our coffee addiction to a weekend pub tradition, some of the simple pleasures many Australians have taken for granted now feel like luxuries. But if patrons can no longer afford to visit the pubs and cafes we love, there may be something bigger at stake.

Horticulture businesses were some of the hardest hit with strong winds causing widespread damage in orchards. 

An ABC investigation in Sri Lanka has found popular certification schemes are failing to live up to their ethical promises.

Australia is surrounded by coffee-growing countries like Papua New Guinea and Indonesia, but it imports most of its coffee from the other side of the world. With climate change and coffee bean prices skyrocketing, is it time to look closer to home?

Industry insiders say coffee lovers — even in regional Australia — are unlikely to escape paying more for their flat whites as cafes are forced to push up prices. 

Bad weather in key coffee producing countries has sent the price of beans soaring but Australian growers say capitalising on gaps in the market will be difficult.

Matcha's vibrant colour and health benefits have made it a new fad food, fuelling a surge in demand that is outpacing supply.

Mathew Hatcher and Lewis McKenzie started a coffee-roasting business in a small Australian town, motivated less by money and more by the excuse to taste rare and expensive beans. When they met a coffee-growing family from Colombia, the business would transform lives and form a "connection with the heart".

From premium pour-overs crafted with sought-after Taiwanese beans to affordable lattes brewed late into the night, Taiwan has become a true powerhouse for specialty coffee enthusiasts.

Sri Lanka's tea industry grapples with a steep wage hike, but some estate owners embrace new approaches to balance worker welfare and productivity in a bid to save the sector. 

Your morning cup of coffee could soon get even better, thanks to scientists who have mapped the genome of the arabica plant.

The Australian coffee industry is aiming to get bigger and better. Whether it can or not hinges on access to prime real estate and importing smaller coffee trees.

Researchers have been trialling new coffee varieties to plant here in Australia.

Instant coffee could become even more expensive as Vietnamese producers fear farming land in the country could be halved by 2050 due to climate change. 

This is the little-known story of how Italian sugar growers in the Sunshine State are said to have inspired the "invention" of the flat white — a drink that would go on to become a global sensation.