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Seattle Times: A mile above this rural mountain town, coffee trees have produced some of the world's best arabica beans for more than a century.
Now farmers are planting even higher -- at nearly 7,000 feet -- thanks to warmer temperatures.
"We noticed about six years ago, the weather changed," said Ricardo Calderón Madrigal, whose family harvests ripe, red coffee cherries at the higher elevation. He sells beans to some of the most notable coffeehouses in the U.S., including Stumptown Coffee of Portland and......
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Climate change takes toll on coffee growers, drinkers too
Posted by Seattle Times: Melissa Allison on March 6th, 2011
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