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Re:California-Grown Coffee Is Becoming the State's Next Gold... by devmunchies on Saturday February 17, 2018 @06:29PM (#16403421)
> it requires 140 liters of water to produce 1 cup of coffee

Not to mention the milk that people usually add, which is even more water intensive

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Re:California-Grown Coffee Is Becoming the State's Next Gold... by lostlogin on Sunday February 18, 2018 @02:51AM (#16404960)
For someone outside the industry it’s suprisingly hard to get good data on the water needed to make milk. A search has given just under 1000L for Waikato NZ and just over 1000L for Canterbury. However the Guardian suggests 255L of water for a single litre of milk.

https://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2013/jan/10/how-mu...

https://sciblogs.co.nz/waiology/2012/05/24/how-much-water-do...

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