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> 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
by devmunchies 9y ago
> 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
- lostlogin 9y agoFor 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-much-water-food-production-waste https://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2013/jan/10/how-mu... https://sciblogs.co.nz/waiology/2012/05/24/how-much-water-does-it-take-to-produce-one-litre-of-milk/ https://sciblogs.co.nz/waiology/2012/05/24/how-much-water-do...