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Coffee Is Dying — But This Long-Lost Bean Could Save Your Morning Brew From Extinction
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I was thirteen when my grandmother first taught me how to brew coffee the right way.
Not with a machine, not even on the stove. No, this was an art form. We crouched near the fireplace, stirring dark grounds into an old copper pot that had outlived more winters than I had. Grounds stirred in with the back of a spoon. A pinch of salt. And then we waiting for the first bubbles to tremble at the rim.
Outside, snow swallowed the sound of everything. Inside, the scent of coffee filled the gaps between us.
We didn’t talk much. We just watched and lingered, the way you do for things that matter.
Because coffee, for us Swedish, isn’t just a drink. It is what you reach for when words don’t work. When winter drags on too long. When death visits. Or when childhood gives way to something more. A signal that life continues, even when the cold tries to convince us otherwise.
But what if that warmth is slipping away? What if the beans that brew your morning ritual — whether it’s shared in a cabin above…
