Making Coffee with Lucia Solis #26: Do Coffee Trees Talk? How Underground Fungi Affect Coffee Quality
Oct 20, 2020
Join Peter Wohlleben, renowned author of "The Hidden Life of Trees," as he shares fascinating insights into the complex relationships between trees and their ecosystems. Discover how coffee trees communicate through underground networks and the impact of non-native yeasts on flavor. Peter discusses the art of wine barrel crafting and its connection to oak trees, drawing parallels to coffee cultivation. Learn about the silent struggles of trees in agriculture and how human intervention can disrupt natural ecological balance.
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Intro
00:00 • 7min
The Art of Barrel Crafting
06:45 • 15min
The Wood Wide Web: Tree Communication and Cooperation
21:18 • 23min
The Silent Struggle: Tree Communication and its Impact on Coffee Quality
44:10 • 5min
Selective Breeding and Its Impact on Coffee Vulnerability
48:54 • 2min
Coffee, Ecosystems, and Communication
51:21 • 11min