Most coffee species at risk of extinction due to climate change, scientists warn

If you're one of Australia's 11-million-plus coffee drinkers, you probably started today with a cup of caffeinated liquid gold.

At least 60 per cent of coffee species are at risk.

You might also want to sit down before reading this. And maybe grab another latte while you still can.

Of the 124 wild coffee species worldwide, UK researchers have declared at least 60 per cent of them in danger of dying out.

But wild coffee isn't what I drink, you say?

Well ...

The wild relative of the world's most popular coffee species, Coffea arabica, is an endangered species.

Read the story from ABC News by science reporter, Belinda Smith, and environment reporter, Nick Kilvert - “Most coffee species at risk of extinction due to climate change, scientists warn.”