Coffee

Three researchers explore coffee with care - from plant to cup - each giving their own lecture on botany, cultivation, and health.

Botanist Anders Barfod has spent over 40 years studying tropical plant resources. He examines the biology of the coffee plant, including new research on its wild relatives, and explains the journey from the ripe fruit on the bush to the finished cup.

Natural resource economist Aske Skovmand Bosselmann focuses on the coffee belt around the Equator, where millions of farmers together produce 30,000 cups per second worldwide. He looks at the historical connection between cultivation and deforestation, cases where it today contributes ecosystem services, and the research needed to secure coffee production in a changing climate.

Diabetes and nutrition researcher Kjeld Hermansen addresses the question of coffee and health: what is myth, and what is documented? He reviews coffee's significance for mortality and common diseases such as cancer, cardiovascular disease, neuropsychiatric disorders, and type 2 diabetes, and presents his research group's work on the mechanisms linking coffee to type 2 diabetes risk. The lecture also includes a historical perspective on Danish coffee consumption - from coffee's arrival in Denmark in 1665 to today.

The event is free and requires no registration. Room: M1.