The Swiss government wants to put
an end to its emergency stockpile of coffee after declaring that it is
"not essential" for human survival.
Switzerland began storing
emergency reserves of coffee between World War One and World War Two in
preparation for potential shortages.
It continued in subsequent
decades to combat shortages sparked by war, natural disasters or epidemics.
It now hopes to end the practice
by late 2022. But opposition is mounting.
It currently has 15,300 tonnes
saved up - that's enough to last the country three months.
Why stop this?
The government now says coffee is
"not essential for life" so doesn't need to be included in the
emergency reserves.
"Coffee contains
almost no calories and therefore does not contribute, from the physiological
perspective, to safeguarding nutrition," the Federal
Office for National Economic Supply said (in German).
(Yeah, and as we all know,
life is measured in terms of calories, physiological perspective and
safeguarding nutrition.)
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