Soluble coffee has lowest carbon footprint compared to filter and pod coffee

Soluble coffee was found to have the lowest carbon footprint compared to filter and pod coffee, when greenhouse gas emissions were compared for the whole chain of producing coffee and preparing a cup. – Photo: Mikhail Dmitriev / Getty Images, via ETX DailyUp

Singling out coffee capsules or pods as ecologically detrimental is overly simplistic.

According to a comparative analysis by Canadian researchers, we need to take into account all the manufacturing and processing steps involved in the preparation of a small-sized coffee, served black, in order to judge what method and format has the least impact on the planet when it comes to its carbon footprint in terms of greenhouse gas emissions.