TissenBioFarm's Early-Stage Coffee Cell Culture Tasting

South Korea's TissenBioFarm conducted a cell-based coffee tasting using its own cellular agriculture technology in collaboration with Colombian specialty coffee farm Café Nogales in February 2026, as

TissenBioFarm conducted a cell-based coffee tasting using its own cellular agriculture technology in collaboration with Colombian specialty coffee farm Café Nogales in February 2026. This early-stage R&D step aims to refine cell culture and roasting processes for flavor and scalability, though it has no market impact. The work addresses growing climate threats to coffee: 60% of coffee species are endangered, tropical cultivation areas will halve by 2050, and Brazil, Vietnam, Colombia, Ethiopia, and Indonesia (75% of global supply) experienced 57 additional days above 30°C between 2021–2025. With US coffee prices rising 47% over five years and production requiring 140 liters of water per cup, this R&D represents a potential pathway to address climate-driven scarcity without immediate commercialization. The source states this is an early-stage R&D step with no market impact.

Source: Green Queen