However, he said it had become a nightmare.

They say there's a strong environmental argument for their beanless brews., coffee cultivation is currently the sixth largest cause of deforestation.

That impact is expected to widen as demand increases: consumption is fast rising in traditional tea drinking countries like India and China.Meanwhile, climate change is pushing plantations to higher altitudes to escape the heat.So, beanless coffee is potentially a less environmentally damaging alternative.

The newcomers also argue that, if scaled up, beanless coffee could be cheaper than its conventional competition.on the international markets this year, that point is timely.

is set to come into effect that outlaws the sale of products, coffee included, that can’t prove they are not linked to deforestation.

“A lot of big coffee companies are watching this field,” says Chahan Yeretzian, a professor of analytical chemistry, who heads the Coffee Excellence Centre at the Zurich University of Applied Sciences in Switzerland.During her maternity leave she made new connections, met other mums and "came across so many wonderful women with their own businesses".

It led her to start the group, to provide "a free community coming together occasionally to support each other, network and form collaboration"."It's collaboration over competition every day of the week," she said.

Member, Ms Czuj, 38, started herin 2020, which has transitioned to a meal preparation company.