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Five minutes and five bucks will get you a latte at your favorite coffee house, but do you really know how much work goes into making your morning brew? Take a look at this video from the World Wildlife Fund for some jaw dropping information...



50 gallons for ONE latte. Considering the lack of usable water available in the world, and the energy wasted, it might make you reconsider how you consume your coffee. One small way to help? Bring a re-usable thermos and have your barista fill 'er up.

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stunnadeanna

POSTED 7 MONTHS AGO

but i don't understand.
cause there's no way there's 50 gallons of water in my latte.

Saramazingg.

POSTED 7 MONTHS AGO

whoa it's a good thing i don't drink lattes or any kind of coffee for that matter

stunnadeanna

POSTED 7 MONTHS AGO

but this is very surprising.

TrevorK

TrevorK says:
POSTED 7 MONTHS AGO

wow thats insane!

d00d

d00d says:
POSTED 7 MONTHS AGO

whoa...i had no idea

Cassie

Cassie says:
POSTED 7 MONTHS AGO

wow thats alot O_o
i would of never thought
that but luckily i dont drink lattes
at all im not a latte person at all but i
will try to conserve more water now thanks=]

treyterror

POSTED 7 MONTHS AGO

seriously???!

Rita

Rita says:
POSTED 7 MONTHS AGO

I don't like coffee luckily. :)

JayTee

JayTee says:
POSTED 7 MONTHS AGO

That was an awesome video. Definitely makes sense. Crazy; I dont drink Lattes but Im sure the other stuff I drink and such uses almost as much if not more water to produce.

eliteskater08

POSTED 7 MONTHS AGO

apparently not everyone watches the video before they comment, if they did they wouldnt be so confused, its a fairly simple concept.

stunnadeanna

POSTED 7 MONTHS AGO

eliteskater08, i watched the video by the way.
i mean i believe it. i just don't fully understand. cause when you hold a latte, you're not holding 50 gallons of water. that's all i'm saying.

Felipe

Felipe says:
POSTED 7 MONTHS AGO

cuz it takes water to make the lids and to process the beans etc.
i never thought about this way

Nik Tragyk

POSTED 7 MONTHS AGO

I've got a thermos!
Let's DO THIS!

klaudiaaaa

POSTED 7 MONTHS AGO

thank goodness i dont drink lattes

Kaitlin15

Kaitlin15 says:
POSTED 7 MONTHS AGO

i never knew how much water we actually used

xcandycupcakex

POSTED 7 MONTHS AGO

wowies!! :o

alexxx

alexxx says:
POSTED 7 MONTHS AGO

OMG! this is crazy unbelievable.

& to the people that don't understand, it's saying more than 50 gallons is used to MAKE and PRODUCE just one lattle. including the farming of the coffee beans and milk not the actual weight.

i hope everyone takes this seriously. it's a real eye-opener.

<333

alexaloveee(:

POSTED 7 MONTHS AGO

omg thats just... WOW.

JoshVancouverBoii08

POSTED 7 MONTHS AGO

whoa!

Omgawsh. :]

POSTED 7 MONTHS AGO

Wooooowww.

Maggie19

Maggie19 says:
POSTED 7 MONTHS AGO

Crazy...
I like the piano music though :3

byondblnd11

POSTED 7 MONTHS AGO

wow that's intense, I don't drink coffee, but it definelty makes you think about the little things that personally affect you.

sunny_cycl0ne

POSTED 7 MONTHS AGO

woah.

JCCAKES

JCCAKES says:
POSTED 7 MONTHS AGO

i drink at organic local coffee shops. i bet they are a little bit better as far as that goes.

blax3love

blax3love says:
POSTED 7 MONTHS AGO

insane

Taysa

Taysa says:
POSTED 7 MONTHS AGO

but that doesn't make any sense.
for one, milk can't be turned into water, therefore it doesn't count as earth's water supply.
2. they should have went byu how much it takes to make the ingredient and how much goes into.. this kinda isn't fair, not that i drink lattes or anything, but it's very misleading.

DallyVampire69

POSTED 7 MONTHS AGO

ohh wow

juiceb0xx

juiceb0xx says:
POSTED 7 MONTHS AGO

fuhhh...ahah coool vid.

Aleex.

Aleex. says:
POSTED 7 MONTHS AGO

craaaap.

tianaaaaa!

POSTED 7 MONTHS AGO

wowzzzzer!?

aishi_91

aishi_91 says:
POSTED 7 MONTHS AGO

I dont drink coffe but I dont understand either!! How can there be 50 gallons of water?

healthjunkie1991

POSTED 7 MONTHS AGO

Very awesome video. I hope it is well received.

Lovely110023

POSTED 7 MONTHS AGO

really 50 gallons in one little cup?

Uniquely Moi

POSTED 7 MONTHS AGO

OMG woaaah i love my latte's but i had no idea about all those stats definately makes me think twice :O Xx

Maggie!

Maggie! says:
POSTED 7 MONTHS AGO

yeah but they make mass quanities of lids, cups, & sugar. soo i dont think its 50 gallons in ONE cup.

celinachristine

POSTED 7 MONTHS AGO

to taysa

they aren't saying that milk equates water. think about it logically, how does a cow live? it eats and drinks water. so, to keep that cow alive long enough to milk it for the milk needed for the latte, it needs water. that's where some of that 50 gallons comes from.

Victor Yousof =]

POSTED 7 MONTHS AGO

that's wiggity wiggity wack my friends

FrankyLee

FrankyLee says:
POSTED 7 MONTHS AGO

Wow.. Simply, wow.

sylvia

sylvia says:
POSTED 7 MONTHS AGO

WHOA i didn't ever think about...i'm so totally stoping my bf from drinking latte's

Tree Hugger

POSTED 7 MONTHS AGO

Exactly why I support WWF, completely amazing.
Who would have thought?

Tiona

Tiona says:
POSTED 7 MONTHS AGO

Thats awesome that l don't drink lattes then.

MayMayRachael

POSTED 7 MONTHS AGO

Wow. I'm glad I don't drink lattes.

Kali

Kali says:
POSTED 7 MONTHS AGO

Interesting...
That's a lot of water for some little coffee drink.

Auston Jared

POSTED 7 MONTHS AGO

hmm... interesting

Ashley Antoinette

POSTED 7 MONTHS AGO

Jeez..

Leslie

Leslie says:
POSTED 7 MONTHS AGO

this is dumb.
you could say that about anything.
this is just a waste.

paigeeyb xo 143

POSTED 7 MONTHS AGO

dude i love lattes... theyre so good. mann... cant live without emm

Leslie

Leslie says:
POSTED 7 MONTHS AGO

so, let's just stop giving the cows water...
hah.
i mean. water is used in a lot of things.
they could make a video about anything, not just that, and say that it uses that much water to produce.

Sophia Gabriella

POSTED 7 MONTHS AGO

I'm not sure I believe that, but I mean most everyone drinks water everyday, from a spring or a water bottle or the faucet, so why in latte's? I mean I'm not saying we could use less water, just that everyone drinks it all the time so I guess we, in America at least, have plenty of it. However when I put it that way, well haha. Ok, interesting, but don't forget it still rains the wawter we drink so don't freak out. :)

a n g i e. ( :

POSTED 7 MONTHS AGO

Woah. Well, I don't drink lattes or coffee. :)
But I'm extremely glad that they're changing how they're made, in case I want to try one in the future. :)

SudsBubblePop

POSTED 7 MONTHS AGO

the 50 gallons isn't in the latte, a lot of it is in the production of it, and the cup that it goes into.

Chii-Chan.

POSTED 7 MONTHS AGO

interesting:]

GuruGazza

GuruGazza says:
POSTED 7 MONTHS AGO

wow, loves these videos where it makes you think about things

SoOoALLiE

SoOoALLiE says:
POSTED 7 MONTHS AGO

woah. one latte?

dolphinlefty

POSTED 7 MONTHS AGO

Not too surprising on my part. Everything takes water. Very inspiring and good message though.

LAURENMARCELLE

POSTED 7 MONTHS AGO

sweet deal. yeah that was kinda expected, i mean those things all have to made somehow. it's the same for anything. if you import something your essentially paying for the cost of the crate and the materials and labor it took to make that crate as well. but anyway, i'll probably bring my thermos from now on haha

trendy wendy

POSTED 7 MONTHS AGO

.W.O.W. that much water... just for a cup of coffee, i never thought that much.. i hope the local starbucks saw this...

brandon!â„¢

POSTED 7 MONTHS AGO

I think it's more like 50 gallons for a lot of lattes,
because not just ONE cow is going to make on latte.

Nexus

Nexus says:
POSTED 7 MONTHS AGO

Cows only give milk for something like half a year to a year after giving birth, then it has to be made pregnant again, give birth and then it can start producing milk again,

Just a random fact but yeah cows dont give milk constantly nonstop throughout the years so i can see how only so many lattes are from one cow

SHARON

SHARON says:
POSTED 7 MONTHS AGO

thank god im not allowed to have any kind of caffeine (:

mellllyyyyy

POSTED 7 MONTHS AGO

woww

Chet

Chet says:
POSTED 7 MONTHS AGO

Leslie-I think that's the point of the video. Everything takes a lot of water to produce. Lattes are just one popular example. The message is, let's cut down on wasteful water use in everything that we do. In fact, cut down on things that we don't really need in general...

TNHbaybee

TNHbaybee says:
POSTED 7 MONTHS AGO

in that small little cup?

Jennayyyyy.

POSTED 7 MONTHS AGO

Oh my.
o_o

Christinaxw7f

POSTED 7 MONTHS AGO

how in the world is that possible O_O

Nicole Michelle

POSTED 7 MONTHS AGO

I have basically stopped drinking coffee from coffee shops anyway and almost stopped drinking it all together.
I also try not to run my dishwasher or do small loads of laundry like I used to.
But I do agree with stunnadeanna by saying that there is not way it would take 50 gallons of water to make one latte.

WhipCream;;

POSTED 7 MONTHS AGO

omg i saw this yesterday!

_annee_

_annee_ says:
POSTED 7 MONTHS AGO

Holy crow!
That's crazy.

mary

mary says:
POSTED 7 MONTHS AGO

psst.
water is never going to dissapear.
it is recycled.
steam?
it gets back to where it started eventually.

mary

mary says:
POSTED 7 MONTHS AGO

and there is some hefty exaderation going down, charlie brown.

Nikayy

Nikayy says:
POSTED 7 MONTHS AGO

Sickk
I already knew that though.

mel(OH)dy

mel(OH)dy says:
POSTED 7 MONTHS AGO

uhm. wow?
i don't drink lattes anyway. (:

Suteafunii

POSTED 7 MONTHS AGO

I love WWF<333.
Good thing I'm not much of a latte or coffee person :].
And it's true, we waste soooo much water that could be saved. It's sad :(.

bjoyy

bjoyy says:
POSTED 7 MONTHS AGO

that's crazy!

Danizzle

Danizzle says:
POSTED 7 MONTHS AGO

man what are we doing?!

pinksharpii

POSTED 7 MONTHS AGO

I hate coffee. But it's definitely something to think about.

LittleMissJuicebox

POSTED 7 MONTHS AGO

wow. now that was interesting.
good thing i can't stand lattes and all those other coffees drinks.

mizzskizz0rz

POSTED 7 MONTHS AGO

There isn't literally 50 gallons of water IN the latte, it TAKES 50 gallons of water to make/harvest the supplies needed for the ONE latte. Plus the water actually in it.

Phenix

Phenix says:
POSTED 7 MONTHS AGO

I never thought it could use this amount of water..

kristakdc77

POSTED 7 MONTHS AGO

so...its not 50 gallons in my latte....just to produce it? like watering seeds to create coffee or water used to produce sugar...idk it doesnt make that much sense lol lids arent made from water!!!

bambi

bambi says:
POSTED 7 MONTHS AGO

good thing i don't drink coffee. ridiculous!

jessicaaayoo

POSTED 7 MONTHS AGO

wow.
im glad i dont drink lattes.

Connor =)

Connor =) says:
POSTED 7 MONTHS AGO

thermos = yes.

at starbucks, you can buy ethos water which helps get clean water to thirsty children

crazygrl328

POSTED 7 MONTHS AGO

DANGG 50 gallons??

CinnamonRole

POSTED 7 MONTHS AGO

to the skeptics and whiners: the video is titled, CHANGE THE WAY YOU THINK--which is really the message here. WWF is neither saying "don't drink coffee" nor "water is going to disappear." and i'm sure that they realize there are other products that take just as much, if not more, water to make. the latte was chosen (i'm assuming) b/c it is a product with which we are all familiar and consumed on a daily basis by a relatively large majority of americans.

if everyone who consumes a latte each morning uses a thermos instead of a paper cup, think of all the water and trees that would be saved. it's a SIMPLE CHANGE that would result in a HUGE DIFFERENCE. small changes to a daily routine add up when millions of people comply. increase awareness = increase the likelihood that change will happen.

change the way you think, then change the way you act. that's the point.

kallieson07

POSTED 7 MONTHS AGO

its no how much water is in it it is how much water it takes to make everyting so u can have it in 5 minutes

wldf_warrior

POSTED 7 MONTHS AGO

yeah i thought it would be some rediculous sum....

Harshini

Harshini says:
POSTED 7 MONTHS AGO

Hmm....theres a broad smile on my face 'coz i dont drink lattes

Tahahahsha!!!

POSTED 7 MONTHS AGO

well thats weird...but thats okayyy

[cynosure]

POSTED 7 MONTHS AGO

Could we get some actual proof, or credible sources from this, please?
Not sure I'm buying it.
=/

kthxbi.

sovereignofkawaii

POSTED 7 MONTHS AGO

I probably get coffee like that once or twice a year. That's amazing how much responsibility people don't take...

James

James says:
POSTED 7 MONTHS AGO

woah ... o.o that's insane. thank god i don't drink latte's but maybe now i'll get people i know drink latte's to see this video. Great vid btw

brgrayam

brgrayam says:
POSTED 7 MONTHS AGO

thats way too water for a latte

Dominique

Dominique says:
POSTED 7 MONTHS AGO

whoa but i doubt its that much my mom works 4 starbucks n she would know bout that shes big on enviroment

forever; courtney

POSTED 7 MONTHS AGO

this is freaking crazy.
om glad i don't drink lattes

allybbass

allybbass says:
POSTED 7 MONTHS AGO

There is no way 50 gallons of water make a latte....I'm lost!

jennifer

jennifer says:
POSTED 7 MONTHS AGO

that's crazy..

Her

Her says:
POSTED 7 MONTHS AGO

Wow , I Don't Think I'ma Order Any Latte's Anymoree ..

N3NA B0O

N3NA B0O says:
POSTED 7 MONTHS AGO

wow =o
dis is s0 s0 s0 idk
dats a lot of water
it's so surprising

Twitch

Twitch says:
POSTED 7 MONTHS AGO

So, you're telling me not to bathe?

alicia.nancine

POSTED 7 MONTHS AGO

DANG I HAD NO CLUE! im suprised and amazed and going to tell all my friends that drink coffee in the mornings! :)

adam

adam says:
POSTED 7 MONTHS AGO

straight bull

all that water just for the beans that go into ONE latte? all that water required by the cow for JUST the milk in ONE latte?

bull, bull, BULL!!


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