Forgotten species could future-proof coffee in a warming world

Paris (AFP) April 19, 2021

A once-prized coffee species, rediscovered in West Africa decades after it was thought to have disappeared, is just as tasty as high-end Arabica and more resilient to climate change, scientists said Monday, adding that the forgotten bean could help future-proof quality coffee. While there are more than a hundred known coffee species, the world gets its caffeine hit mostly from the beans of j