'Lost' coffee plant can resist climate change and tastes just as good

By Ibrahim Sawal

A rare species of coffee has been found to have a similar flavour to the varieties favoured by coffee growers for their high quality – but it is also more tolerant of the higher temperatures and more varied rainfall that are becoming increasingly typical of coffee-growing regions.

Many types of coffees favoured for their taste only grow in a narrow range of conditions, meaning they might not survive if temperatures increase. In fact, around 60 per cent of wild coffee species are facing extinction.

Coffea stenophylla may offer a solution. Farmers stopped cultivating …

source: newscientist.com

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