The researchers said on Monday that the species, called Coffea stenophylla, possesses greater tolerance for higher temperatures than the Arabica coffee that makes up 56% of global production and the robusta coffee that makes up 43%. The stenophylla coffee, they added, was demonstrated to have a superior flavor, similar to Arabica.
Arabica's flavor is rated as superior and brings higher prices than robusta, which is mainly used for instant coffee and coffee blends. But Arabica has limited resilience to climate change and research has shown its global production could fall by at least 50% by mid-century. "The idea is that stenophylla could be used, with minimum domestication, as a high-value coffee for farmers in warmer climates," said Davis, head of coffee research at Britain's Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
"Both locations were thick tropical forest, but stenophylla tends to occur on drier, more open areas: ridges, slopes and rocky areas," Davis said.
From a time when Earth was warmer . . .
mustvhave changed dna dramatically
Seventh day.... Protest against government sponsored Amhara genocide continued today for the seventh day in different cities and towns of Amhara region while killing of Amhara is continued in Oromia. Stop Amhara Genocide Ethiopia
long as it doesn't come out of an animal's butt, ill ground it and drink it. lol.
Wonderful. We'll all have the opportunity to enact the famous meme!