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How a Forgotten Bean Could Save Coffee From Extinction
Stenophylla is a coffee plant, not a criminal, and yet it can still lay claim to its very own “Wanted” poster. In 2018, Aaron Davis, head of coffee research at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, in London, was desperate to track down the rare species, which …