Stenophylla coffee also grows in warmer temperatures, which means it could help the industry in its battle with climate change. Stenophylla can comfortably grow at temperatures up to 6.8⁰C ...

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 ...

Stenophylla’s potential has excited Sierra Leone residents, including 28-year-old, self-taught coffee roaster Hannah Tarawally. Coffee production slowed in the wake of her country’s civil war ...

The stenophylla coffee, they added, was demonstrated to have a superior flavor, similar to Arabica. Botanist Aaron Davis, who led the study published in the journal Nature Plants in April, said ...

Stenophylla grows at a mean annual temperature of 24.9 C — 1.9 degrees higher than robusta coffee and up to 6.8 C higher than Arabica coffee, the researchers said. Botanist Aaron Davis looks at ...

Stenophylla has the potential to shake up the coffee industry, showing it is possible to grow high-quality, specialty coffee in a wider range of growing conditions and hotter temperatures.

The rediscovery of stenophylla might help in "future-proofing" the coffee industry. “There’s this really clear, I would say urgent, need amongst growers to find more crop species,” mentioned ...

Coffee as we know it is in danger. Can we breed a better cup? Farmers in the Bean Belt perilously depend on just two species. New breeding — and traditional growing practices — could fix that.

Recently rediscovered 'Coffea stenophylla' is a rare type of coffee that grows exclusively in West Africa. Native to Sierra Leone, it hasn't been seen there since 1954.

Stenophylla resembled Rwandan bourbon coffee, a premium arabica of exceptional quality. “I was just, like, oh, my God, this is amazing,” he says.