Using genes from coffee plants around the world, researchers built a family tree for the world's most popular type of coffee, known to scientists as Coffea arabica and to coffee lovers simply as ...

Arabica coffee bean trees thrive in higher elevations (3,000 ... than Arabica beans and is generally easier to grow because ...

While there are nearly 120 different varieties of coffee plants, arabica and robusta ... the cherries on an arabica tree need to be picked off individually because they ripen at different times ...

Coffee is a finicky crop — arabica coffee, the most popular variety, in particular. And climate change poses a huge threat to the coffee business and to farmers. “To grow properly, coffee ...

Researchers have traced the origins of arabica coffee, the world's most popular type. Using genes from coffee plants around the world, they found that it dates back to approximately 600,000 years ago.

Using genes from coffee plants around the world, researchers built a family tree for the world’s most popular type of coffee, known to scientists as Coffea arabica and to coffee lovers simply as ...