Seven new coffee species discovered
 

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-sto...5875-21915188/

"Seven wild species of coffee are among 290 new
plants found by Kew Gardens botanists this year..."


We may have some *really* different coffees from
Madagascar to look forward to in the not too distant
future.

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Seven new coffee species discovered
 

"Steve Ackman" > wrote in message
rg...
>
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-sto...5875-21915188/
>
> "Seven wild species of coffee are among 290 new
> plants found by Kew Gardens botanists this year..."
>
>
> We may have some *really* different coffees from
> Madagascar to look forward to in the not too distant
> future.
>
> --
> ??
>

That might take a while. First the plants need to be propagated and then
test grown untill enough beans can be produced to see if it is worth growing
as is on a production basis and then seeing what the results are for
polinazation and optimal growing conditions.

It could be years before commercial viability is deturmined.

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Roger Shoaf

About the time I had mastered getting the toothpaste back in the tube, then
they come up with this striped stuff.