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