"Madagascan wing-fruited coffee". "What?" "Yes, Madagascan wing-fruited coffee..."
Mostly today I have (helped) save Coffee.
There has been a lot in the news lately about coffee - it is the second most valuable internationally traded commodity - after oil and especially how the most widely planted varieties have very little genetic variability - and associated with this little adaptability when it comes to disease resistance and especially climate change (http://www.channel4.com/news/coffee-dregs-world-supplies-threatened-by-climate-change)
To add to this the wild relative of our commercial coffees are fast heading for extinction so, today I have adopted Madagascan wing-fruited coffee through the Kew Millennium Seed bank - this cost me £25 which seems a bargain.
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| The Coffea pterocarpa is just one of over 20 Madagascan Coffea species new to science discovered by Kew. |
Discovered on a Kew expedition on the island of Madagascar, Coffea pterocarpa, the Madagascan wing-fruited coffee, is one of the most bizarre-looking of all coffee species. You can help Kew safeguard this plant for our future by adopting a seed for yourself, or as a gift for £25.
The Coffea pterocarpa is just one of over 20 Madagascan Coffea species new to science discovered by Kew.
Read more here
While out and about I am a Costa man, while in the office it is Kenco (we make it, we have machines in the office that grind and infuse the real stuff direct from beans - proper espresso and latte - dangerous). I can't get excited about Starbucks
Best coffee I have had so far was direct from the estate - I helped with the harvest - in Costa Rica where my guide's family owned and ran the farm.
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