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Genome study reveals prehistoric Ethiopian origins of coffee

Publicado em 16 abril 2024
WASHINGTON :  You might call it a cup of Joe, java, mud, brew, mocha, or your morning jolt. Coffee undoubtedly is a big part of global culture, and the kind made from the Arabica bean is the most appreciated by coffee drinkers. Researchers now have unlocked the genome of the Arabica species and traced its origins to a natural mating between two other coffee species an estimated 610 000 to one million years ago in the forests of Ethiopia. That makes this species older than our own [...]