While arabica and robusta are the two most common types of coffee beans, excelsa is being considered to become a forerunner for supply.

We spoke to the founder of Forest Bean coffee about sustainability, time honoured farming traditions, and what makes their ...

Catherine Bashiama runs her fingers along the branches of the coffee tree she's raised from a seedling, searching anxiously for its first fruit buds since she planted it three years ago. When she ...

Lightning strikes may kill hundreds of millions of trees every year, but one tropical tree has evolved to benefit from the ...

Although they are called “coffee beans”, the plant is not a legume, and the fruits of the coffee tree look more like cherries when they are first picked. The seeds inside are extracted and ...

Legend has it that a goat farmer in Ethiopia discovered coffee beans in the ninth century. He noticed that after his goats ...

LA PAPAYA, ECUADOR — About 10 years ago, with no fanfare or publicity, Alaska became more known in South America with the creation of Alaska del Sur, a specialty coffee farm, high in the Andes ...