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As the climate warms, a more resilient – and tasty – variety of coffee is bringing hope to farmers whose livelihoods depend on the coveted bean.

Dr. Aaron Davis is a botanist at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. "We're seeing, throughout the tropical coffee belt, increasing temperatures, but also more erratic rainfall and increased drought," he said. Arabica beans make up more than half of the world's coffee, but scientists predict production could shrink by 50% in 30 years. So, the search is on for a future-proof plant. Jeremy Torz is co-founder of Union Hand-Roasted Coffee. “What we want is a tree that's relatively compact, that is drought resistant, that is climate tolerant and can give us a good yield with good flavor attribute...