There may be dozens of
wild coffee species which are perfectly drinkable and could replace the only two drunk in the UK - Arabica and the Robusta species used in instant coffee.
section, featuring Red Maple, Bald Cypress, Gumbo Limbo, Live Oak, Leather Fern,
Wild Coffee, Wax Myrtle and Simpson Stopper, helps re-colonization of native species and Increases foraging habitats for wading birds.
Previous support has gone to schemes including reducing Amazon wildfires, protecting Ethiopian
wild coffee forests and protecting the newly-discovered Burmese snub-nosed monkey.
There are various legends concerning the discovery of this drink, including one that says a goatherd noticed his animals became particularly frisky after eating
wild coffee berries.
The plants included 3 each of 6 species growing in containers at Fort Lauderdale Research & Education Center (FLREC): cocoplum, Chrysobalanus icaco L.; yaupon holly, Ilex vomitoria Aiton;
wild coffee, Psychotria nervosa Swartz; Bahama
wild coffee, P.
[c]JOEL CARLSON 'The wreath is made of
wild coffee cherries, and the coffee in the cup was painted using actual coffee.
The
wild coffee plant was first found in Ethiopia more than 1,000 years ago.
According to one story coffee was discovered by a goat-herder who noticed that his herd became friskier than usual after consuming the red cherries of a
wild coffee shrub.
Shade-grown Coffee--This is coffee that is grown under canopies of trees in a way that emulates
wild coffee growth.
As heavy rains saturate the forest in April and May, adult butterflies emerge to feast on guava nectar, cheese shrub, and
wild coffee blossoms, and quickly reproduce.
