How a Forgotten Bean Could Save Coffee From Extinction One leading botanist is scouring remote corners of the earth to find new species that could keep our mugs full Photographs by Emily Mott April/May 2025 An 1896 illustration of Coffea stenophylla in Curtis’s Botanical Magazine, which noted the species’ “superior flavor” and market potential. Missouri Botanical Garden; Dreamstime; iSTOCK Stenophylla is a coffee plant, not a criminal, and yet it can still lay claim to its very own “Wanted” post...