As Earth’s warming climate causes problems for big coffee producers, some are looking to a rarely cultivated species that may stand up better to drought and heat. It’s Excelsa, which is native to South Sudan and a handful of other African countries.^{1) 2)}

Discovered more than a century ago in South Sudan, excelsa coffee is exciting cash-strapped locals and drawing interest from the international community amid a global coffee crisis caused mainly by climate change.^{3) 4)}