The rare bean that may save coffee from extinction
The rare bean that may save coffee from extinction  
Podcast: Apple News Today
Published On: Thu Jan 01 2026
Description: We’re bringing you something special this week in place of our usual daily show. Every day, we are making one of the stories that listeners loved this year free for everyone. Today it is from Smithsonian magazine on how a forgotten bean could save coffee from extinction, written by Marta Zaraska and narrated by Jaime Lamchick for Apple News+.