🏎 Merc AMG coffee machine, 🎀 Pink Aeropress, 🧬 Genetics of Aribica: This Week in Coffee
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AMG and ECM release collab
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There is an inexplicable and longstanding crossover between car-fanatic and coffee-lovers. A certain type of espresso-enjoyer can appreciate a gasket or pressure valve as long it's making something go fast - your car or your heart rate (or both).
Since Sprecht partnered with Spring (a preeminent Porsche modification company) I've been waiting for the next collaboration and here it is.
The good news is that it's a thing of beauty and that the existing ECM machine is already a high-quality piece of kit. The bad news it that sadly it's a superficial body-kit and they haven't been able to find areas of technical collaboration.
Pink Aeropress released in time for Valentine's Day
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"A chromosome-scale assembly reveals chromosomal aberrations and exchanges generating genetic diversity in Coffea arabica germplasm"
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This study delves into the genetic diversity of Coffea arabica, a key coffee species, using advanced long-read sequencing technology. Despite its origins from a hybrid between C. eugenioides and C. canephora (Robusta), resulting in a mostly genetically uniform species, researchers have uncovered significant diversity in certain cultivated strains due to genetic introgression from the Timor hybrid.
The analysis reveals extensive chromosomal aberrations, including aneuploidies and exchanges, contributing to genetic variation. These findings challenge the prevailing view of C. arabica's genetic makeup, highlighting the importance of these variations for breeding more adaptable and resilient coffee varieties. The study underscores the role of Ethiopian and Yemeni accessions in C. arabica's history, emphasizing hybridization's impact on expanding its genetic base
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