The authors would like to acknowledge the breeders from public and private coffee research organizations around the world who contributed the 32 coffee varieties used in this study. These entities include CCRI, CENICAFÉ, CRI, ECOM, EPAMIG, ICCRI, IHCAFE, INIFAP, PROCAFE, PROMECAFE, F. Serracin and L. Pacas. We thank Philippe Letourmy and Benoît Bertrand for their feedback regarding the original draft of the article. Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. Reprints and permissions...