Dominican Coffee in Canada

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At the risk of being censored for being off topic, other than the fact that Sobeys and Loblaws are in the retail grocery industry, there is no link between the two.
 
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bob saunders said:
Local coffee in Jarabacoa is 100 percent coffee from the DR. Cost anywhere from 185 to 260 pesos per lb. I can take a trip to Angostura ( near Jarabacoa but higher up) and get it cheaper right off the farm. Monte Alto is pure unmixed Dominican coffee direct from Jarabacoa área. There are several other small local coffee producer that produce and sell a good flavored coffee. you are paying 350 pesos per lb.
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You are right. One can get real Dominican coffee, it is indeed real good. But the supermarket brands are 90% imported from Vietnam.
Same happens to the "dominican" rice.
 
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Fulano2 said:
You are right. One can get real Dominican coffee, it is indeed real good. But the supermarket brands are 90% imported from Vietnam.
Same happens to the "dominican" rice.
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Just bought a new local coffee called Sorpresa from up in the mountain here in Jarabacoa. Excellent coffee.
 
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bob saunders said:
Just bought a new local coffee called Sorpresa from up in the mountain here in Jarabacoa. Excellent coffee.
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Do you know if these Jaracoaba coffees (Sorpresa/Monte Alto) are for exportation ? Can you find them for sale in other areas ?
 
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Africaida said:
Do you know if these Jaracoaba coffees (Sorpresa/Monte Alto) are for exportation ? Can you find them for sale in other areas ?
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None of the Ramirez brands are for export. However, they do some small batch private labelling for folks who do, but those brands come and go.

90% of the Ramirez coffee business is bulk green bean export.
 
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You can buy it at Superstore/Loblaws in Western Canada. Not much more than Maxwell house or other coffees.
 
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Talking about Dominican coffee abroad: I always bought Monte Alto when living in DR. Much to my surprise, in the small town in the east of Netherlands where I live there is a store that sells just that Dominican coffee, which I’m now buying regularly there. However in DR I had never seen a different roast of Monte Alto than just the one they’re selling in the supermarket. Here in the Netherlands they are selling espresso roast or filter roast. Is it just a sales technique or does Monte Alto actually have two roasts for exports? Does anyone know? Or maybe the beans are roasted here?
 
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