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Where to buy the best coffee from the DR?
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Sorry to hear that! Would that be only for your family or for the coffee production in total in the DR? If so, I might have to look at other countries.
I actually asked about this a while ago when I had a meeting at Induban and they denied that. They basically said: we don't export the beans from our plantations. There is not enough to source the local market. That's also when they told me the blends they make consist for a great part of imported beans.
Mauricio, we have sold them thousands of pounds of beans rejected for import because of size, faults and quality.
Every grower KNOWS where his poor quality beans get sold.
You are never wrong when you think a Dominican is lying!!!!
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They think like Jack Nicholson",...."The TRUTH, You Can't Handle The TRUTH"!!!!!!!!!!!
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They think like Jack Nicholson",...."The TRUTH, You Can't Handle The TRUTH"!!!!!!!!!!!
I heard about that. The prob is coffee isn't native to the Americas and so has very little genetic diversity in the crops. When a pathogen keys into it, it burns through the crop like a bush fire. I think Columbia has developed a strain that is resistant to this particular rust, but it's throughout the Americas now.
Part of the issue is when the rust appears, the farmers still hope they can recover part of their crop. Then it spreads to neighboring farms, and then the whole country. I haven't heard whether the crop affects shade coffee more than sun grown coffee.
I'm going to stock up on coffee now before the price soars. I wouldn't be surprised at all if it more than doubles in the next six months.
The real tragedy is how many people in the mountains are literally starving. We do what we can within our community, but the problem is enormous. For every one mouth we feed, 4 appear at the door.
They can't even afford seeds to grow things.
The government has offered some aid, but the bureaucracy, corruption and inefficiency to get to those in need falls flat.
They can't even afford seeds to grow things.
The government has offered some aid, but the bureaucracy, corruption and inefficiency to get to those in need falls flat.
Yes. See also, catastrophic crop failures on corn, oranges, bananas and most well known, potatoes. When you're back in business, I may have a buyer for a container of coffee or two for Eastern Europe/Russia..
The price may increase but not by that much.
As has been stated, the DR imports coffee for domestic consumption.
"Export Coffee" prices may double.
We will probably just be drinking more, and paying more, for inferior quality "Robusto" from Vietnam, and Africa.
And saying, "I really LOVE Cafe Santo Dominigo" when it's really "Cafe Saigon"!
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As has been stated, the DR imports coffee for domestic consumption.
"Export Coffee" prices may double.
We will probably just be drinking more, and paying more, for inferior quality "Robusto" from Vietnam, and Africa.
And saying, "I really LOVE Cafe Santo Dominigo" when it's really "Cafe Saigon"!
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Made in Colombia, and average @ best for the price.
There are much better beans for less, it's $5.99 / 10 OZ = $9.58 / LB.
Paid $160 Pesos for a lb of Kaf? Rancho Arriba (UTZ certified- whatever that is) and it is great coffee, on a par with Coffee Olivio.
Starbucks is crap. Haven't had a decent cup of take out coffee in the US since I moved back to NY. The worst was Tim Horton's~ I don't know if they use the same blend in the US as in Canada. I hear McD's coffee(and soda) is actually pretty good since they invest a ton of money into filtering out chlorine from their drinking systems.
I've never had Timmys in the states but it beats Starbucks, at least in Canada.
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