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| ... that Maraba Coffee, the first Rwandan coffee to gain Fairtrade status, is used to make the only coffee beer sold in the British Isles? |
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| ... that the slogan Juan Valdez drinks Costa Rican coffee, popular on bumper stickers in Costa Rica, prompted a lawsuit from Federación Nacional de Cafeteros de Colombia? |
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| ... that Coffea arabica accounts for one-fifth of the total production of coffee in the Democratic Republic of the Congo? |
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| ... that under the Thai/United Nations Crop Replacement and Community Development Project, coffee has been experimented with as a replacement crop for opium? |
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| ... that 90% of the Arabica coffee produced in Peru is either typica or caturra? |
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| ... that Jamaica exports more than 80 per cent of its production of Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee to Japan? |
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| ... that the best-quality coffee produced in Panama is grown in Boquete? |
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| ... that Cofix was the first coffee shop chain to be traded on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange? |
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| ... that Toussaint Coffee Liqueur is named after the revolutionary fighter Toussaint Louverture? |
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... that Guadeloupe's coffee heritage (coffee field pictured) is being promoted through ecotourism? |
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| ... that Ivory Coast is one of the largest producers of robusta in the world? |
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| ... that Carpenter's Coffee House in Covent Garden, London, became known as "The Finish" as it was the place revellers went when all the other coffee houses and taverns closed? |
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| ... that Hurricane Rick of 1997 caused coffee prices on the Coffee, Sugar and Cocoa Exchange in New York to jump 4.7% because it threatened coffee crops at a time when they were vulnerable to winds blowing them down? |
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| ... that Indonesia is the world's fourth largest producer of coffee? |
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| ... that plantations on the mountains in Alto Paraguay Department close to Asunción proved viable for coffee production in Paraguay? |
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| ... that coffee production in Cameroon includes robusta in the coastal areas and arabica in the western highlands? |
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| ... that coffee was first introduced in the Dominican Republic in 1715 and has been a principal crop of small-scale farmers since then? |
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| ... that coffee production in Puerto Rico peaked during Spanish colonial rule, but was much reduced after the island was annexed by the United States in 1898? |
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| ... that early coffee vending machines used instant coffee powder mixed with hot water, while some modern machines fresh-grind the coffee and dispense various espresso drinks? |
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| ... that in the 18th century the owners of Tom King's Coffee House developed their own argot, Talking Flash, to prevent informers learning of their misdeeds? |
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| ... ... that sniffing for coffee was once a highly paid job? |
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