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  „Latin-American coffees are grown all along the mountainous backbone of Latin America, from southern Mexico south through Central America, Colombia and Bolivia to Peru, as well as in the highlands of the larger islands of the Caribbean and on the high plateaus of Brazil. At their best, the classic coffees of Latin-American manifest bright, lively acidity and a clean, straightforward cup. They provide what for a North American is a normative good coffee experience.“

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Coffee around the World... - coffeecrew.com - victoria, b.c. canada

  „The coffee of Peru is produced and marketed on a smaller scale than it is in the larger Colombia. Quality Arabica coffee is here and flourishes between 3,000 and 5500 feet in the central highlands. The two principal coffee towns of Villa Rica and La Merced are at the center of coffee activity for Peru. Villa Rica, where the majority of the quality coffee is grown, was founded in 1925 by a German settlers and German names are quite common here.“

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Global Exchange : News Updates

  „Starbucks raises some eyebrows in Latin America -- On launching its stores in Mexico and Peru, Starbucks has taken pains toshow that it is benefiting local producers by offering its clientshome-grown blends for which it has paid a price higher than theinternational standard.But some consumer organizations say this assertion is a marketing ploy andthat the transnational firm could be doing more to assure that coffeeproducers get a fair deal (LP, Oct. 8, 2003). Melissa Schweisguth of Global Exchange, a San Francisco-based non-profitorganization, said: "Mexicans who are concerned about the coffee crisis(March 12, 2003).“

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BBC News | AMERICAS | Coffee producers move to boost prices

  „Tuesday, 19 June, 2001, 02:25 GMT 03:25 UK Coffee producers move to boost prices Coffee producers from Colombia, Mexico and central America have decided to start destroying more than a million bags of low-grade coffee in a bid to boost quality and raise ailing prices. In a meeting in the Costa Rican capital, San Jose, the coffee-producing countries agreed to begin implementing the plan in October. The Secretary- General of the 28-member Association of Coffee- Producing Countries, Roberio Silva, said he hoped the voluntary programme could eventually be adopted by all members of the group, in order to have an even bigger impact. Coffee prices have fallen considerably in the past two years.“

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CoffeeGeek - Sustainable Harvest Coffee Prepares Latin American Growers for Worst

  „Sustainable Harvest President David Griswold addressed the gathering of about 100 small-scale coffee cooperative suppliers from organic farms in Peru, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Nicaragua, and Mexico at a two-day training session in Oaxaca City.  The purpose was to instruct Sustainable Harvest’s Latin American coffee growers and exporters in the new regulations which now govern all food and beverage imports into the USA, and to help them prepare their facilities for compliance with the FDA laws.  “

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