Haitian Bleu coffee unavailable
The devastating earthquake in southwestern Haiti occasioned a report that Haitian Bleu coffee is unavailable in North America. Coffee has long been a major crop in the island nation, but it was "ordinary" coffee and not premium coffee. In the early 1990s US aid workers encouraged Haitian farmers to grow a premium coffee that became known as Haitian Bleu. It was similar to--but less expensive than--the much prized Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee. Unfortunately, Haitian coffee farms were badly damaged by a hurricane in 2008. What small crops have been produced since then have gone entirely to France. For more, see here.Posted by David Fahey on January 19, 2010 at 10:18 AM in Coffee, Haiti, Jamaica | Permalink