Coffee producing area-New Caledonia

New Caledonia (New Caledonia) is a former French colony, with only 10 per cent of the land available for farming, with coffee and corn as its main crops.

Missionaries introduced coffee from La R é union in 1860, but by 1987 only 40 tons were produced each year, of which 37 tons were exported, mostly to France. The variety of coffee beans is an extraordinary Robbite coffee with excellent quality and rich taste, but it is delicate and only needs to be lightly roasted.