Suriname, the world's boutique coffee producer

Suriname (Surinam) was the first country in South America to grow coffee, and Norway was once a major importer of coffee products. However, the country's output is very small today, and it is mentioned here only for historical reasons.

The Dutch, who settled in Suriname in 1667, introduced coffee trees from Java in the early 18th century. The first coffee trees were given by the mayor of Asmstedan to a Flemish pirate, a Hansback. To be exact, these coffee trees were planted in the then Dutch Guiana (Dutch Guyana), and a few years later, they were widely planted in the neighboring French Guina region. At that time, there was a French criminal named Mourgues, who was promised that if coffee trees were introduced into French colonies, he would be granted a pardon and the right to enter and leave France freely.