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C ô te d'Ivoire has never produced the best quality coffee smuggled coffee producing areas.

Published: 2024-11-08 Author: World Gafei

Last Updated: 2024/11/08, The term "fine coffee" was first put forward by Ms. Knudsen of the United States in Coffee and Tea magazine. At that time, Ms. Knudsen, as a coffee buyer at B.C. Ireland in San Francisco, was very dissatisfied with the neglect of the quality of raw coffee in the industry, and even some big roasters mixed a large amount of Robesda beans in the comprehensive beans, so she put forward the concept of boutique coffee.

The term boutique coffee was first coined by Ms. Knudsen in Coffee and Tea magazine in the United States, when Ms. Knudsen served as B.C. Ireland's coffee buyer in San Francisco, she is very dissatisfied with the industry's neglect of green coffee bean quality, and even some large roasters mix a large number of robersta beans into the mixed beans, so she proposed the concept of fine coffee to advocate the industry to improve quality. The term is used to describe coffee beans that have distinctive flavor characteristics and are grown in special environments. Its use at international coffee conferences spread quickly.

In terms of volume, it is one of the largest producers in the world.

Cote d'Ivoire (Cte d'lvoire) never produces the best quality coffee, and very little coffee comes from the arabica tree. In the early 1980s, it was the third largest coffee producer in the world, producing 5 million bags a year. Even today it is the fifth largest coffee producer in the world, producing 4.4 million bags a year. Cote d'Ivoire is second only to Indonesia (6.8 million bags per year) in terms of production of Roscoff coffee.

In the 1980s, Cote d'Ivoire produced only 250 kilograms of coffee per hectare. This is partly due to poverty, but also to the ageing of coffee trees. Lack of investment and absence of a long-term business plan also affected coffee production.

The Government of Cote d'Ivoire has begun to take positive measures to reverse this situation. The National Coffee Board has been reconstituted and streamlined, and some production activities have been transferred to private companies. The Government provides minimum price guarantees to farmers who produce high-quality coffee and encourages exporters to buy directly from farmers. Eighty per cent of coffee exports now find a market in the European Community countries, with France and Italy being the main buyers.

It is worth noting that Cote d'Ivoire is a major centre for coffee smuggling, with up to 2600 tons smuggled in 1993 - 1994, mainly via neighbouring Mali and Guinea.