Jimmy Carter among friends in CubaFrom the Associated Press:
HAVANA – Cuba has spent $9.5 million the past five years to modernize coffee production, but meager harvests mean this java-loving nation must still import to cover domestic consumption, the director of the state-run coffee company said Thursday.
The money went toward improving coffee mills, roasters and packaging in an effort to produce the 18,000 tons needed to meet local demand, said Antonio Aleman, director of the company, Cubacafe.
Cuba's annual coffee harvest currently stands at 6,000 tons, and Aleman confirmed the island is buying 12,000 tons of beans to make up the shortfall.
It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out why Cuba has to import coffee. Given its climate, they shouldn't have to import one bean to that island.
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