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Tuesday 1 OcTOber 2019

The coffee trade in Aruba

ORANJESTAD — Today is interna- is also now fully sold. With the pub-
tional coffee day. A date selected lication of this book in English, the
by the international coffee organi- author hopes that more readers
zation to honor this globally con- can know this fascinating story that
sumed beverage. On this occa- tells how Aruba in the decade of
sion, the journalist and author of the 60-s and 70-s became one of
books Benjamin Romero takes the the main coffee exporters in the
opportunity to make a preliminary world without having plantations
introduction of his book "The Cof- of coffee, and without producing
fee Trade In Aruba" that was origi- a grain of this product.
nally translated from Papiamento
to English. Although the book is an original
translation of his version in Papia-
The author will visit different estab- mento, in this edition in English, the
lishments such as Coffee Break, author includes some new infor-
Coffee House, Santos Coffee with mation about the current situation
Soul, Amice Lunch Room and oth- of this business in Aruba, also ac-
er locations selling coffee, to make companied by new photographs
a gift of his book. and tables.

After the first version of this book As of today, this book will be avail-
was published in December 2016 able in the Aruba market and an
in less than six months it was com- official introduction is being pro- that were part of the coffee ex- have a look at the Facebook page
pletely sold out. A second version grammed along with an exhibition port business in Aruba. For more E Negoshi di Koffie na Aruba y E
was published in mid-2017, which of objects and illustrative photos information about the book please Caya di Monche. q