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Friday 28 September 2018

Coffee Talks

music and food. But also … Aruba Coffee Hub cial wonder happened
a Coffee Talk. In the Mundi Special guests are Da- by the means of the vi-
Health Café you can enjoy vid Cybul, business man sion and creativity of local
everything about coffee. among other in the cof- business men grasping the
fee trade and Benjamin chance to have a lucra-
From 11 AM to 12 PM you Romero, writer of the book tive business that also cre-
can enjoy complimentary ‘E negoshi di koffie na Aru- ated job opportunities in a
coffee tastings, demon- ba’. This interesting book time that tourism was still
strations and world class informs you about the his- a baby. Romero’s wish is
baristas. The first annual tory of coffee in Aruba, to memorize this forgotten
Caribbean Coffee Festival the main players in the commercial activity that
is taking place with six dif- field and the route of the contributed to the socio-
ferent stations and if you coffee Colombia-Aruba- economic development
SAN NICOLAS — Coffee is San Nicolas takes cof- are a newbie, caffeine United States. Beginning of of Aruba. According to
a matcher. A lot of meet- fee as a matchmaker with addict or coffee geek this the 60’s Aruba was known him the island functioned
ings, whether personal or YOU. Saturday they have event is designed espe- as one of the most impor- as a pilot project for be-
business, are set with the the City of Sunrise, as San cially for you. Let us show tant export countries of ing a hub to the US and
words: “Let’s meet for a Nicolas is called, com- you the art of Coffee as coffee in the world without Europe. This book is his first
coffee”. The newly opened pletely upside down with they say. harvesting even one bean book, published in 2016.q
Community Museum in events, workshops, art, themselves. This commer-

International Coffee Day

Since 1983 this day has been commemorated as Inter-
national Coffee day around the world where coffee is
being produced and consumed. The first official date
was October 1st of 2015, as agreed by the Interna-
tional Coffee Organization and was launched in Milan.
This day is also used to promote fair trade coffee and
to raise awareness for the plight of the coffee growers.
Different events are being held where you can get all
kinds of coffee with all kinds of tastes and in all sorts of
presentations. Coffee is one of the most liked and well-
known beverages around the world. This is a good day
to recognize the hard work done daily by the producers
of coffee. They make it possible for us to enjoy a nice
cup of coffee every day. No matter the time of the day
a cup of coffee is always welcome!!

A little bit about the story of

the Coffee business between

Guajira and Aruba

This area of the Caribbean Sea where this place is located known as “El Horno”,
is where the Guajiro businessman Jorge Romero Arteaga used to send coffee to
Aruba. They use these small boats known as piraguas. This place close to the city
of Riohacha was a heritage of the ancestors Romero, who accompanied Gen-
eral Jose Prudencio Padilla in the battle that took place at the Maracaibo Lake
against Spain. As a gift, since they helped them win the battle, they were given
this piece of land in the area of Camarones, where General Padilla was born.