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The African Gourmet Coffee Crop Report

By: Boake Moore
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Date Added : 2008-11-17 Views : 14
The worlds' coffee crop report is outstanding - world production will far exceed expected and or forecasted projections for gourmet coffee this winter. Supply will be huge and alot of it is due to the wonderful gourmet coffee production coming from Africa.

This year's coffee report calls for major production improvement and  output record levels for African coffee producing countries. The African output will so far exceed expected output that it will also cause the world's production to exceed expectant levels. Still will the excess coffee the wholesale prices continue to increase. However as demand is not able to keep up with supply look for prices to plummet.

Also the quality of the African coffee is far less that its South American counterparts. Many consider Costa Rica, Brazil and Columbia to have the finest coffee in the world. The Africa coffee is not even close in terms of quantity or quality and much of the African coffee is a robusta bean. The Latin America coffee countries only produce Arabica bean which is a far superior bean. The African coffees are also lacking in the production of certified organic  coffee.

World coffee production in the current season will be greater than previously expected and will set a record, the Agriculture Department said today. In its weekly report on world agriculture, the FDA put the global coffee crop at over  96 million bags, up 1.3 million from the previous forecast and over ten percent or approximately over 12 million bags above last year's crop. Improved prospects in Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa, the leading coffee-growing countries was the main factor in the higher estimate, the report said. Despite large world coffee supplies, several major retailers have raised prices in recent months because of actions taken under the International Coffee Agreement to prop up prices. Kenya and Nigeria commented that short term agriculture programs were finally taking effect and helping with production. Other cited factors included improved water, water supply and consistent water along with improved farming techniques and farming co-ops. The farming co-ops allowed farmers to share resources and best practices which allowed much improvement in production levels.

So this winter by December you should start seeing some of this wonderful gourmet coffee crop in your local store. The quantity will be huge and the taste and quality will be excellent for this winters gourmet coffee. And with such a huge supply the price should go down also. So toast that cheap but wonderful cup of gourmet coffee.

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Boake Moore is an IT solutions salesman by trade with a huge desire to help homeless children. He started Mission Grounds Gourmet Coffee http://www.missiongrounds.com - to help homeless children. Its the finest Costa Rica Coffee donating all its profits to children and available as your
local church coffee.

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