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Italian Friends of the Cuban Regime Finance the Sending of Ambulances With the Sale of Cuban Coffee and Rum

14ymedio, Havana, 16 September 2023 — The left-wing Italian association Filorosso has financed the shipment to Cuba of used ambulances and medical supplies with the sale, in Italy, of coffee, rum and food made on the Island. The most recent shipment provided by the organization, based in the city of Lavis (province of Taranto), arrived … Continue reading “Italian Friends of the Cuban Regime Finance the Sending of Ambulances With the Sale of Cuban Coffee and Rum”

Cuban Coffee in US Dollars

14ymedio, Juan Diego Rodríguez, Havana, 7 October 2021– Long faces in line this Thursday at the entrance of the Plaza Carlos III shopping center to buy coffee. “Cuban coffee in American dollars,” one of the establishment’s customers, called Sorpresas, scoffed aloud. The line burst into laughter at this, but a resigned indignation was palpable. “It … Continue reading “Cuban Coffee in US Dollars”

Packages of ‘Cubita’ Coffee Found in Canada are Fake, While There’s No Cuban Coffee on the Island

14ymedio, Havana, 6 October 2020 — Coffee, sugar, rum, and tobacco have for decades been emblematic of Cuba, but some of these products have disappeared or must now be imported. Cuban coffee, that star of story and song, is now unavailable in the stores, while its appearance abroad may be a false sighting. While buying … Continue reading “Packages of ‘Cubita’ Coffee Found in Canada are Fake, While There’s No Cuban Coffee on the Island”

Cuban Coffee is Available Only in Foreign Currency Stores

14ymedio, Juan Diego Rodríguez, Havana, 2 August 2020 — While concerned coffee consumers confirm that the product has disappeared in stores that accept Cuban convertible pesos (CUC), Serrano and Cubita packages abound in the newly opened foreign exchange markets. Owning dollars now makes the difference between having a little morning eye opener or resorting to an herbal tea. … Continue reading “Cuban Coffee is Available Only in Foreign Currency Stores”

Nespresso Will Be The First Company To Export Cuban Coffee To The US / 14ymedio

14ymedio (With agency information), Havana, 20 June 2016 — The Cuban coffee will again be exported to the US after more than 50 years. Nespresso, of the Nestlé group, will be the first company to do so, as reported Monday by the Reuters agency. Cuban coffee is one of the island’s non-state products that the US State … Continue reading “Nespresso Will Be The First Company To Export Cuban Coffee To The US / 14ymedio”

Cuban Coffee Made From Roasted Peas? / Yoani Sánchez

The souvenir and craft market near the port vibrates, full of life on this day. It’s Sunday and the tourists circulate among the wood carvings, leather briefcases and beautiful mahogany humidors for storing cigars. On one side of what was once San Jose wharf, are now displayed paintings, landscapes in acrylic, portraits of voluptuous mulatas, … Continue reading “Cuban Coffee Made From Roasted Peas? / Yoani Sánchez”

The Photo of the Creator of the Drug Trofin Selling Coffee Shows the Reality of Cuban Retirees

Before, he sold wine, says his daughter, because “his retirement isn’t enough for anything.” 14ymedio, Havana, 1 July 2025 — “One day he told me, ’I’m going to sell coffee,’ and I swear my heart sank.” Elizabeth recalls the words of doctor and researcher Raúl González Hernández, whose 80th birthday was celebrated last Sunday. “My … Continue reading “The Photo of the Creator of the Drug Trofin Selling Coffee Shows the Reality of Cuban Retirees”

The Coffee that Makes Coffee Pots Explode Is Back in Cuban Stores

14ymedio, Mercedes García, Sancti Spíritus, 24 January 2025 — Like a fisherman in a rushing river, Suanny thrives in an environment that is frightening to others. He specializes in repairing Italian-style coffee makers — both electric or stovetop — that have exploded or become clogged. “These days I’m constantly busy because the coffee sold at … Continue reading “The Coffee that Makes Coffee Pots Explode Is Back in Cuban Stores”

For Every Kilo of Coffee Exported, One Kilo for Cubans, an Italian Businessman Promises

14ymedio, Madrid, 7 December 2023 — On Wednesday, Michelle Curto made a promise in Santiago de Cuba’s Hall of Mirrors for which he will be held accountable if he does not make good on it. “For every kilogram of Cuban coffee that is exported, the same amount must be made available to Cuban consumers,” said … Continue reading “For Every Kilo of Coffee Exported, One Kilo for Cubans, an Italian Businessman Promises”

Adulterated Coffee in Short Supply for Cubans; Premium, Organic Coffee for Export

14ymedio, Miguel García, Holguín, 14 October 2023 — A stain on the wall reminds Nury that not only does rationed coffee taste worse and worse but it can be dangerous too. “They’ve added so many things to it that it clogged* the coffee pot while it was brewing. Luckily, I was in the room at … Continue reading “Adulterated Coffee in Short Supply for Cubans; Premium, Organic Coffee for Export”

Like Coffee and Rum, Tobacco Disappears from Stores in Cuban Pesos

14ymedio, Natalia López, Moya, Havana, 3 June 2021 — On the island of cigars and cigar rag (cut tobacco), Cubans find themselves with the dilemma of acquiring packs of cigarettes on the black market or buying them in stores in freely convertible currency (MLC). In state stores and cafeterias, where this product is marketed in … Continue reading “Like Coffee and Rum, Tobacco Disappears from Stores in Cuban Pesos”

Coffee Exports Leave Cuban Consumers without their Daily Cup

14ymedio, Havana, 12 October 2020 — Coffee exports have become a top priority in the Cuban government’s desperate quest for hard currency. This has impacted the nation’s consumers, for whom coffee is nowhere to be found. In the first quarter of this year Cubaexport, a government-owned corporation which sells Cuban food and beverage products on … Continue reading “Coffee Exports Leave Cuban Consumers without their Daily Cup”

Coffee: Relations with the US have revealed to the Cuban people the roots of the drop in productivity / Dimas Castellano

Dimas Castellanos, 18 July 2016 — The statement issued in May of 2016 by the National Bureau of Cuba’s National Association of Small Farmers (ANAP) in response to the US Treasury Department’s announcement that it would allow independent producers to export coffee Cuba to the United States should have come as no surprise. Said statement is a … Continue reading “Coffee: Relations with the US have revealed to the Cuban people the roots of the drop in productivity / Dimas Castellano”

Cuban Small Farmers Association Defends State Monopoly On The Export Of Coffee / 14ymedio, Zunilda Mata

14ymedio, Zunilda Mata, Havana, 5 May 2016 — The National Bureau of the National Association of Small Farmers (ANAP) in Cuba rejects the recent measures from the U.S. Department of State which include coffee among the products produced by the non-State sector in Cuba that can be imported into the United States. In a statement … Continue reading “Cuban Small Farmers Association Defends State Monopoly On The Export Of Coffee / 14ymedio, Zunilda Mata”

Cubans of Milkless Coffee Put Their Feet on the Ground / Ivan Garcia

Ivan Garcia, Havana, 14 December 2015 — “The truce ended,” bawled a newspaper vendor on the bustling central Calzada de 10 de Octubre, in south Havana. Leaning against a peeling wall in the lobby of an old neighborhood movie theater, the vendor offers the newspaper Juventud Rebelde (Rebel Youth) to passersby who read, while they … Continue reading “Cubans of Milkless Coffee Put Their Feet on the Ground / Ivan Garcia”