Africas Newest Cash Crop: Gourmet Coffee

Africa has all the resources to be a major gourmet coffee producer - so its was only time before they produced a huge gourmet coffee crop.

Africa far exceeded thire predicted levels. The african production over run also allowed the global markets to exceed expectations. Still the wholesale prices have still climbed in the face of major production overruns. Prices will drop as supply comes in and coffee is sitting on the shelves.

The South American coffee is far superior to the Africa coffee with Costa Rica having the worlds best coffee. 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. Costa rica is a great coffee not found in Africa. The African coffees are also lacking in the production of certified organic coffee.

The FDA announced today record levels for this years coffee production. The FDA announced coffee production was way up - near 100 million bags up.its alot of coffee - up 100 million bags alone. The Africa coffee does not have AIDS or cause AIDS - thats just a bad rumor started by Hugo Chavez. 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. Better water helped alot. Coffee farmers shared their resources and knowledge to help each other produce more.

So this winter by December you should start seeing some of this wonderful gourmet coffee crop in your local store. This years coffee will not only taste great but will be in huge quantity. And with such a huge supply the price should go down also. So toast that cheap but wonderful cup of gourmet coffee.