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Coffee of Renuion,LA |
Reunion,La Coffee |
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| Originally called Bourbon, this little island off the coast of Madagascar was the source of, and gave its name to, the particular variety of Arabica grown in much of the world today. Its history is interlaced with coffee: at various times its wealthier citizens were taxed by having to plant a number of coffee trees according to their slave ownership: destruction of a coffee tree merited capital punishment; and both debt settlement and the issue of paper money was backed by coffee. Over the years disease and tropical storms wiped out many trees, much as cholera wiped out many inhabitants, and today's political and economic complications have hindered efforts to re-establish Reunion's coffee production. | |
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