Coffee trees seem not to have produced as much berries this year, in comparison to last year. That was the claim made by a couple of farmers in Trinidad who are still maintaining their coffee trees. However, Cafe Vega was able to get coffee berries from three additional farmers this year, which should help with the shortfall from the regular suppliers.
Stocks were completely sold out by August of last year, which left our regular customers 'cussing'. Such is the challenge with a limited edition, speciality coffee. The main reason for the early "closure for stocktaking" was the exponential increase in demand (again), for Cafe Vega homestyle roasted coffee. We have so far been able to obtain more stocks than last year, so hopefully, there would be be less 'cuss-out' later this year!
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| Inspecting ripe coffee berries at a farm in east Trinidad. |
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| Ripe coffee berries drying in the shed. |
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| First roast for 2020. |
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| Flowering coffee tree (February 2020)...next years's crop! |
