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Saturday, February 17, 2007

Coffee beans - African coffee needs adequate info to sell in Japan

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 02/17 - Specialty coffee exported from Eastern Africa would gain prominence on the Japanese market if the producing countries provided more and adequate information about their coffee beans, a leading Tokyo-based buyer and roaster suggested here Friday.
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