About this lot
Sensational Arabica from the Dominican Republic – coffee without noticeable acidity, with sweet notes of nut, chocolate and caramel. The Dominican Republic is not widely known for its coffees, which is a pity because they have been cultivated there for almost 300 years and with very good results. Arabica bushes were brought to the Dominican Republic around 1720 by Gabriel de Clieu, the French governor of Guadeloupe, known for introducing coffee cultivation in many French colonies in that region of the world. Less than 100 years later, coffee already generated 1/3 of the Dominican Republic’s trade turnover and is still an important agricultural product today, although most of the production is now intended for internal consumption. Coffee is grown on the slopes of the mountain range that runs through the center of the Dominican Republic. The government has played a huge role in developing