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FAST FACTS:
Coffee Cleaning CISTERN
3 Coffee Pulping Mill, Bois Cotelette, Soufriere
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- Berries are dropped in cisterns to wash & remove excess skin.
- French settlers introduced COFFEE to Dominica around 1725. - A coffee blight hit Dominica in 1830's & 1840's, causing many estates to switch to sugar production. - In the 1820's, under the ownership of J.B. Dupigny, Bois Cotlette Estate produced 2,500 lbs of coffee, 2,000 lbs of sugar, 254 gallons of molasses & 140 gallons of rum.
- Berries spread out on stone GLACIS to dry, over days. - At night or during rain, beans are laid on trays in coffee house
Coffee Drying House & stone GLACIS terrace
FINAL PRODUCT - BELLO Products is today the largest exporter of coffee from Dominica.
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Roasted Beans, ready to grind.
Compiled by: Micheal Wierwill, Elise Johnston-Agar & Henry Shillingford. Bibliography: www.lennoxhonychurch.com Lennox Honychurch: A Dominica Story for Division of Culture's HISTORY WEEK: Traditional Food Processing