“No visit to Ghana is complete without a taste of Labadi iced Latte. Named for a beachside neighborhood in Accra, it’s a popular blended espresso drink from Jamestown Coffee Company, prepared with fresh Ghanaian coffee, sweetened milk, chocolate syrup, and ice. In this drink we see the bigger picture of coffee in Ghana, a nation that’s much better known for producing chocolate than it is for growing coffee. But cocoa harvests are down in recent years, impacted by climate change. And now a revolution is brewing where Ghanaian farmers are complementing cocoa by growing more and more coffee each year, with promising results.”
New on Sprudge Special Projects, journalist Daniel Muraga takes us inside an exciting new series of devleopments in the Ghanaian coffee industry. Coffees from this country are rare, but that’s changing—and quickly—as a growing cadre of companies, including Asili Coffee Purveyors, Kawa Moka Coffee Roasters, and Jamestown Coffee Company, are helping lead a new wave for coffee in Ghana.
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