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Guatemala: Antigua Coffee, the Best in the World?

Wednesday, March 5th, 2008 @ 00:42 UTC

by Eduardo Avila

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Topics:: Food, Agriculture

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গুয়াতেমালা: এন্টিগুয়া কফি কি বিশ্বের সবচেয়ে সেরা কফি?...

“So what makes La Antigua Guatemala the best coffee in the world?” Rudy Girón provides some backing arguments to this claim, as well as a photo of the coffee bean harvest.

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