Her country's pavilion organizes a week to taste it and highlight its characteristics

Angolan coffee at Expo Dubai dreams of regaining its global position

The Angolan pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai recently organized a coffee week in cooperation with the Angolan Ministry of Foreign Trade.

During the week, the pavilion hosted a series of dialogues and sessions with Angolan officials and experts, as well as giving visitors the opportunity to sample many types of Angolan coffee.

During the opening session of the week's programme, the Commissioner-General of the Angolan Pavilion Albina Assis Africano highlighted the cultural and economic role of coffee in producing countries.

Representatives of a number of coffee-producing countries participated in the session, including: Ethiopia, Costa Rica, Mexico, Saudi Arabia and Egypt.

The main objective of the week was to introduce the attendees to Angolan coffee, highlight its unique characteristics, as well as provide them with a comprehensive understanding of the historical, economic and cultural importance of coffee in this country, and the best practices used in the various coffee factories and roasters scattered across the country.

Coffee is an important part of Angolan culture, but due to the turmoil in the country during the 1970s, its coffee production declined to become the fourth largest producer of coffee in the world.

However, in recent decades, the coffee production sector in Angola has boomed again as the country has regained its political and economic stability.

Director of International Cooperation in Angola, Ambassador Carlos Sardinha, said: “We want to take this opportunity that (Expo 2020 Dubai) provides us with introducing Angolan coffee, increasing our market share in this sector, and raising it again to wider horizons.”

While Angola Pavilion General Commissioner Albina Assis Africano emphasized that her country has the right climate and ideal soil for coffee cultivation, adding: “Our coffee culture is based on sustainability and quality coffee to provide coffee lovers with the best taste in the world.

We are confident that we will be able to realize our full potential through our participation in Expo 2020 Dubai.”

Angola is famous for its robusta coffee, which accounts for 90-95% of its total commercial coffee production, as well as its Arabica coffee grown on family farms.

Arabica coffee is characterized by its acidity and low caffeine levels.

Robusta coffee is more pungent and bitter than Arabica, has a thicker texture and contains more caffeine.

Seven brands participated in the coffee week in the Angolan pavilion, and concluded the events with a musical performance by Angolan singer Daniel Nascimento.

Alpina Africano:

• “Our coffee culture is based on sustainability and quality coffee to provide coffee lovers with the best taste in the world.”

• 7 brands participated in the coffee week in the Angolan pavilion.

• Angola is famous for the cultivation of Robusta coffee, which accounts for 90-95% of its total production, in addition to Arabica coffee.