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The only coffee plantation in Europe is located on the island of São Jorge, Azores, and has sufficient production to supply the plantation’s coffee shop called “Café Nunes”, in Fajã dos Vimes, where people from all around the world come to try the bold taste of the local expresso.
The plantation of Manuel Nunes is just behind his coffee shop and has between 350 and 400 plants. When he first bought the land 35 years ago, there were only half a dozen trees, and every year he has been able to increase the production by a small percentage.
Without revealing how much the annual production is, Manuel Nunes says it is enough for the cafes he sells in his establishment, located in one of the 70 “fajãs” of São Jorge, which is classified as a Biosphere Reserve by Unesco.
The São Jorge fajãs - are flat peninsulas that resulted from the accumulation of debris following earthquakes or lava flows from the volcanic eruptions. These lands have been prefeered over the past centuries for agriculture because of the unique microclimate
The coffee plants initially arrived in São Jorge by the hand of an emigrant from Brazil in the nineteenth century. The plants have thrived in the microclimate of the fajãs. Although there are plants in several fajãs, only Manuel Nunes has a plantation for production.
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