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René Coste
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President, French Institute of Coffee and Cocoa, Paris; General Director, 1958–78. Author of Les CafĂ©iers et les cafĂ©s dans le monde.

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A Guatemalan boy wearing a cap carries a large sack on his back while walking through rows of coffee plants with red berries on a plantation.
Coffee production, cultivation of coffee plants, usually done in large commercial operations. The two major species of coffee plants (Coffea arabica and C. canephora; family Rubiaceae) are tropical evergreen shrubs or small trees of African origin. They are grown for the seeds, or beans, which are

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