Hi everyone! I am new to this site. I live in CA. I am currently enrolled in an international business class at our local community college. I was hoping someone could PLEASE help me with some answers about Jamaicans and coffee I have to do for my term paper, I cannot find anything online....

1. coffee drinking consumption habits?
2. levels of consumption?
3. when they drink coffee?
4. what other drinks do Jamaicans drink regularly?
5. existing coffee competition? If I was to open a shop selling coffee, who would my competition be?

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE and VERY much thank you to anyone who will answer my questions....

I am not in the coffee business so I can't really answer your questions. I do know that coffee drinking is not that popular in Jamaica. Most of the coffee grown in Jamaica is exported. Your best bet is probably to contact people who are in the coffee business directly. They should at least be able to point you in the right direction.

I think the following links may be helpful:

Jamaican Coffee - a beverage of distinction
Coffee Industries Limited ® The Coffee Mill of Jamaica ® 100% Jamaican Coffee
Jamaica Trade and Invest

They regularly drink tea in the morning, sometimes before lunch. They will drink coffee if I offer them a cup, but it is not their cup of tea. LOL.

There is a couple of coffe shops in Negril where I winter. They cater to the tourists, so depending on where you would set up your coffee shop, you may have competition.

LOLOL @ their cup of tea Nice one Miss.

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Thank you both for your help. It is not that important to contact a person in the coffee business. I am just supposed to find general information and what better way to get it then from people who live there or are there regularly. Thank you very much! have a great day!
Tasha

..and quite often the cup of tea has a chicken foot in it..which they gobble down after drinking!!

Yea I've never really seen a Jamaican really drink coffee..it's always tea!! It's definately a tourist thing!! I'm willing to bet like twenty percent of Jamaicans drink coffee Island wide if that!

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Don't bet, you will loose your money

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How many you think drink it??

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I love JA Coffee -- Blue Mountain. Funny -- when I'm in JA, when I order coffee, I get mostly "instant" -- but even that is delicious!

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