“I take Kenyan coffee every morning,” said Ochala, who buys his beans from Monmouth Coffee Company in Borough Market. Today, a cup of Kenyan coffee at Monmouth costs roughly $4, compared with about $3 for a standard Americano from Starbucks Corp. in London. “African beans may also seem exotic to some coffee drinkers and that piques their curiosity.”But output isn’t what it once was. It pegs the average age of an African coffee grower at 60. Population growth and urbanization show little signs of slowing – the continent will account for more than half of the world’s population growth by 2050, adding 1.3 billion people, according to the United Nations.

Source: Ethiopian News August 02, 2017 09:00 UTC