13 Nov 2017

Japanese cafe owner keen on Vanuatu coffee

9:04 am on 13 November 2017

A Japanese investor with a string of coffee shops throughout Japan is taking a sample of Vanuatu coffee for his customers to taste.

Japanese cafe owner Jun Sugimoto looks over Vanuatu coffee plants

Japanese cafe owner Jun Sugimoto looks over Vanuatu coffee plants Photo: Vanuatu Daily Post/Len Garae

A Japanese investor with a string of coffee shops throughout Japan is taking a sample of Vanuatu coffee for his customers to taste.

Our correspondent reported Jun Sugimoto saying that if people liked the coffee the next cafe he opens will sell nothing but Vanuatu coffee.

Vanuatu's Director of Agriculture, Antoine Ravo, has welcomed the initiative saying what Mr Sugimoto has been doing is in line with Vanuatu's agri-tourism policy to link farmers with clients.