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Pages in category "2002 in Jamaica" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. G. 2002 Jamaican general ...
This is a list of plantations and pens in Jamaica by county and parish including historic parishes that have since been merged with modern ones. Plantations produced crops, such as sugar cane and coffee, while livestock pens produced animals for labour on plantations and for consumption.
Most of the coffee grown on the island is a derivative of the Brazilian variety known as Coffea arabica Typica, constituting 70% of the yield, while other varieties grown are hybrid varieties of caturra, geisha, etc. [3] The coffee that is grown in the Blue Mountains region, known as the Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee, is said to be of very high quality and is mostly exported. [3]
Mavis Bank is a rural coffee farming community approximately 10 miles (16 km) north east of Kingston, Jamaica in east rural St. Andrew in the Blue Mountains, close to the border of Portland. [ 3 ] The town takes its name from a surrounding coffee (named after Mavisbank House an historic house in Scotland ) which has been owned by the Munn ...
Price Club, a popular American wholesale club store. Steinberg was the exclusive operator in Canada of the chain starting in 1985, and also owned a 50% stake in the company. Lantic Sugar, owned a 50% stake via sale of Cartier Sugar in 1981. Phoenix Mills Inc, a large flour mill, Steinberg's acquired 30% ownership in the late 1960s.
Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee is a globally protected certification mark, meaning only coffee certified by the Jamaica Commodities Regulatory Authority [5] (previously the Coffee Industry Board of Jamaica) can be labelled as such. It comes from a recognised growing region in the Blue Mountain region of Jamaica, and the Coffee Industry Board of ...
O'Neal's nephew, Herschel Duncan, developed the blend for the Maryland Club, which became one of the better known brands of the time and formed the Duncan Coffee Company. Following the Duncan's death, the company was sold. [2] The company would immediately create the brands of Admiration Coffee and Bright and Early Coffee, which is still around ...
Cactus Club Cafe was founded in 1988 by two former Earls waiters, Richard Jaffray and Scott Morison. [1] [2] The partners started with a restaurant named "Café Cucamongas", which they sold in 1988 to fund the establishment of the Cactus Club. [1] [2] In 1996, the company expanded into Alberta during a financially challenging time period.