Coffee in Retrospect: "Ethiopia Boosts Coffee Production; U.S. State Department is Getting a Headache"
Ethiopia already has asked American Point Four experts in Addis Ababa for assistance. The State Department in Washington is getting a headache over Ethiopian coffee because of probable reaction from Brazil, jealous of its dominant position. --- Ed's Note: Coffee in Retrospect is a column prepared by Coffee Monitor and Poor Farmer blog to provide context for the current global coffee trade by republishing news articles from the past. In this column, we intend to reprint archived prints by converting images into electronic file formats with careful conformity to originals and, whenever applicable and possible, we provide links to the sources of the information. Meanwhile, responsibility for the contents lies solely with the authors and the views expressed in the articles do not necessarily reflect our opinions. --- ETHIOPIA BOOSTS COFFEE PRODUCTION St. Petersburg Times 13-A Sunday, May 23, 1954 ADDIS ABAB...