The béret du jour is my Super Lujo-Grande in Sahara and
on a drizzly day in Wellington, it feels right at home at the Havana Coffee Works!
The quest for a good coffee has taken Geoff Marsland and Tim
Rose, the founders of Wellington’s Havana Coffee, around the world; mingling
with Cuban spies, tagged as terrorists and welcomed by Havana’s Communist
elite.
Geoff and Tim introduced New Zealand’s to its first (self-build)
fluid-bed, hot-air roaster. The result is a roast that preserves both the
integrity of the beans’ natural flavors and their high caffeine content. Though
not for the faint of heart, Havana Coffee is good and strong.
They’ve come a long way since the 1980s, now the largest
boutique roaster in NZ and supplying most cafes in Wellington, the world’s
coffee capital, with their beans.
It’s the official supplier of South Pacific Berets and does
awfully well in the Attitude Coffee Cups!
Timor Leste president Taur Matan Ruak with Havana Coffee Works managing director Geoff Marsland.
Hey Daan,
ReplyDeleteIt doesn't look like he is wearing a genuine Blancq Olibet Fandango though??
Che Glovera
Quite right! Typically, people "impersonating" Che Guevara choose military style berets.
DeleteChe himself usually wore a real Basque though, in small diameter.