PNG:Small farmer coffee notches up first in China

Updated December 20, 2007 16:58:36

Small coffee growers in Papua New Guinea have signed a deal to sell their coffee to the first gourmet coffee shops to open in Shanghai, in China. The deal will see the PNG Grower Direct Coffee Company form a joint venture with the Shanghai Uncommon Grounds Coffee company, which will roast the beans and operate a chain of shops.

Presenter: Jemima Garrett
Speakers: Jon Yogiyo, Chairman of the PNG Coffee Growers Federation.