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Trendy coffee at US$4 a cup revives long-neglected African industry

Published Wed, Aug 2, 2017 · 09:50 PM

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JULIEN Ochala can't live without his morning cup of Joe.

But not just any coffee will do. For the past five years, the 37-year-old physiology lecturer at King's College London has visited the same store every week to grab a pack of his beloved Kenyan brew. And he's not put off by the cost: at 37 pounds (S$67) a kilogramme, it's more than double a similar supermarket product.

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