The news that Holy Spirit will have coffee regulated basic family basket Until December it brought joy to the residents of that province, plus a revelation that surprised many Cubans.
Interviewed for Escambray, the director of the Sancti Spíritus Torrefactora Base Business Unit (UEB), Ricardo Pérez Pérez, explained that the coffee they package meets all the required quality requirements, including “explosion tests on Creole coffee makers”.
“Although our technology is obsolete, we are capable of guaranteeing the required preparations, but quality is something we follow closely. Several samplings are carried out during the process, which include explosion tests on Creole coffee makers, which are the most used by consumers,” said the manager.
Pérez Pérez assured that these tests “are all positive,” which guarantees that the product is made with the necessary requirements to not clog the Creole coffee makers and cause domestic accidents that, at times, can be very serious.
Each batch that leaves the UEB undergoes “explosion tests,” explained the manager. “We in the laboratory have Creole coffee makers. Each batch of coffee is subjected to several explosion tests, which are carried out by making coffee with the regulated quantity of the coffee maker and, in turn, the tasters (we have 12 or 13 tasters) taste the coffee to check its quality."
In relation to the packaging used for the distribution of the coffee, Pérez Pérez pointed out that they are having problems with the polypropylene container usually used, so they package it in another polyethylene container that does not allow the label to be labeled, but it is the same. coffee Hour always, made with 50% coffee and 50% pea (115 grams per package).
In September 2020, a Cuban woman denounced on social networks the poor medical care received by her aunt, who He had suffered serious burns after a coffee maker exploded..
In mid-June, the Cuban official press began to inform the population about serious problems with coffee production in Cuba due to lack of raw materials. Some localities in the country had not received coffee from the regulated basic family basket since May, and even April.
Although the coffee they sell to the population is not pure, but result of mixing with tea, continues to be in demand among the population and its scarcity causes concern and anxiety in many.
Even though the Cuban government has insisted in the past on reaching levels of coffee production that allow it not to depend on imports, millions of pesos must be allocated to acquiring this grain in the international market, while national crops are sold to other countries.
The Ordering Task was a ruin for state coffee companies, which for two and a half years has only generated economic losses, as explained by experts on the subject.
The state media does not report the amount of coffee beans produced in the country for export nor the profits that this high quality product is leaving for the regime.
Nor do they detail how low the productivity of coffee destined for national consumption is, in a country that was one of the largest producers and exporters, but that has seen the quantity and quality of this product decrease from 1959 to the present.
Amid acute coffee shortage in Cuba, the consumption of an infusion made with a plant popularly known as "platanillo" has become fashionable.
"The case is opened, the beans are taken out and dried in the sun. Once they are dry, they are placed on the stove and roasted, as if it were coffee, and then they are ground. That's what we're giving the kids for breakfast so they can go to school.", a woman from Holguín told the independent press in mid-October. Cubanet.
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