Sunday, December 5, 2010

Gwangju to get country's first coffee and cocoa museum.

So says GFN's local news page:
Under an exchange agreement signed last month with the Deok-won Group in Malaysia, Chunnam Techno College is opening a coffee and cocoa museum in Nambu University, Gwangju. Chunnam Techno College trains baristas in its Hotel, Tourism and Cocktail Department.

. . .
Opening later next year, the museum will show how plantations grow coffee and cocoa trees and how they produce and process various beans.

It will also provide various public programs, including coffee tastings at its in-house café.

It will be the country's first museum devoted to mixing espresso and hot water coffee and cocoa museum. Korean-language article here from Yonhap.

4 comments:

The Sanity Inspector said...

That's cool; I'll have to look in on it next time I return to Gwangju.

Unknown said...

Although it's far from what I would call a museum, Gangneung already has a 'coffee museum' and small 'farm' where they grow coffee plants in green houses. The museum is mostly a collection of coffee making devices from around the world, and customers are unable to drink coffee from the locally grown beans. Although, the setting is beautiful and the different varieties of coffee are roasted on location. There was once an English speaking tour guide who could describe the process of growing, roasting, and brewing, but I think she's gone.
Nevertheless, the coffee is decent.

http://www.coffeecupper.kr/bbs/board.php?bo_table=bbs51

Brian said...

Interesting, S, thanks.

jw said...

Cool!
... Do you think they'll talk about the important role of child slave labour in the tending and harvesting of cocoa beans in western African nations?
... [*cough* ... *sniff*] ...
Nah, me neither...