Coffee cultivation with many setbacks.
- In the South Pacific island state, which consists of 83 islands.
- The first Arabica Bourbon plants were imported from New Caledonia in 1852 and planted in Port Resolution on the island of Tanna.
- In 1960, Arabica varieties from Fiji were cultivated in a new coffee development program.
- After coffee leaf rust destroyed the plants, the Variety Arusha from Tanzania was introduced in 1962.
- Between 1982 and 1986, 3 million pounds were invested in the coffee development on 462 hectares on Vanuatu.
- So 76 tons of coffee were produced.
- After further setbacks by cyclones and coffee leaf rust, Catimor has now found the perfect variety for the climate Vanuatus.
- In 2007, Tanna Coffee Plantations (TCP) planted 100.00 coffee plants and produced 40 tonnes of Tanna Island Coffee in 2010.
- It grows in the shade of the active volcano Yasur without chemical fertilizers or pesticides – organic without certification.
- Although the plateau is only 400 m above sea level, the climatic conditions make Vanuata coffee one of the best in the world.
- The aromatic Arabica coffee is full-bodied and has nutty aromas.
- In 2015 the devastating cyclone PAM destroyed coffee plantations on Tanna.