{"id":463357,"date":"2025-10-30T07:00:53","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T14:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sprudge.com\/?p=463357"},"modified":"2025-10-29T13:51:44","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T20:51:44","slug":"tributo-cafe-in-venezuela-a-new-coffee-project-is-staking-its-claim-on-the-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sprudge.com\/tributo-cafe-in-venezuela-a-new-coffee-project-is-staking-its-claim-on-the-future-463357.html","title":{"rendered":"Tributo Caf\u00e9: In Venezuela, A New Coffee Project Is Staking Its Claim On The Future"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cThe world was missing the chance to taste this piece of our history,\u201d Daniel Roa Far\u00edas, one of the co-founders of\u00a0Tributo Caf\u00e9<\/a>\u00a0in Venezuela, tells me early in our conversation. \u201cFew people know that coffee was a protagonist in our country long before oil.\u201d<\/p>\n

Indeed, well before Venezuela emerged as a global oil powerhouse\u2014home to the largest proven crude reserves in the world, more than 300 billion barrels\u2014it was a coffee nation, owing to the crops first brought in the 18th century by the Spanish. Coffee went on to become deeply woven into the fabric of the country\u2019s culture and economy. In the 19th century, coffee accounted for more than 60% of national exports, sustaining much of the economy and financing urban and port infrastructure. Grown mostly in the Andean regions (the mountain range that runs the length of South America ending in Venezuela), Venezuelan coffee gained international prestige and ranked among the most coveted products in Latin America, alongside the country\u2019s celebrated chocolate.<\/p>\n

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When oil was discovered in Venezuela in the 1920s, coffee quietly slipped from the country\u2019s main stage. For decades, it had defined identity and export pride. But as the black gold began to flow, the beans that once anchored Venezuela\u2019s rural economy were pushed into the background. It is that forgotten legacy that Roa Far\u00edas, along with his partner Amanda Dudamel and lifelong friend Edwin Acosta, is trying to revive. In 2023, the trio launched Tributo<\/a>, a from-farm-to-cup coffee project built on the idea that Venezuela could reclaim its place among the world\u2019s great coffee origins.<\/p>\n

In a new feature for Sprudge Special Projects Desk<\/a>, journalist Rafael Tonon reports on a new coffee company helping write a fresh chapter in Venezuela’s storied coffee history. Perhaps you’ve seen Venezuela in the news recently; this story is another glimpse into what’s happening right now in the country, and how coffee might continue to play a role in Venezuela’s future.<\/p>\n

Read “Tributo Caf\u00e9: A Homage To Venezuela\u2019s Coffee Past\u2014And A Search For A New Future” on Sprudge Special Projects\u00a0<\/a><\/h2>\n

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Special Projects Desk<\/a> is a hub for long-form original journalism and select archival features on Sprudge. Since 2009, Sprudge has been the world\u2019s premier home for thought-provoking coffee journalism, evocative photo essays, design deep-dives, and cultural narratives. Special Projects Desk continues this tradition in 2023 and beyond, platforming exceptional works from the field of coffee journalism.<\/p>\n

Special Projects Desk is supported by La Marzocco<\/a>, handcrafting espresso machines in Florence, Italy since 1927. Their mission is to support the growth of specialty coffee; they believe that increasing knowledge and understanding is the best way to develop a thriving future for the coffee industry.<\/p>\n

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Sprudge is actively seeking pitches for long-form coffee writing\u2014from both established and emerging journalists\u2014without language or experience prerequisites. For more information, contact us.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Read “Tributo Caf\u00e9: A Homage To Venezuela\u2019s Coffee Past\u2014And A Search For A New Future” on Sprudge Special Projects.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":438773,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","csco_display_header_overlay":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[32994,32995],"class_list":["post-463357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-exclusives","tag-tributo-cafe","tag-venezuela","cs-entry","cs-video-wrap"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sprudge.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/463357","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sprudge.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sprudge.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sprudge.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sprudge.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=463357"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sprudge.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/463357\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":463379,"href":"https:\/\/sprudge.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/463357\/revisions\/463379"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sprudge.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/438773"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sprudge.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=463357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sprudge.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=463357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sprudge.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=463357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}