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Coffee Culture Comes to Coffee-Growers I z Internationalmarketing questions. Q Answerthese rcCoffeecutture I 7 Whichhot drinks are popular in your country? 2 Whatis your favourite hot drink? 3 Whichfive words do you associate with coffee? Coffeeculture comesto coffee-growers By JohnAuthers and Mark Mulligan In Chile, theY Prefer tea to speciality shoPs each Year, coffee and instant rather 90 per cent of it is instant. than freshly brewed' In Argentina, Per caPita In Argentina, bY contrast, consumption is about 4kg a I breakfast is with a frothY 55 year, mostlY in whole or cappuccino, a heart-starting ground coffee beans. espresso,or a caffd latte. In Despite being a coffee- Brazil, after-dinner coffee is grower, Peru has a similar served free at anY self- pattern of coffee to respecting restaurant. 6o consumption. That Latin America is not The ironY is not lost on one great homogeneous Julio Gutidrrez, head of culture often surPrises Latin America at Starbucks travellers. 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