Coffee was a very important source of income for Venezuela, as there was a time when it was a major industry, so to speak. Older Venezuelans know that sugarcane, coffee, and cocoa accounted for a large portion of our country’s exports, and Venezuela was one of the world’s leading exporters, shipping coffee to other countries.
This was in the 1800s, before the first oil well was discovered, and hardly anyone knows this today, which is why I decided to take the time to talk to my parents and my uncles and aunts to find out more. For the people of the Andes, it was a great era because it provided work for the farmers, who were responsible for gathering the sacks of coffee and cocoa and transporting them on mules or pack animals to move them down from the hills.
Since Mérida, Trujillo, and Táchira, among others, were major centers for silver mining and sales due to their climate and the abundance of hills, other states engaged in different industries such as livestock farming. A cup of coffee was highly prized in those days, but today it is rare to see large-scale coffee plantations, though they can still be found in various parts of the world.
Back then, a 100-gram bag of coffee was quite expensive, and while its price has dropped significantly since then, the coffee industry remains stable. I feel proud to hear these stories of such great importance.
The coffee industry came to an end around 1920 because that was when oil was first discovered, and it brought a lot of hardship to the farmers, who no longer had work and were forced to migrate to the city to work as ordinary employees.
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