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COPYRIGHT 2005 The Miami Herald
Byline: Nikki Waller
Mar. 28--Florida coffee drinkers may soon wake up to a Broward-grown brew.
J.C. Nadeau, as if an alchemist-turned-coffee-roaster, is betting his locally grown coffee will be tastier and more pure than pricier blends.
The Coconut Creek resident is importing Colombian coffee plants that are customized for Florida's unique soil. Within the next week, he says, a caffeinated crop will go into the ground on a leased, 10-acre patch of farmland in western Davie.
State farm officials are closely watching Nadeau's progress. If he succeeds, his would be the first commercial coffee plantation in Florida.
"It is obviously a somewhat risky venture, growing coffee in this latitude," said Terry McElroy, a Florida Agriculture Department spokesman. "But it shows incredible...
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