Seven years after its establishment in November 2015, Casa Dranguet keeps doing research about, evaluating and promoting the coffee heritage of the province of Santiago, Cuba and the world.
Registered in this two-story neoclassical building—originally the home of Carlos Dranguet, a wealthy coffee plantation owner, merchant and politician—is the history of the bean since its discovery and dissemination to its arrival in Cuba in 1748, with emphasis on its production in the mountain coffee plantations built by French settlers and their slaves.
José Roberto Loo, a communication specialist with Casa Dranguet, referred to the presence of objects related to consumption and production in the 19th and 20th centuries, such as porcelain coffee pots, toasters, grinders, strainers, pestles and other tools used in the United States, England, China, Japan and France.
The entity is also home to the Coffee Culture Interpretation Center, designed to provide consultancy and facilitate research about coffee growing and the influence of foreign actors on its cultivation and the preservation of traditions for the benefit of scholars interested in this subject.
Every year, Casa Dranguet organizes the Conference Coffee Cultural Landscape: a heritage for the future and the colloquium France in Cuba and the Caribbean, as well as discussion groups, traditional folk music and jazz concerts, book launchings and performances to improve the existing knowledge about coffee and promote Cuba’s national identity, he added. Likewise, the entity participates in the most important national and international cultural and academic events held in the province.
Roberto Loo thanked the Office of the Curator of the City of Santiago de Cuba, which took care of the restoration and maintenance of Casa Dranguet and has provided the necessary equipment and supplies.
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