{"id":1740,"date":"2024-05-28T07:03:55","date_gmt":"2024-05-28T11:03:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/selectohaiti.com\/home\/?page_id=1740"},"modified":"2024-06-04T12:06:21","modified_gmt":"2024-06-04T16:06:21","slug":"aboutus","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/selectohaiti.com\/home\/en\/aboutus\/","title":{"rendered":"aboutus"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row type=”full_width_background” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”10px” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” bg_image=”1774″ bg_position=”center center” background_image_loading=”lazy-load” bg_repeat=”repeat” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” gradient_type=”default” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/6″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][\/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”padding-3-percent” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.78)” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”2\/3″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][vc_custom_heading text=”Geo Wiener S.A.” font_container=”tag:h2|text_align:left|color:%234f3e3a” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][divider line_type=”Small Line” line_alignment=”default” line_thickness=”4″ divider_color=”extra-color-3″ animate=”yes” custom_height=”40″][vc_custom_heading text=”The Beginnings” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:left|color:%234f3e3a” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text text_direction=”default”]\"Histoire<\/p>\n

Providing the exceptional flavors of our mountains\u2019 rich lands, pioneering the exploration of subtle aromas that come from a long expertise in the field, this has been, for over a century, the foundation of a company, which has succeeded to maintain a tradition of excellence developed through several generations.<\/p>\n

\"LeAt Geo Wiener S.A., the history of coffee is originally a family story that began in the 1900s, when George Wiener and his partner and cousin Ben Blanchet started exporting coffee, through \u201cBlanchet et Wiener\u201d in addition to cocoa, an activity they were already involved in, in Dame Marie in the South of the country.<\/p>\n

During that time, the coffee trade was growing and profitable for the country, with an annual production reaching a million of bags, and exports close to 600.000 bags.<\/p>\n

Thanks to the work of all the factories in Petit Goave, Fond des N\u00e8gres, Beaumont, J\u00e9r\u00e9mie and Dame Marie, Geo Wiener et Co. became one of the principal houses of green coffee export. \u00a0Many European roasters used the \u201cblack pearl\u201d to improve the Robusta variety from Africa or Brazil.[\/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=”Since 1960″ font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:left|color:%234f3e3a” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text text_direction=”default”]\"Les<\/p>\n

In the 1960s, several trade ports in the provincial towns closed. That led the company to close its branch offices in the countryside and focus its operations in the capital.<\/p>\n

From then, the export of coffee severely plunged, because of the impact of many factors, such as the quality of coffee going down due to a lack of producers\u2019 management, the decline in demand on the foreign markets, and the decrease in the currency inflow linked to the ports closure.<\/p>\n

This fall led Geo Wiener et Co, that became Geo Wiener S.A. in 1996, and its new leaders Robert, Jean-Pierre, Georges and Norman, to extend its activities to go into the preparation of roasted coffee.<\/p>\n

Thanks to the commitment and the dynamism of the Wiener\u2019s brothers Norman and Robert, and their nephews Douglas, Th\u00e9o, Ga\u00ebtan and A\u00efno, Geo Wiener S.A. managed to introduce and create Caf\u00e9 Selecto, appreciated by everyone as well as the connoisseurs for its taste and aroma.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=”2010 \u2013 After the earthquake” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:left|color:%234f3e3a” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text text_direction=”default”]After the 2010 earthquake that affected the Haitian economy, the company chose to strengthen its position by making other partnerships with new autonomous farmers in other areas of the country, to allow them to become the actors of their own economic development, and to provide them some facilities and equipment of quality.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/6″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”full_width_background” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”10px” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” bg_color=”#4f3e3a” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”14″ constrain_group_1=”yes” bottom_padding=”14″ left_padding_desktop=”5″ constrain_group_2=”yes” right_padding_desktop=”5″ text_color=”light” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_color=”#ffffff” shape_divider_position=”top” shape_divider_height=”50″ shape_divider_bring_to_front=”true” bg_image_animation=”none” gradient_type=”default” shape_type=”curve”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/6″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][\/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”padding-5-percent” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”2\/3″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”2px” column_border_color=”#ffffff” column_border_style=”double_offset” enable_border_animation=”true” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][vc_custom_heading text=”Haitian Coffee” font_container=”tag:h2|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text text_direction=”default”]Independent since 1804, the former French colony Haiti is essentially involved in agricultural production, with more than two third of its population engaged in this activity.\"HistoireCoffee was introduced in the country in 1725, and became, after sugar cane, the mainstay of the national economy after the independence. It represents an important part of agriculture. Its exploitation requires more than 100 000 hectares of land (3,6 % of the territory), and employs from 175 000 to 200 000 families, grouped in associations or coops.<\/p>\n

Haitian coffee, \u201cthe Haitian Black Pearl\u201d, the national pride, famous for its rich taste and various aromas, has always interested the international importers.<\/p>\n

Mainly of the Typica variety, coming from the original Ethiopian family of arabicas, that has become rare under the American tropics, it is oriented towards more gourmet niche.<\/p>\n

Despite an export reduction in the past two decades, coffee remains one of the pillars of the Haitian economy.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/6″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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