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La Trinité · Martinique

Ti'Kafé

Since 2012 · Maxime Constantin

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Overview

Ti'Kafé is Martinique's only artisanal coffee roastery, founded 2012 by Maxime Constantin in the former Hardy rum distillery building at Tartane on the Caravelle peninsula, with a second site opened 2019 at Domaine du Château Gaillard, Trois-Îlets. The operation roasts on a 40+ year-old gas drum — described as the only one of its kind on the island — and buys local Martinique-grown Typica from individual home growers (Morne des Esses) alongside Caribbean greens.

Known for

  • Martinique's only documented artisanal coffee roastery
  • Two locations: Tartane (2012) + Trois-Îlets (2019)
  • Tartane location in former Hardy rum distillery
  • 40+ year-old gas drum roaster
  • Locally-sourced Martinique Typica — heritage variety

Why it matters

Martinique is the genealogical origin of Caribbean arabica coffee — Captain Gabriel Mathieu de Clieu brought the first coffee tree to Le Prêcheur in 1721, and Jamaica's prestigious Blue Mountain descends from Martinique stock. Production peaked at 18-19 million plants by 1777, then collapsed under sugarcane displacement and disease. Ti'Kafé is the sole on-island artisanal torréfacteur sustaining the local Typica revival, and the ancient Hardy distillery setting plus a forthcoming local-rhum collaboration ground the operation in Martinique's heritage rather than imported French métropole roasting culture.

Production

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head roaster
Maxime Constantin
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roaster machine
40+ year-old gas drum roaster (20kg capacity)
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roastery location
Tartane (La Trinité) + Trois-Îlets, Martinique
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Café

Ancienne distillerie Hardy, Tartane, La Trinité (and Domaine du Château Gaillard, Trois-Îlets)

Recognitions

  • Martinique's sole artisanal coffee roastery (2012-)

Sources

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