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Posted: 10.01.2025 10:19:00

Coffee business owner from Cuba suggested unofficial name for Belarus

Lazaro Blanco came to Belarus from Cuba in the late 1980s to study, married a Belarusian woman, and has been living here for years, developing his coffee business. The man who calls himself a Cuban with a Belarusian soul shared his own unofficial name for Belarus with the ONT TV channel.

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Mr. Blanco believes Belarus is one of the few countries in the world where people can find salvation and a place to live happily. He revealed that he’s been working on his own coffee blend for two years and wants to give it a name that would fully reflect the Belarusian soul.

“I wanted a blend that would be strong, but not harsh like the winter, warm, but not hot like summers in Africa or Cuba. I wanted it to be rich in aromas. So I needed a name that would reflect that. I asked my friend and partner what the Belarusian word for ‘gentle’ would be, and he said it’s ‘pyashchotny’. So that’s what I would call Belarus: ‘pyashchotnaya kraina’, a gentle country” he said.


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