From ultra-premium producer Patron to niche-market distilleries such as Proximus, Avion, and Tio Pepe.

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As a result, 40% of the beans now being harvested in Honduras are Tio Canela.

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Tio's Cerveceria is the brainchild of Jeremy Blackmore and Alex Dowd, both from the Shady Pines Saloon.

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As luck had it, dozens of research committees around the country had been experimenting with a new variety of bean called Tio Canela.

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At Tio's Cerveceria (14 Foster Street, Surry Hills) drinks are king, and the only food on offer is the free (and addictive) chilli popcorn.

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An internationally sponsored project called Seeds of Hope got more Tio Canela and put the farmer-scientists to work in growing and distributing the seed to neighbouring towns.

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Absinthesalon was opened as one of the first bars made possible by the small bars bill which supports an alternative night culture to bars with poker machines and televised sport, and is the same bill that has brought Sydney such unique hangouts as Island Bar and Tio's Cerveceria.

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