SICILIAN “COFFA BAGS” traditional bags COFFE SICILIANE INGLESE | Page 4

The Sicilian coffa is therefore a typical item of the peasant tradition of the island produced trough the
processing of dried dwarf palm tree leaves.
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The coffa bag is obtained by interweaving the curina , the tender part of the Sicilian dwarf palm tree leaves,
which in Sicily is usually found in rocky soils but is now at risk of extinction due to the continuous fires
and land reclamation. Therefore, it has been declared a protected
plant