Market analyses and reports on the coffee and coffee machine markets
Whitbread intends to demerge Costa Coffee from its other activities and look at the impact Costa could have in China. As stated by the Financial Times, in fact, it seems that the company is ready to make a tea-drinking country into a great coffee consumer. In the 1990s, Costa started to import the coffee culture into Britain and it reached
Farmers in the Cibulao village have been using the coffee plant to protect the forest against illegal exploitation, as reported by The Jakarta Post. The coffee farmers’ movement was started by three siblings, Kiryono, Jumpono, and Dasim, all of whom are residents of Cibulao working for the Ciliwung tea plantation. Cibulao is located in the Puncak area of Bogor, in the
The coffee chain Boston Tea Party will be the first chain in Britain to announce a definite ban on disposable cups. As stated by The Independent, the company will banish disposable cups in June, and take the lead in the green coffee revolution. Consumers are allowed to bring their own personal, and reusable cups, or buy a cup in the
Have you ever had conversations with your customers about your coffee and the way it was roasted? Sure, most of them are interested in the way the coffee beans, that find their way into our coffee, are sourced and roasted. But, what about all the others who just want to get their daily caffeine fix, or just like a certain amount of sugar and
It is becoming essential, to use a good quality coffee bean, to have a tasting session of brewed coffee. This is called “cupping” and it was a common industry practice in the United States in the 1800s. As reported by The Independent, there are a few key points to keep in mind when performing a cupping session. The first is
For the first time ever, Tea & Coffee World Cup will be giving companies access to the UK tea and coffee markets. After the successful 2017 show in Singapore, a survey was sent to the industry and the UK emerged as the clear winner for the 2018 location. The event will be held 3-5 September 2018 at the National Exhibition
The Colombian government will not be offering immediate subventions to coffee farmers due to budget constraints this year. This comes at a time when coffee producers are plagued with low prices and heavy rains, said the head of the Coffee Growers’ Federation. As stated by Reuters, the National Federation of Coffee Growers of Colombia had appealed to the government
The latest UK coffee trend seems to be mushroom coffee, and it is spreading fast. As reported by the Telegraph, consumers can find this type of coffee in supermarkets and in cafes, and it can be used as an anti-inflammatory beverage. This kind of coffee is also said to regulate blood sugar levels in the consumer’s body. The drink is made
The coffee market is now clearly split into portioned coffee and Whole grain / Roast&Ground coffee. In Italy, the market share increased by 20% and ESE by 5%, when the overall market is stable. It means that the commodity, simplicity and quality of these products are satisfying more and more consumers.
Now, as a roaster company or independent Barista, you want to launch your own products, how can you do that and what are the main parameters to control when developing your portioned coffee? [Sign in to continue]
If you want to know which trends are thriving in the year 2018, you should read this article carefully. As reported by The Independent, Jonathan Wadham (Rombouts’ coffee expert), Rick Tingley (coffee specialist at Taylors of Harrogate) and Gennaro Pelliccia (master of coffee for Costa), proposed a shortlist of the top coffee trends. The first one is filter coffee: It