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Daniel Humphries, a specialty coffee consultant and professional will be spearheading the “Coffee and Mind”, an experiential coffee event that will take place in Manila, Philippines. The event will take place on Saturday, January 28, 2017 is out to explore coffee flavor in relationship with language and coffee tasting perception. The event will take place in Mandaluyong, in the Mozaic
The Executive Director of the International Coffee Organization, ICO, Mr Robério Oliveira Silva passed away on December 30, 2016. He died at the age of 53 and has been the head of the organization since 2011. He has been in support of the need to give increased support to small-holder coffee farmers through shared value among supply chains. The ICO made
Madcap Coffee, the Michigan based coffee roasting company has opened its second retail location with the open-concept round bar in the Grand Rapids Downtown Market , report Daily Coffee News. While talking to Daily Coffee News, the CEO of Madcap, Trevor Corlett said Madcap will continue to build retail spaces that will be attached to its production roastery. He said
Starbucks has opened two additional shops in Medellín, reports Medelin Living. The shops are located in the Santafé mall in El Poblado and Oviedo mall in El Poblado. The shops were opened on December 14 and December 19 2016 respectively. This comes 4 months after it opened its first store in Medellín on September 1, 2016. According to the news
The Specialty Coffee Association of America and Specialty Coffee Association of Europe have announced their new name, Specialty Coffee Association (SCA), after last year’s vote to merge both organizations. The announcement on the website states “As of January 2017, the Specialty Coffee Association of America, established in 1982, and the Specialty Coffee Association of Europe, established in 1998, have officially become
The Inter African Coffee Organisation (IACO) held its 56th Annual General Assembly in Yaounde, the capital of Cameroon on November 28 to December 3rd 2016. The theme of the symposium was “Inclusive Value Chain Transformation in African Coffee Industry”. Under the chairmanship of Cameroon’s Minister of Tourism and Leisure, Bello Bouba Maigari, who stood in for the Prime Minister, it
The 2017 Good Food Awards has named 25 US coffee roasting companies as finalists. According to the GFA, 2,059 entrants were competing for a place meanwhile 292 companies were selected in the beer, charcuterie, cheese, chocolate, cider, confections, fish, honey, oils, pantry, pickles, preserves, spirits, and coffee categories. In it’s seventh year, the award selected winners in the 14 categories
On December 1, 2016, Starbucks announced its new CEO, Kevin Johnson, who was before his appointment its chief operating officer. The new CEO who has also been on the Starbucks Board of Directors for 7 years, will take his responsibilities as president and chief executive officer on April 3, 2017. Howard Shultz, who is the present CEO will see his
According to a report by Daily Coffee News, 7-Eleven is for the first time introducing a sustainability certified coffee. According to the news report, the company announced the release of Rainforest Alliance certified coffee that is grown by farmers in Matagalpa, a region in Nicaragua. This comes after 7-Eleven announced in July that it was working to set measurable corporate social responsibility
Coffee farmers and traders in Uganda are happy as coffee prices have gone up this season as compared to same period last year (reports All Africa). Ugandan Coffee Farmers Smile The price of fresh coffee cherries has gone up to Shs1,200 per kilo compared to Shs800 last year, meanwhile a kilo of dried robusta coffee is Shs2,400 compared to Shs2,000