Market analyses and reports on the coffee and coffee machine markets
Nestlé and Starbucks are expected to close an agreement by the end of 2018. It will allow Nestlé to sell coffee from the Starbucks brand. Nestlé will pay Starbucks $7.15bn (£5.28bn), and at least 500 Starbucks employees will work with Nestlé, as reported in the deal. By next year, Nestlé will use the world known chain brand in its capsules.
In the 90s, about 20% of Brazil’s coffee production presented the so-called ‘Rio defect’, characterized by a strong off-flavour, often described as medicinal, phenolic, or iodine-like. Occasionally, this defect also occurs in coffees from other origins. Sign up to read more…
It is well known that Britain has changed its nature, and has finally surrendered to coffee charm, but a few know the exact current number of British coffee drinkers. As reported by The Independent, the British Coffee Association has declared that coffee consumption in the United Kingdom reached 95 million cups/day in 2018. A huge change since the 70 million
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, as reported by Reuters. The National Federation of Coffee Growers of Colombia had appealed to the government for help for coffee farmers due to lower prices both
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 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