Market analyses and reports on the coffee and coffee machine markets
The Glasgow-based roasting company has been sold to one of the largest volume coffee roasting and retailing companies in the world, Germany’s Tchibo, a family owned German food business (Daily Coffee News). Although the net-value of the deal is not made public, it is likely to be worth tens of millions of pounds (heraldscotland.com) who are making estimate looking at Govan-based
The Berlin Coffee Festival, which is in its second edition will be hosting the VA Barista Challenge on September 2, 2016. This brings together the city’s top 16 baristas to showcase their skills. The festival runs from 2nd to 4th of September, with workshops, tours, tastings, the coffee market and others events throughout the whole city. The Irish barista, Colin Harmon,
Despite the coffee market decreases, the demand for organic coffee in Ukraine keeps growing. According to analytical reports, organic coffee market capacity in the first half of 2016 reached 13.83 tons which is 8.9% more than in the same period last year. 70% of the cups are consumes in households, 25% – in cafes, 5% – in offices. About half of
Extreme weather conditions in the East African country of Uganda continuously threatening its coffee industry. The drought situation which is expected to bring about a 5% reduction in production this season, is not the only call for concern. With the dry climate, shrinking forest cover have given room for the spread of the black twig borer beetle that has spread
The Compak Golden Bean coffee roasters competition and conference will take place in North America this year. This networking and education event for roasters in Australia is being hosted for the second time in North America, at Castaway Portland, Oregon from 14th – 17th September 2016. The Compak Golden Bean aims at finding North America’s best coffee roasting business. More
Cameroon’s Minister of trade, Luc Magloire Atangana, has called on youths to be more involved in cocoa and coffee production. He made this call as he opened a two day forum by the Cocoa-Coffee Inter-professional Council (CCIC) aimed at revamping the cocoa and coffee sector. Dubbed the “New Generation”, the forum seeks to promote professional insertion of youths in the
In an effort to fight waste and make better example for environmental friendly steps, the city of Hamburg has announced an all-out ban in the state-run buildings on pod coffee (independent.co.uk). According to Jan Dube, spokesman of the Hamburg Department of the Environment and Energy, the capsules cannot be easily recycled because of the complexity of the packaging which consists
Intercontinental Exchange Inc. has proposed changes to its robusta coffee contract, said people familiar with the matter. These changes are made in order to provide a level playing field for all buyers and sellers, Bloomberg reports. Traders bringing coffee from producing countries to be delivered against ICE’s London futures would have to pay the fee for removing the beans from
Rwanda is the second country after Kenya to export much of its coffee in the EAC Region. For this reason, the president of Coffee Exporters and Processors Association of Rwanda (CEPAR), Pierre Munyura Kamere, sees coffee as a key element to attain sustainable development, reports allAfrica. CEPAR, founded in 2010, has as aims to increase the production, promotion and marketing
Ecom Agroindustrial Corp. is expanding its business in Europe with a new office in Italy, as reported by Bloomberg. The world’s second-largest coffee trader just opened their office in Genoa, according to Guillaume Zbinden, Ecom’s southern Europe coffee manager. Also, the trader hired Davide Rocca from Louis Dreyfus Co. to lead the team in Italy, which is the third-largest coffee