Ethiopia, which considered the birthplace of Arabica coffee, has plans to increase its coffee production capability in the coming decade. From a report by Walta Info, the State Minister of Farming and Natural Resource, Wondyirad Mandefro, while formally launching preparations for the 15th African Fine Coffee Conference and Exhibition to be held in Addis Ababa from February 12-17 2017, claimed
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Open Your Cafe! Even if You’re Not Ready, Yet.
Are you still waiting for the right moment to open your cafe? That perfect moment, when you’re finally going to be ready to take that step? Let me tell you this, there won’t be such thing! There will never be the perfect moment! You will always feel, you still have to do this and that first, take care of certain
Coffee Pods About to Overtake Instant and Ground Coffee
A recent study from Kantar Worldpanel revealed major increase in coffee pods consumption and data shows that coffee capsules are soon to surpass both instant and standard ground coffee.
An increase of 29.5 per cent over the last 12 months in the sales of coffee capsules represents a remarkable figure. Especially in view of the fact that over the same period sales of standard ground coffee rose by only 2.5 per cent. These results raise already existing concerns about environmental consequences of coffee pods usage and the need to recycle them more efficiently.[Sign in to continue]
12 Unusual Uses for Coffee
Have you ever been wondering what to do with unused coffee? To appreciate the value of coffee one doesn’t have to be a passionate coffee drinker. It could be coffee beans, a cup of coffee or even used coffee grounds that can make your life easier when used smartly. Alternative coffee usage can provide you an inexpensive way to complete
The Compak Golden Bean Coffee Roasters Competition and Conference
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: Government Encourages Coffee Cultivation
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
Coffee and gas stations: new investments in Belarus
According to the research conducted by A-100 gas station company, the amount of consumed coffee-to-go has doubled since July 2015. Company officials suggest that this increase is connected with the complicated economic situation – people need to stay focused, so they drink more coffee. Considering the consumption growth, the company has invested about $126,000 in equipment and coffee materials since May
Coffee machine production to be open in St.Petersburg
According to the Industry Development Fund of the Russian Federation, Torgaktiv LLC plans to start the production of automatic coffee machines in St.Petersburg. The cost of the project is about 400 million rubles ($6.2 million). This project is supposed to let Russian products take about 20-30% of the Russian market. The cost of such coffee machine is expected to be
French consortium acquires German tableware manufacturer
French consortium Groupe SEB has recently announced the signature of an agreement with KKR. According to this agreement, Groupe SEB acquires WMF, a German group producing coffee machines and cookware. Thus the company has affiliated another old and famous brand to its list of iconic names (together with Schaerer, Silit, Kaiser and HEPP, among other). According to the press release
Europe: The Numbers of Espresso Machine Production
Only two countries, Italy and Germany, account for two thirds of total production. Half of the main production sites are located in Italy, while other numerous sites are located in Switzerland and Spain [Sign in to continue]