Market analyses and reports on the coffee and coffee machine markets
Serious water shortages brought by the El Niño weather phenomenon are expected to hit coffee production in Vietnam’s Central Highlands, the country’s key growing region, in the first half of 2016, an industry body said on Tuesday, according to the Vietnam Coffee and Cocoa Association. “The situation with drought will seriously affect robusta coffee production in the Central Highlands,” the association said
Although the UK has always been a tea loving country, lately coffee has been gaining on popularity, mostly thanks to influence from the US. Coffee arrived in the United Kingdom in 17th century and the first café was opened in Oxford in 1650. Early coffee houses in Britain were called ‘penny universities’ because with only one penny, a person could buy a
ASIA – World robusta coffee demand is expected to grow in the coming months, driven by rising consumption in emerging economies, and will sharply outpace stagnant demand for arabica, according to JakartaGlobe that reported a Reuters news. Consumers in emerging economies, notably in Asia, are driving demand growth for robusta, used in cheaper instant coffees, while demand for arabica beans, blended
FRANCE – The opening of own brand stores has been the distribution strategy of the coffee machine leading companies in recent years. In their stores the coffee roasters can sell their products and communicate their imagine of quality. Recently, the global economic crisis has stopped most of new opening activities and the companies focused more to expand and strengthen their distribution
KOREA – Koreans consume more coffee than their staples rice or kimchi, according to the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, but the cost of a cup of black coffee differs up to W1,700 (1,29 €) from one chain to another. Coffee franchises (Angel-in-Us, Caffé Bene, Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf, Ediya, Holly’s, Starbucks, Tom&Toms) have mushroomed across the nation
CHINA – The number of Western-style cafés on the main streets of Chengdu in central China is increasing on a seemingly daily basis, just as it is in major cities across the country, where both foreign and local coffee shops are fiercely competing in the race to open new outlets, Nikkei Asian Reviews reported. The effect of changing tastes by Chinese people means that
The consumption of coffee in Germany is increasing after reached 418.4 thousand tons recording a slight decrease (-0.4% in 2012). Compared to the previous years, quantities remained almost stable during the period 2010-2012. Among the different types of coffee, the roasted coffee decreased by 3.3% in 2012 while on the contrary the consumption of espresso/caffè crème increased by 11.6% (66
The breakdown for geographical area shows that almost half of the brands mentioned by distributors comes from the Eastern area (Cataluña and Comuntat Valenciana) where the competition is mostly concentrated. Taking a look at the dimension of respondents, Cimbali, Expobar, Iberital and La Spaziale are popular among small and medium coffee roasters (up to 1,000 machines distributed per year). Larger coffee roasters (>1,000 machines per
Cafe Show 2015, the 15th international and the largest annual exhibition of South Korea’s coffee industry, registered the presence of about 360 enterprises from 35 countries and about 100,000 visitors, as reported by VietnamNews. It confirmed that South Korea is a potential market for coffee exports, with a total consumption of coffee valued at US$4 billion in 2012, the 11th largest consumer of coffee in
To drink or not to drink? This is the question. In the UK the consumption of tea is gradually falling down. On the other hand, the coffee consumption is increasing and it has reached 132K tons in 2014. An real interesting market for coffee players. Buy the most detailed report on Coffee in the UK HORECA business: