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TURIN – The world’s seventh-biggest coffee roaster, Lavazza, has offered to buy French brand Carte Noire, the French leader in the coffee market, for around 800 million euros in a deal that will reach the company a leadership position in France and the second in Europe. In a offer subjected to approval by the European Commission and French authorities, Lavazza has
What’s the difference between Natural and Organic coffee? And what about Jamaica Blue Mountain? The amazing infographic below illustrates the key terms for each letter. Of course, there are much more coffee words out there, but Gimoka Coffee UK picked the most important and their favourite.
London was a pioneer in a new trend that is growing across Europe. It’s called “specialty coffee” and goes through consumers education, exploration, knowledge, and awareness for quality coffee. It may not be a coincidence if the coffee market in the UK has grown by 12-16% over 2015, based on CoffeeBI’s insights, but it’s a sign of a vibrant environment around
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