Market analyses and reports on the coffee and coffee machine markets
Ugandan Coffee Farmers Alliance, UCFA, has been using a smartphone app to monitor and manage coffee delivery. The app created in 2013 by software manufacturer SAP was part of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH develoPPP.de program, which they implemented on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). The software is streamlined to
It is indisputable that coffee machine represents an essential equipment of every work environment. Coffee break provides a welcome pause during meetings and in general plays a crucial role in social life of a workplace. Coffee keeps people alert and makes them more productive. That is another reason why every employer should consider having a machine that serves coffee beverages.
Have you ever asked yourself, why your customers actually come to your cafe? Or to be more precise, why they are coming only on weekdays or weekends? Have you been wondering maybe, why the cafe across the street seems to be more successful than yours, seems to be attracting more customers while the both of you are actually selling the
Forecasts show heavy rains in Vietnam will continue to hit it’s biggest growing region in the days ahead, reports Reuters. The heavy rains will further disrupt the 2019/2017 crop harvest, said a report by the government. Vietnam is the world’s highest producer of robusta. Worries about supply has increased as this years harvests have been hampered by rains and the
Cofix Group Ltd has expanded its coffee chain in Moscow, Bloomberg reports. The Israel low-cost coffee chain has a reduced price on its cappuccino brand compared to Starbucks Corp’s price in order to lure in Russian coffee consumers. Created in 2013, the Tel Aviv-based company has 152 shops in Israel. Russia is its first expansion market out of Israel and
The Costa Rican National Coffee Congress has upheld a ban on the farming of robusta coffee, two participants at an extraordinary session of its congress said. The NCC is made up of industry and government representatives. They set the Costa Rican national coffee policies. A decree was passed in 1988 to outlaw the production of robusta coffee in order to
Consumer demand for single-serve coffee products continues to grow and smaller roasters are looking for a way to enter the market, stir-tea-coffee.com reports. An Italian packaging solutions provider has introduced the GIMA 590 rotary capsule filling and sealing machine. The Italian IMA, founded in 1961, is a world leader in the design and manufacturing of automatic machines specializing in the tea, coffee,
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
Moustache Coffee Club, the American coffee subscription company, has absorbed its nano-roasting offshoot, Root Coffee Roasters, both of which were founded by recent Irish transplant Sean Reilly. The coffees are sourced primarily through Nordic Approach and profiled by Reilly on a Quest M3 roasting machine. Production is then completed on a partner roaster’s Probat in Culver City through a toll-roasting agreement. Moustache Coffee Club has just finished its second round of
Top Chicago coffee roastery will be opening it’s first café in Naperville in mid-January, report Chicago Tribune. DeEtta’s Bakery, which is the only Naperville business to serve Sparrow coffee will create special pastries that will sell with the java. Chris Chacko, founder and CEO of Sparrow Coffee Roastery says, what is missing in Naperville now is a decent coffee, hence