According to the reached agreement, the import duties for certain foods and goods made in Europe and imported to Ukraine will be reduced beginning January 1, 2018 , as reported by allnews.com.ua. Among other positions, coffee and tea are expected to lose 10 to 20% in duties. That will consequently lead to the reduction in prices for ground coffee by 5.4
Tag: Economy & Sustainability
Brazil Cuts Coffee Harvest Estimate
Conab, Brazil’s official crop bureau, downgraded by 790,000 bags to 44.77m bags its estimate for the country’s 2017 coffee harvest. This is due to damage caused by beetle pests and weather conditions on the arabica crop. On the other hand, robusta crop estimate saw an increase of 568,000 bags to 10.71 m bags. However, this still represents the second weakest result
Experiments in Virtual Reality Barista Training
According to dailycoffeenews.com, once you have a coffee company, the necessary thing is the training of your employees and a considerable investment in it is important. No matter who is being trained, the staff in a company’s café or baristas, the equipment, space and time for the training is usually very expensive and demanding. Google’s Daydream Labs conducted an experiment trying to
Milk Lumps, the Eco Friendly Capsules
According to dailycoffeenews.com, Milk lumps are one of the newest inventions made by the researchers at Germany’s Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg. These small, round capsules contain milk which is placed inside it and hold by a crystalline crust so as to remain solid before putting it into a hot coffee and dissolved. Each milk lump is surrounded by a crystal capsule
Coffee Sales Tax Suit Against Dunkin’ Donuts Called Off by the Court
First week of June 2017, Dunkin’ Brands, Inc. was released of the law suit filed against them in the 2nd Circuit which affirmed the District Court’s adjournment reports Forbes.com. The charges were piled up against them by Thomas Estler, Blake Ruehrwein, and Steven Park who claimed “that they had wrongfully been charged sales tax in violation of New York state
Ethiopian Coffee and the Effects Due To Climate Change
According to Daily Coffee News, as reported by research published in Nature Plants, about 39-59 per cent of Ethiopia’s coffee production area could not be suitable for growing coffee by the end of this century due to the effects of climate change. The study, led by Aaron Davis of the UK Kew Royal Botanical Gardens explored the 16 main coffee-growing
Recycling Programmes: How Coffee Shops Engage in the Circular Economy
The phenomenal growth of coffee shops (in the UK, but also globally) has consequently meant a rise in energy consumption and the production of waste. It’s estimated that 500,000 tonnes of coffee waste is produced in the UK each year, and 7 million disposable coffee cups each day. It is estimated that less than 1% of these coffee cups are recycled. After the issue reached the mainstream media last year as part of Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall’s ‘war on waste’ there have been many developments.
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Considering the ‘Coffice Economy’
This is a new piece of research which highlights another important function of café spaces – as places not only of co-working for independent workers, but as places where business and work takes place more generally.
The discount voucher website MyVoucherCodes has recently released some data which suggests that:
4/5 people in the UK have spent at least 3 ½ hours working from a coffee shop each week;
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A New Modular Coffee System Designed to Fit in a Bag
A new manual, portable and light invention, Porta Rista, appears on kickstarter and makes coffee available at every single moment during the day. Porta Rista from Fuse Coffee is a portable, interchangeable coffee kit, so small that it fits in a bag. Various modules do different tasks, like grinding coffee beans, making an espresso shot or pressing a cup of long
Coffee Price Rise in Serbia and in the World
According to novosti.rs, Brazil and Vietnam are facing the decrease of coffee growth which will affect coffee prices in Serbia, as well as in the whole world. The market demand is in constant increase, Robusta deficit is compensated with the more expensive sort, which results in higher prices.
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