200 Degrees Coffee

200 Degrees promotes Stephen Fern to Managing Director

200 Degrees Coffee has announced Stephen Fern will become the Managing Director of the Nottingham-based roaster. Having held the position of financial director with the coffee roaster since 2019, Fern takes on the role from co-owner and CEO of the business, Rob Darby.

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Csmart

Sucafina and ProfilePrint co-invest in Csmart

Swiss-based coffee company Sucafina and AI-driven predictive food ingredient profiler ProfilePrint have announced a co-investment in Csmart, a Brazil-based developer of AI-powered image recognition technologies for green coffee grading.

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International Coffee Organization’s December 2022 market report

Coffee prices close 2022 on a stable note: ICO report

The International Coffee Organization’s (ICO) December 2022 market report shows its Composite Indicator Price (I-CIP) gained 0.3 per cent from November to December 2022, averaging 157.19 US cents per pound for the latter, whilst posting a median value of 157.73 US cents per pound.

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Fairtrade report

CSF launches new ‘Sweetness in Coffee’ research

The Coffee Science Foundation (CSF) has announced the launch of a new research project, ‘Sweetness in Coffee: Sensory Analysis and Identification of Key Compounds,’ in collaboration with the Flavor Research and Education Center (FREC) in the College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences (CFAES) at The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio.

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