With the third wave of specialty coffee having well and truly taken hold in popular culture, the time is nigh when the big chain stores that
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Green coffee in Russia
Since the introduction of single-serve coffee at the end of the 20th century, the coffee industry has largely been driven by innovations in existing products rather
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Cold brew storms ready-to-drink market
When pharmacist and entrepreneur Phillip McCrory made his first batch of cold brew coffee in his family’s New Orleans kitchen more than 30 years ago, he
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The persistent traces of slavery in coffee
When inspectors from Brazil’s labour ministry arrived unannounced at the Sandalus Farm, a smallish estate on the plateau of Vitoria da Conquista, a traditional coffee-growing area
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The rapid growth of Myanmar’s coffee industry
Change has come rapidly to Myanmar over the past few years. After more than 50 years of rule under a brutal military regime, the South-East Asian nation
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India’s growing coffee culture
In a recent summit between India and the European Union (EU), the world’s largest democracy reinforced its status as one of the developing world’s leading voices
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The trickle down of the barista economy
It has become economic shorthand for the shift of developed nations towards a more service-based economy, but the term “barista economy”, and the trend it represents,
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Fair Trade coffee tourism
A UK-based social enterprise that specialises in Latin American ecotourism has partnered with well-known Fairtrade coffee brand Cafédirect Producers’ Foundation (CPF), to launch a range of
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Jacobs Douwe Egberts aims for global domination
A joint venture between DE Master Blenders and Mondelēz International looks set to shake up the global coffee landscape.
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Ethiopia’s forgotten Harar region returns to specialty coffee market
With coffee farms carved out of dense rocks in highlands so dry that from the outside they appear to be part of the Sahara dessert, eastern
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