While Eastern Europe’s economic growth and strong coffee culture show great business potential, some of the big coffee chains are learning their lessons the hard way.
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Doi Chaang Coffee Company’s business ties
An innovative business model in Thailand is making headlines as the next wave in direct trade. David Swinfen reports on the role Doi Chaang is playing
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Living the American coffee dream: Coffee spending rises as the US economy slumps
The US economy continues to suffer from the worst downturn since the great depression. However, coffee spending in the United States is actually getting richer. Scott
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Indonesian Coffee economy
With coffee playing an important part in this South East Asian nation’s economy, especially among small hold farms, Professor Bustanul Arifin outlines his research on the landscape of Indonesian
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The Cost of Coffee Cultivation
As coffee connoisseurs consider the consequences of another price hike for their daily caffeine fix, they should spare a thought for farmers facing rises for all production costs at a time when unprecedented weather events are affecting yields worldwide.
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African Grounds: Coffee consumption in Africa shows remarkable potential
With more residents than China and collectively a larger middle class than India, Africa’s domestic market presents clear opportunity for growth. A handful of coffee chains
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Hawaii’s coffee farmers are building a bright future
The Hawaiian coffee industry has been quietly working behind the scenes to edge its way back onto a world specialty stage. Malian Lahey spoke to those
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Cafe de Colombia’s and Sustainability That Matters: Connections for a better life
Cafe de Colombia has been working to improving connectivity and access to telecommunications technology as a core focus to improve the lives of farmers at Origin. ','none',' Discussions on
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Discovering Guatemala’s coffee diversity
Story by Anacafe’s Doris Quijivix Eduardo Ambrocio lifts the spoon to his mouth and with a loud slurp he ingests the coffee, swirling it in his mouth.
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Coffee trade: a basic lesson on the economics of the price of coffee
Story by Charles Beelaerts In the year 2000 one financial commentator suggested that coffee was of such great significance in the world economy that units of currency
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