Profiles

In April this year, private global investment firm Joh A Benckiser (JAB) launched the coffee industry’s largest ever takeover bid,...

Few would disagree that 2013 has been a testing year for the global coffee industry. With the memories (and effects)...

The looming potential of China’s coffee market has lent the Asian nation a status akin to the mythical El Dorado...

Distance, location and language have long been barriers for communication between farmers and roasters. Despite the advances of technology, Cropster CEO...

Franke Coffee Systems does not compete with in-home coffee machines and has no intention of doing so in the future,...

When it comes to keeping coffee fresh, Jet Technologies’ General Manager Sam Dickson knows what he’s talking about. That knowledge has...

As a Swiss company, it should come as no surprise that Nespresso has great timing. The single-serve pioneer, however, has...

Domestic success is no indicator of potential for triumph overseas. Actors, brands, and businesses that are heralded at home can...

Andrew Rugasira’s new book A Good African Story starts off as anything but the happy tale the title leads on....

Growing up as a typical tea-drinking Brit, Jonathan Morris, Professor of Modern European History at the University of Hertfordshire in...