LONDON – They're making our coffee, over there, Russell Blackstock finds, when he talks to the Kiwis behind the Caravan coffee and restaurants. For a trio of Kiwi mates it has been a long and grinding road from serving up flat whites in a tiny New Zealand restaurant to grabbing a sizeable slice of London's booming coffee market.
SAN JOSÉ, Costa Rica – During the “Cup of Excellence” contest which took place this week in the Bouganvillea Hotel in Heredia, coffee tasters from nine countries chose coffee from Don Antonio farm part of the Group Los Grande de Copey, from the Tarrazú region, as the best ...
NEW YORK, U.S. – Nestlé Nespresso SA and Blue Marble Microinsurance, a consortium of eight companies with the aim of providing socially impactful, commercially viable insurance protection to the underserved, today announced their partnership. Nespresso and Blue Marble are collaborating on ...
SEOUL, South Korea – Sales of milk bounced back last year after a four-year decline amid growing popularity of ‘latte’ coffee beverages in South Korea. According to a number of sources including Statistics Korea and the dairy industry, the annual consumption of milk in South Korea last year was estimated at 138,400 tons.
PORTLAND, Oregon, U.S. – A record price of $95.70lb was bid at the annual on-line Cup of Excellence auction held yesterday as energetic bidders ratcheted up the cost of the first-place El Salvador winning coffee to a record high. The former record price of $50.10lb was shattered as the winning coffee from Santa Rosa farm exceeded all expectations ...
SCHAUMBURG, Ill., U.S. – DOCASA, Inc., through its subsidiary, Department of Coffee and Social Affairs Limited, based in the United Kingdom ("UK"), has secured a first liquor license for its newly extended and refurbished coffee shop in London's iconic Old Spitalfields Market.
TORONTO, Canada – #CoffeeInACone: It’s part of the new generation of novelty snacks and drinks engineered not just for taste, texture, and mouth-watering appearance, but shareability. It’s billed as “the most Instagrammable coffee in the world,” but unlike most social-media-ready coffee creations, it comes from a country where coffee is ...
BOULOGNE-BILLANCOURT, France – Michelin is delighted to unveil the new selection in the 2017 MICHELIN Rio & Sao Paulo Guide, available on all download platforms (IOS and Android) and in hard copy, in English and Portuguese. The 2017 selection distinguishes three restaurants with one star ...
MANILA, The Philippines – The Philippines has crowned this year’s best barista and latte art craftsman from a dozen of coffee professionals who competed during the two national coffee championships at the first Philippine Restaurant, Café and Bar Expo (Philresca) on March 2-4, World Trade Center Metro Manila.
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia – In a nod to the percolating market for upscale cafes and trendy coffee shops in Cambodia, more than 75 companies from 18 countries have turned out for the country’s first international cafe and bakery conference. Cafe Cambodia, a three-day public trade show ...
MILAN – Plant based is more than a buzzword. It’s a lifestyle trend driven by consumer interest in both personal wellness and concern for the global ecosystem, and it’s got staying power, according to those monitoring the food and beverage industries and those marketing plant-based brands.
ZONA DE LOS SANTOS, Costa Rica — High in the mountains of south central Costa Rica is the Zona de los Santos, an agricultural area with unique qualities and whose inhabitants have perfected the art of growing and processing one of the best coffees in the world. A series of natural factors have enriched the region’s mountainous land ...