QUEENSLAND, Australia – A coffee bar on Australia’s Gold Coast has signposted the future of gourmet coffee consumption, with a nod towards “coffee by drone”. Portside Coffee, located on the beautiful Queensland coastal region north of Tweed Heads, came up with the idea after local customer and cinematographer Jagen Gillet ...
TRIESTE, Italy – Italian coffee group Illy has linked up with French champagne maker Taittinger, becoming its new distributor in Italy. This is a prestigious business to add to the Trieste group’s network, which also includes the distribution of Mastrojanni’s Brunello di Montalcino.
LONDON, UK – Fifty bars around London are to take part in the UK’s first festival dedicated to the Espresso Martini, organised by the team behind Mr Black Cold Press Coffee Liqueur. The Espresso Martini Fest will run from August 10 to 12, organised in collaboration with DrinkUp.London, the company behind London Cocktail Week ...
LONDON, UK – Leading global coffee company, Lavazza, has announced a new three-year deal with The Championships, Wimbledon, securing its position as the Official Coffee of The Championships, Wimbledon. The partnership, which first began in 2011, has gone from strength-to-strength since that time, and will now run until 2019.
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Columbus, Ohio coffee roaster Crimson Cup Coffee & Tea has opened a third international coffee shop in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The new Crimson Cup Coffee House is located at Quantum Mostofa tower, (3rd floor) Gausal Azam Avenue, Sector-13 in the Uttara area.
SÃO LOURENÇO, Brazil –A small Brazilian city, once famous for its mineral water springs, is now welcoming tourists with new attractions -- a specialty coffee with unique taste and quality. Besides enjoying the natural beauty of São Lourenço, a city located in Brazil's southeastern state of Minas Gerais, tourists from around the...
BELFAST, UK – George Clooney has urged coffee drinkers to embrace recycling in a new advert for the Nespresso brand. The 56-year-old actor and activist has been a spokesperson for the company since 2006 and, in the new campaign, teams up with fellow actor Andy Garcia to encourage users of the Nestle coffee machines ...
SCARPERIA, Italy – La Marzocco is proud to share its most recent involvement at the electric street racing series at round seven and eight of the 2016/17 FIA Formula E Championship at the Berlin Eprix, located around the historic Tempelhof Airport. As the official espresso machine sponsor of the Formula E, La Marzocco, in collaboration with ...
LONDON, UK – Caffè Nero has just launched its first customer app, upgraded its product range and moved into FMCG coffee sales, via Ocado - but it's not about to bite off more than it can chew, says head of marketing Marcus Denison-Smith. The new app, developed by Yoyo, offers a digital alternative to the stamp-based loyalty card ...
HAVANA, Cuba – The presence of Cuban coffee Altoserra grows internationally as it is exported to Canada, Japan, United Kingdom, France, Australia and Germany thanks to its quality and varied supply, a business source said here today. Commercial specialist Rosa Isaac Savón also informed Prensa Latina that the entity's products ...
SEOUL, South Korea – Paul Bassett – a coffee franchise named after an Australian barista – has just celebrated the opening of its 80th coffeehouse in South Korea. Operated by M’s Seed, a Maeil Holdings affiliate, the franchise was launched in September 2009 introducing “specialty coffee,” a concept that was...
SEATTLE, U.S. – Bulletproof 360, makers of Bulletproof Coffee and other performance-enhancing food and beverage products, continues its rapid expansion thanks to a Series B investment led by CAVU Venture Partners, the high-profile consumer-focused investment firm led by Rohan Oza, Clayton Christopher and Brett Thomas.