AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands – The proportion of sustainably certified coffee and cocoa is increasing worldwide. The latest available figures from UTZ Certified confirm this trend and show that global sales of certified sustainable coffee and cocoa develop positively.
INTERNORGA – Testing products for the out-of-home market
HAMBURG (Germany) – The INTERNORGA Newcomers’ Area will give any company the ideal platform to start marketing its products for the out-of-home sector and to present them to a broad trade audience for the first time.
SOUTH AFRICA – Cape Town Coffee Bar named “Best Coffee Shop In The World”
Local cultish outlet, Truth Coffee in Butienkant Street, Cape Town, was lauded as the “Best Coffee Shop In The World” by no less than vaunted travel journo Tom Midlane on MSN’s popular Travel segment, reports Ideate,one of South Africa’s biggest business blogs.
ICO – Monthly Coffee Market Report sees 2012/13 production at 145.2 million bags
LONDON – Coffee prices slipped further in September 2013, with the ICO composite indicator falling 4% to its lowest level since April 2009. TO READ FULL REPORT CLICK HERE
The sharpest was observed in Robustas, which dropped by 6.6% to their lowest monthly average in nearly three years.
Colombian Milds, Other Milds and Brazilian Naturals all fell by 3.2%, 2.1% and 3.6%, respectively.At the end of coffee year 2012/13, total production is estimated at 145.2 million bags, 9.6% higher than the previous year.
A decrease is estimated in the production of Other Milds, mostly due to damage from coffee leaf rust in Central America, although this has been more than compensated by increases in the other three coffee groups, especially Colombian Milds.
On the basis of information currently available, total production is estimated at 145.2 million bags (all figures for 2012/13 are estimates). This is 12.8 million bags more than 2011/12, representing a 9.6% increase (see table below – click to enlarge).
Robustas jumped by 11.6% to 56.4 million bags, while Arabicas provisionally registered an 8.4% increase to reach 88.8 million bags.
Total exports in August 2013 were 8.6 million bags, 6.4% lower than August 2012. This decrease was mostly attributable to lower shipments of Washed Arabicas from Central America, as well as a slight drop in exports of Robustas.
However, total exports for the first eleven months of coffee year 2012/13 (October to August) were 2.7% higher than the same period last year at 102.4 million bags.
Certified stocks at the end of September 2013 fell to 1.25 million bags on the London futures market, less than a fifth of their level two years ago.
New York certified stocks were relatively unchanged at 3.13 million bags.
Finally, world consumption in calendar year 2012 is maintained at 142 million bags, representing an average annual growth rate of 2.4% over the last four years.
ITALY – CoCoTea2013 to kick off tomorrow in Naples
MILAN – CoCoTea2013 – Second international congress on Cocoa, Coffee and Tea – will be held in Naples (Italy) on 09-11 October 2013. CoCoTea2013 will take place at the Congress Centre of the University of Naples Federico II.
US – ALDI expands coffee offerings with new, exclusive brand single serve coffee cups Compatible with (most) Keurig coffee makers
BATAVIA, Ill. – ALDI introduces a new, exclusive brand line of single serve coffee cups from Beaumont Coffee. The Beaumont single serve coffee cups will be available in all ALDI store locations beginning this fall in a variety of flavors like Breakfast Blend, Dark Roast, Hazelnut, French Vanilla and Fair Trade Columbian.
GLOBAL – Boyaca, Colombia breaks Guinness World Record for Largest Coffee Party
TUNJA, COLOMBIA – With the support of the Colombian Coffee Growers Federation (FNC) and the Department of Boyacá, Colombia, 13,567 Colombian coffee drinkers, including over 400 coffee growers, gathered on Sunday to break the Guinness Record of the world’s largest coffee party.
HOST 2013 – Cimbali: here is PSG, perfect grinding system
MILAN (Italy) – Perfect Grinding System (PGS) automatically ensures consistent perfect grinding.
US – More than 70 standalone Dunkin’ Donuts planned for Southern California over next several years
CANTON, Mass. – Dunkin’ Donuts announced the signing of a multi-store development agreement with existing franchisees, Harry Patel and Parag Patel, to develop 18 new standalone restaurants in North Orange County and the Central Inland Empire.
US – Rogers Family Company launches world’s first 97 percent biodegradable single serve coffee product
LINCOLN, CA – Every year, an estimated 9.1 billion single serve coffee and drink cartridges – some 19 million cubic feet of waste – wind up in U.S. landfills. The waste is approximately equivalent to 16,500 massive shipping containers which – if laid end to end – would stretch for more than 62 miles.
