EMMERICH AM RHEIN, Germany – Probat shows its proficiency in building tailor-made integrated solutions for the coffee industry at this year`s Interpack in hall 1, booth C29 in Düsseldorf from 4th to 10th May. Meeting customers’ individual demands to the greatest extent is what the world market leader for plants and machinery for ...
LONDON, UK – The City of London Corporation, Network Rail, national coffee retailers and some of the Square Mile’s biggest employers have joined forces in the Square Mile Challenge initiative led by environmental charity Hubbub, in partnership with recycling company Simply Cups.
BOGOTA, Colombia – The Coca-Cola Foundation, TechnoServe and the Colombian Coffee Growers Federation (FNC) announced yesterday they will work together to help 11,000 female coffee farmers in Colombia’s Antioquia region access important training, agricultural information and services.
CORVALLIS, Oregon, U.S. – “Hot coffee” is not a good thing for java enthusiasts when it refers to plants beset by the high-temperature stress that this century is likely to bring, research at Oregon State University suggests. A study by OSU’s College of Forestry showed that when Coffea arabica plants were subjected to ...
LONDON, UK – Use of around 300 million disposable coffee cups could be cut if a charge was introduced for consumers, a new study has fund. The use of disposable coffee cups could be reduced by 50 – 300 million annually according to research announced today by leading coffee roaster Bewley's.
OAK BROOK, IL, U.S. – Four industry experts leading the discussion surrounding compostable food packaging do some myth-busting while pointing to the technical and commercial realities in this recent webinar. Myth-busting is a two-step process: First identify a mistruth about an assumption and then present the reality.
MELBOURNE, Australia – The El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) remains neutral. However, the Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology's ENSO Outlook status is at El Niño WATCH, indicating around a 50% chance of El Niño developing in 2017. Sea surface temperatures (SSTs) in the central and eastern tropical Pacific Ocean ...
TRIESTE, Italy – Demus Spa has just been found compliant with the International Standard OHSAS 18001 Occupational Health and Safety Assessment Specification after a thorough examination by DNV GL. With this certification, Demus Spa ensures adherence to the requirements of the Management System of Health and Safety ...
ULL, UK – A series of distinctive coffee cups carrying the Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification have been manufactured to mark Hull becoming UK City of Culture. Paper cup manufacture Benders Papers Cups produced the range for its client Falkingham & Taylor (Vending).
LONDON, UK - New research commissioned on behalf of UK Coffee Week has found that Brits’ love of lattes is on the increase with 3.4 new coffee shops opening daily across the nation. At this current rate, estimates put the number of coffee shops over-taking pubs by 2030 as Brits continue to swap lager for lattes.
LONDON, UK – The British Coffee Association (BCA), has appointed Ian Bryson from Finlay Beverages as the Association’s new Chair. The move comes at a time when the BCA has started to take significant new strides in aligning the industry on key issues surrounding sustainability, responsible sourcing ...
HANOI – There are two major methods – wet and dry processing – to process harvested coffee beans. In the traditional method of dry processing, coffee beans are cleaned and dried under the sun for 7-10 days before they are husked. In bad weather with too much rain and little sun, farmers have to dry coffee beans with driers, but ...