Twenty-nine green coffees, including two scoring 90+, have been named winners in the 2022 Best of Yemen coffee competition, with an online auction scheduled for Tuesday, Aug. 9. Involving a partnership with Yemen coffee trader Qima Coffee, the Best of Yemen auction was the first coffee auction held under the Private Collection Auction banner of […]
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With the increasing demand for organic and Fair trade products, UK leader, Traidcraft, has launched a range of speciality chocolate bars that fuse mouth-watering flavours with positive environmental impact. As part of an exciting new collection for the eco-conscious chocolate love, the brand has introduced an Organic White Chocolate with Earl Grey, Organic White Chocolate
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London, 11 July 2022 – His Excellency Mr Richard Randriamandrato, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Madagascar, paid a courtesy visit to the International Coffee Organization’s (ICO) Executive Director, Ms Vanusia Nogueira, at the ICO headquarters in London on 7 July. This visit marked an occasion to reinforce the existing cooperation between Madagascar
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The European Cocoa Association (ECA) has announced the programme for their upcoming European Cocoa Forum, due to take place in Rome between 13 and 15 September 2022. Barry Callebaut’s bi-annual event, Chocovision, will be joining the European Cocoa Forum for the first time this year, and is set to host a discussion on traceability on
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Nonprofit organisation Progreso Foundation, through their coffee trading platform Beyco, have begun accepting impact lenders. The network is a breakthrough innovation that is meant to not only make trade finance more efficient and accessible but to ensure the delivery of quality coffee to buyers, traders and roasters around the globe. Many producer organisations struggle with
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Coffee producers in many countries are facing difficulties due to changing weather patterns. Heavy rains in Colombia are affecting yields, and frosts in Brazil have decimated certain coffee-growing regions, forcing farmers to turn to other, more profitable and resiliant crops. Coffee, in particular Arabica, is one of the “gentler” plants, that can suffer or die
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For the first time since the pandemic began, Pret A Manger has returned a profit after shifting its focus from city centre stores to out-of-town outlets. The sandwich retail chain said recently that it began to turn a profit in March of this year. Sales for the first half of the year more than doubled
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Keurig Dr Pepper Inc., together with Intelligentsia Coffee, have recently launched Intelligentsia K-Cup pods for the Keurig brewing system. This is the first time that consumers will be able to purchase the super-premium coffee brand in this format. MultiStream technology, one of the new features of the Keurig brewing system, employs five streams instead of
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Our mouth feels a range of perceptions connected to mechanics and movement. The first sensation connected to the tactile sphere that we feel when drinking a coffee is the heat sensation, i.e., a heat normally felt due to the extraction temperatures, which are actually very high. The same thing happens when we eat something too warm, thus, jeopardising the tactile
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Swiss chocolate producer Barry Callebaut and vanilla supplier Prova, supported by the Sustainable Trade Initiative (IDH), begin the second phase of their joint project to support vanilla farmers in Madagascar. The two companies will conduct training to boost productivity and improve the quality of Cocoa and vanilla while also funding the local communities through social,
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Utilising the platform provided by World of Coffee (WoC), which took place in Milan from 23rd to 25th of June this year, the ICO Coffee Public-Private Task Force (CPPTF) arranged a special workshop on ‘Towards Partnerships for Sustainability/Targets & Actions for Specialty’. The event piqued the interest of many professionals and guests, including ICO Members
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The Barry Callebaut Group announced that it has shut down all of its production lines in its plant in Wieze, Belgium, the largest chocolate factory in the world, after it has been found to be contaminated with salmonella. All chocolate goods produced at the plant since 25 June were put on hold when the bacteria was discovered on 27 June, the company stated. Barry Callebaut also asked customers to block any of its shipped products. Production will
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