Ever wondered what makes your coffee taste good? It’s the microbes, finds a study. The study showed that lactic acid bacteria which help in the longer fermentation of coffee beans results in better taste, contrary to conventional wisdom. “A cup of coffee is the final product of a complex chain of operations: farming, post-harvest processing, […]
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A rich cup of coffee is one of life’s little pleasures, but it will become more difficult and expensive to obtain in the near future. Coffee is among the crops under threat from climate change. An extensive study published in January found that 60% of wild coffee species — or 75 of 124 plants — are
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Melanie Leeson has joined green coffee sourcing company and exporter, Caravela Coffee, as their Europe Sales Director. She will lead operations out of their Shoreditch (London) office, lab, and tasting room. She replaces Joanna Lawson, who established Caravela’s London operations in 2016. Since 2002, Caravela has built its reputation on sourcing quality Colombian coffees through
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Wega Macchine per Caffè partners with IFS Alpine Junior World Ski Championships which is being held in Val di Fassa from February 18 to 27, 2019. After their partnership at the 2013 Trentino Fiemme Nordic Sky World Championships, the Susegana company, a leader in the manufacturing of professional espresso coffee machines, confirms its vocation for providing quality coffee to the competition
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Leading specialist coffee supplier, Paddy & Scott’s has launched Brew Bags, a revolutionary new product set to change the way the hospitality and retail sector serve coffee. Putting an end to the misery of low-grade hotel room instant coffee and offering a cost-effective, mess-free alternative to cafetières, Paddy & Scott’s new Brew Bags create the
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The 2020 World Barista Championship and World Brewers Cup will take place in Melbourne, Australia, from the 4th to 7th of May, 2020 at the Melbourne International Coffee Expo (MICE). These two World Coffee Championships are expected to bring close to 85 licensed national body champions from across the world together to compete for the World Champion
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There are so many conflicting studies regarding one of the world’s most popular drinks: coffee. Some say it causes insomnia; others say it might help you live longer. The general consensus is that coffee, like most things, is healthy in moderation. But one new claim is that coffee might impact your body’s magnesium supply. “There are a few very anecdotal
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Starbucks announced the opening of Starbucks Reserve Roastery New York. Located in the meat packing district at 61 9th Avenue (on the corner of 9th Avenue and 15th Street), the New York location marks Starbucks fourth Roastery and second location in the U.S. The immersive coffee experience – across nearly 23,000 square feet of retail space – celebrates
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Adelaide coffee guru, Matthew Smithies from Five Senses Coffee, has been crowned the Western Region Cup Tasting Champion with a perfect score in the final round. The Barista Championship circuit consists of four events: Barista, Latte Art, Cup Tasting and Coffee in Good Spirits. Barista is the main event showcasing a gruelling 15 routines, where
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A crypto startup named Cyclebit seems to have come to the solution making cryptocurrencies a popular payment method in everyday life. Thanks to a new approach to fast micropayments, visitors to 130 coffee shops in Europe will soon be able to pay for coffee with Bitcoins. Why was it so difficult to do before? It so happened
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We consumer over 500 billion cups of coffee worldwide each year—it’s one of the most popular rituals on the planet. But for those of you with a dark roast soul, there’s good news. Drinking dark roast coffee is really good for your brain. That’s right, recent research published in Frontiers in Neuroscience suggests that dark roast has tremendously powerful
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Monday, November 19 2018, government commenced engagements with cocoa farmers across the country seeking to strengthen interaction with the Cocoa Sector. The engagements began in Koforidua, Tafo in the Eastern Region and will continue in other Cocoa growing districts in Brong-Ahafo, Ashanti, Western and Central Regions of Ghana. Following this, we at the Centre for
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