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Strong growth – Collaboration with a significant international coffee chain – Massive job creation – Factory expansion The young, 2009-founded Valais-based manufacturer of professional fully automatic espresso machines continues to grow strongly and plans to expand its operations in Sierre. Emerging from the pandemic with momentum Like the entire gastronomy-related industry, Eversys has felt the […]

Due to global warming, it is becoming increasingly difficult to grow many traditional coffee varieties. Droughts and diseases threaten to decimate the harvests of these varieties. In Kenya, coffee farmers are encouraged to graft their older trees with newer, more resistant varieties as a solution to these problems. To uproot a coffee tree means that

Lavazza Professional, the UK-based Lavazza subsidiary, has recently showcased its micro workplace café “The Moments” to provide a range of refreshments in a quick, easy manner, making the back-to-office transition as inviting for employees as possible. The concept aims to bring “the best elements of coffee culture into the workplace” hassle-free. Lavazza Professional cited research

As single-serve coffee is becoming more widely used, many companies are also looking for ways to make it sustainable. One of them is the Swiss company Migros, which recently launched its latest product, CoffeeB, a machine that uses small balls of pressed coffee instead of capsules. Rather than making coffee beverages out of coffee stored

Zèta, a zero-waste leather manufacturer from Portugal, has teamed up with Nespresso to design a sneaker collection made from recycled coffee grounds. Founded in September 2020, the fashion startup was initially a footwear company focused on trainers made from recycled paper and organic grape waste. After receiving a message on LinkedIn in January 2021 from

The re-elected Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea, James Marape, has named his cabinet members. Among them is the former vice minister for commerce and industry, Joe Kuli, who is believed to be the world’s first minister for coffee. Kuli hails from Anglimp-South Waghi in the Central Highlands Region. As he takes on the coffee

Nguyen Coffee Supply, a U.S.-based Vietnamese coffee roaster specialising in robusta, recently launched its Ready-To-Drink Coffee based on 100% robusta coffee beans from Vietnam. The first of its kind in the U.S., the no-sugar robusta cold brew will be available on Whole Foods shelves. After studying the RTD coffee market in the U.S. for years,

Buencafé recently presented its prototype lids for coffee jars as part of its commitment to sustainability. The lids are made of the avocado seed, a biodegradable material that will enable the company to lower the use of plastic in its products. The formula was first created in Mexico by the company Biofase. The lids are

Dark Woods Coffee has recently transitioned to completely compostable packaging for its coffee in partnership with Parkside. This action is part of the roaster’s pledge to sustainable operations as a B-certified company. It is one of the first companies to make such a transition for its hospitality and B2B-supplied coffee beans. Completely compostable packaging has

Dutch coffee and tea company JDE Peet’s recently reported an increase in net profits for mid-2022. The company posted a net profit of EUR508 million (US$516.5 million) compared with EUR382 million (circa $US517.5 million) for the year-earlier period. Contrary to the company’s forecast of a lower profit of EUR325 million (circa US$331 million), sales have