Gruppo Cimbali recently launched its HUB in Melbourne with an inaugural event in May. Through this event, the group fully commits to supporting the growing fascination with coffee in the Oceania region. The new hub is strategically located in Melbourne’s central business district (CBD), which has been dubbed the “Coffee Capital of The World”. This […]
GRUPPO CIMBALI INAUGURATES NEWEST HUB IN THE OCEANIA REGION Read More »
When Cropster released their new Cropster Cafe integration with La Marzocco, I dropped them a line and asked if they’d talk to me about it. Pretty soon, I was talking with Cropster Global Sales Manager of New Products Andy Benedikter and Nicholas Castellano, a digital marketing specialist at the company. On the face of it,
WE TALK WITH CROPSTER ABOUT THEIR NEW CAFE INTEGRATION WITH LA MARZOCCO Read More »
Watch our weekly recorded live stream. We hold an informal Saturday coffee morning discussion on industry news, the coffee we’re enjoying and new equipment reviews.
BEAN TALK – BREVILLE BUYS LELIT Read More »
Watch our weekly recorded live stream. We hold an informal Saturday coffee morning discussion on industry news, the coffee we’re enjoying and new equipment reviews.
BEAN TALK – THE OMEGA GRINDER. WE WANT ONE. Read More »
I didn’t have a great relationship with the Mazzer Jolly I had in the cafe. It was an older model, and the lever to adjust the grind setting would fall out and get lost. Without it, the stiff collar took herculean strength to move. Mazzer seemed to be sitting on their laurels for years, content
NEW MAZZER ‘OMEGA’ IS A PREMIUM AND INNOVATIVE HAND-GRINDER Read More »
The Côte d’Ivoire cocoa grinders ended the month of July having processed 452,000 tonnes of cocoa beans, down from 469,000 tonnes during the same period last year, according to the cocoa exporters’ association GEPEX There are 712,000 tonnes of grinding capacity in Côte d’Ivoire. It is the world’s top producer of cocoa and the second-largest
CÔTE D’IVOIRE GRINDING NUMBERS DROP Read More »
HSBC and Guan Chong Bhd, launch the first Green financing for sustainable cocoa supply chain in Malaysia. HSBC in Malaysia stated this is the first green financing they had completed, and they were delighted to be in collaboration with Guan Chong Bhd. Based out of Johor, Guan Chong is one of the worlds largest cocoa
HSBC AND GUAN CHONG IN MALAYSIA’S FIRST GREEN FINANCE FOR COCOA Read More »
We sometimes buy used machines to refurbish or for writing reviews. We’ve learned a few things along the way and share a little of that knowledge with you today. We also announce our last winner of a free Kilo of beans and introduce this months giveaway. If you’re in the UK, you can enter the giveaway. Go to https://bartalks.net/giveaway. No purchase is necessary.
BEAN TALK – LIVE EDITION! WHICH HAND GRINDER IS BEST FOR ESPRESSO Read More »
German company Mahlkonig has been dominant in the coffee shop space for several years with their hugely successful range of shop grinders. I had always wondered why they had ignored the home market, and so perhaps it was inevitable, especially with the rise of the home barista, that they would launch a product aimed at
MAHLKONIG BRINGS HOME THE X54 NEW GRINDER Read More »
The price of cacao currently fluctuates based on the New York Commodity Exchange and these two nations are working to leverage their resource wealth to become independent of this system which they hope will allow them to have more control over prices.
CHOCPEC? CÔTE D’IVOIRE AND GHANA CREATE THE ‘OPEC OF CACAO’ Read More »
