HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam – The Barista Competition for Amateurs 2017 has completed the Semi-Final round last Sunday at PJ’s Coffee Sala. The top 4 competitors from the Semi-Final will compete in the Final round on Sunday 25th March to win the awards of a Da Lat trip and a professional Barista training course from Saigon Coffee Academy.
POTSDAM, NY, U.S. – Coffee and chocolate are two widely beloved, delicious delicacies. Often thought to be unhealthy, these two flavor powerhouses may in fact have benefits to attention, motivation and energy. Researchers at Clarkson University and the University of Georgia recently completed a year long study about the effects of caffeine and ...
NEW YORK, U.S. – When Starbucks launched its Mobile Order & Pay (MOP) feature, the in-app pre-ordering option was supposed to improve the experience for both customers and baristas. However, the growing popularity of the option is causing untold chaos at branches all across Manhattan, as reported by Business Insider in the following analysis.
HANOI, Vietnam – Vietnam has risen to fourth place among instant coffee exporters worldwide in 2015, with total expected shipment of 67,500 tonnes, up 25 percent from previous year, according to the Vietnam Coffee and Cocoa Association (VICOFA). In the past few years, instant coffee plants have sprouted up in the country ...
NEW YORK, U.S. — The World Happiness Report 2017, which ranks 155 countries by their happiness levels, was released yesterday at the United Nations at an event celebrating International Day of Happiness. The report, the fifth one to come out since 2012, continues to gain global recognition as governments, organizations and ...
SANTIAGO DE CHILE, Chile – Colombia’s current peace process is facing numerous challenges. In a country that has suffered the worst impacts of the international drug war, one main dilemma is this: what to do with rural regions which have specialised in producing coca leaf, the main ingredient in one of the world’s most lucrative products?
VANCOUVER, British Columbia – Ten Peaks Coffee Company Inc. ("Ten Peaks" or the "Company") yesterday announced that Donald Schroeder has stepped down as a director of the Company in order to pursue his other business interests. Mr. Schroeder has been a director since October 2014.
DUBAI, UAE – Bull & Roo, the Dubai-based hospitality company behind The Sum Of Us,Tom & Serg, Common Grounds, Brunswick Sports Club and Muchachas has launched its own coffee brand called Encounter. Roasted in-house at The Sum of Us, the home-grown coffee brand is made from Arabica beans sourced across South America ...
SÃO PAULO, Brazil – Minas Gerais (Brazil) demonstrated the excellence of its specialty coffees at the 26th Ernesto Illy Award for Quality Coffee for Espresso. Arabica beans from three different regions within the state were recognized as the best of the 2016/2017 crop by the illycaffè prize, which elected CBI Agropecuária, from Chapada de Minas ...
SCARPERIA, Italy – La Marzocco is happy to announce its participation at INTERNORGA, the international HoReCa - bakery - confectionary trade show in Hamburg from March 17th-21st, from 10am to 6pm. The recently-inaugurated branch, La Marzocco Deutschland, is representing the company at booth n. B3.OG.210 ...
MUMBAI – Australian coffee company Di Bella Coffee plans a major expansion in India and looks upon Starbucks as its main competitor in the premium coffee retail segment. "We are stepping up our India operations. We will open nine more outlets in Mumbai by year end," the company's Founder & Managing Director Phillip Di Bella stated in an interview.
ROME, Italy – Unless you’re some sort of caffeine-phobe, if you’ve been to Rome you’ve almost certainly enjoyed some well-priced coffee in a café. So it might be surprising to hear that Italy’s capital will be raising prices for a cup of joe. The Local reports that Rome's Bar Association (that’s “bar” as in watering hole, not as in lawyers) has made ...