WASHINGTON, DC, U.S. – When Italian botanist Prospero Alpini traveled to Egypt in 1580, he discovered a world of unusual plants—strangely shaped bananas, bright red opium poppies, chunky baobab trees. After returning to Europe three years later, Alpini publicized his findings in two volumes, De Plantis Aegypti and Da Medicina Aegyptiorum.
NAPA VALLEY, U.S. – There was cold brew, then nitro cold brew. Matcha had a moment. And then, of course, came the Unicorn Frappuccino. Now the next "it" drink could come from a part of the coffee plant that has typically been tossed into the compost heap. Coffee beans grow inside coffee cherries, which are harvested and hulled.
NEW DELHI, India - Prabhat Kamal Bezboruah and M S Boje Gowda were today appointed as chairmen of the Tea Board and the Coffee Board, respectively. Bezboruah is a leading tea association industrialist and Gowda is a renowned coffee grower. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved their appointments ...
MILAN – Coffee, tea and cocoa prices could fall by more than six per cent this year due to greater supply, according to the latest Commodity Markets Outlook from the World Bank. Agricultural raw materials production is expected to rise by four per cent. The report is also forecasting higher prices for industrial commodities, principally energy ...
MUMBAI, India – Nestlé India plans to diversify its brand portfolio in India in order to reduce its dependency on a single brand, according to company sources. "We have 2,000 brands globally and we will be exploring ways to bring some of them to this market," Nestle India Chairman and Managing Director Suresh Narayanan stated ...
LONDON, UK – Britain’s leading purchasing company, Beacon, has released research showing that English breakfast tea still tops the charts with 42% of the Great British public choosing it as their favourite hot drink. Coffee comes in a not so close second, with 25% of people saying speciality coffees were their favourite, and ...
SINGAPORE – Asia is catching up fast in the “third” and “fourth wave” of global coffee consumption and café culture. Whilst international coffee chains continue to dominate Asian markets, there is immense potential for the speciality coffee market to grow. Consumers are eager to learn about and appreciate speciality coffees ...
LONDON, UK – Sales in the UK tea out-of-home category are underperforming against the wider coffee shop market value, according to Tea Out-Of-Home 2017, the latest report in the Project Café UK Series by Allegra World Coffee Portal. The UK coffee shop sector increased by 12% in turnover ...
NEW DELHI, India – About 300 years after the British East India Company introduced tea plantations in India to kill Chinese monopoly on its trade, the Indian owners of a classic British tea brand are introducing it in China. Tata Global Beverages Ltd has entered a tie-up with e-commerce firm Alibaba to sell Tetley tea bags ...
BOLOGNA, Italy – To be closer to its customer’s needs and to renew the corporate image, during the past months ACMA has launched several activities, from updating the product portfolio, to service and communication operations. The latest addition is the new classification code of the machine portfolio.