Blending, roasting & processing
Tejava Awarded Global Tea Championship Gold Medal for Iced Tea
Crystal Geyser Water Company has announced that its Tejava brand was awarded the Gold Medal in the 2017 Global Tea Championship (GTC) Iced Tea Class for the sixth time.
Georgia Works to Revitalize its Tea Industry
With government support and private-sector interest, Georgia aims to rebuild its once highly regarded and significant tea industry – dating back to the Russian Empire – that was destroyed following the collapse of the Soviet Union.
World of Coffee Announces Mexico as Portrait Country and New Features in Budapest
The SCA World of Coffee (WOC) is taking place in Budapest at Hungexpo Fair Center from 13-15 June.
Blending, roasting & processing, Equipment & packaging, Sustainability
Probat equips Costa Coffee’s new Basildon roastery
Probat, a leading manufacturer of plants and machinery for the coffee industry, has provided a complete turnkey roasting plant for Costa Coffee’s new roasting facility in Basildon, Essex, which opened in February.
Adding Value to the Supply Chain
The first of this two-part series examines new categories of added value associated with specialty coffee, particularly specialty coffee sourced directly from individual farms in small lots through a transparent and traceable model.
Blending, roasting & processing, Business, Equipment & packaging, Origins, Sustainability
Spreafico diversifies with two new brands
After a successful 2016, which saw an increase in orders and revenue, Spreafico, the Calolziocorte, Lecco, Italy-based company that specializes in designing and marketing machines for the packaging of coffee capsules and soluble products, has expanded and diversified its activities with the creation of two brands: Spreafico Automazion and Spreafico Meccanica.
Generation 10 adds RCMA Coffee division to analytics platform
Generation 10, a provider of cloud-based commodity supply chain and financial tech solutions, based in Liverpool, England, announced the addition of RCMA Coffee division, located in Singapore, onto their commodity trade, risk and logistics management (CTRM) and data analytics platform, G10 Commodity Manager.
Blending, roasting & processing, Equipment & packaging, Sustainability
Probat Inc Acquires ED Industrial Ltd and ED Industrial USA Inc
Probat Inc, a subsidiary of the Probat Group, has acquired ED Industrial Ltd and ED Industrial USA, Inc, effective 13 January.
Blending, roasting & processing, Business, Equipment & packaging, Origins, Sustainability
Peet’s Coffee Launches People & Plant social responsibility initiative
Peet’s Coffee has launched People & Planet, a new initiative featuring curated coffees that highlight the brand’s decades long heritage of caring for farmer communities at origin and for the environment.
Blending, roasting & processing, Business, Equipment & packaging, Origins, Product news, Sustainability
Olam meets growing demand for certified Arabica specialty coffee
Two Olam International coffee plantations in Africa have achieved Rainforest Alliance and UTZ certification for over 2,500 hectares (ha) of planted Arabica coffee.
Blending, roasting & processing, Equipment & packaging, Sustainability
Probat introduces Colorette 4 colour measuring unit
Probat-Werke, one of the world`s leading manufacturer of plants and machinery for the coffee industry, launches a new measurement device for precisely determining the colour of ground roasted coffee.
Buhler AG to host roasting classes at Tea & Coffee World Cup Singapore 2017
Tea & Coffee Trade Journal is pleased to announce that leading coffee roasting equipment manufacturer, Buhler AG, based in Uzwill, Switzerland, is coming as an exhibitor to the 2017 Tea & Coffee World Cup, and will be running comprehensive coffee roasting workshops during the three-day exhibition and symposium.
Carta Coffee celebrates 2nd harvest with new light roast
One year after launching its first coffee offering, Carta Coffee Merchants expands its assortment with the release of Meridian, its lightest roast to date; a new signature Side-by-Side (SBS) Tasting Sampler featuring different roasting styles and a coffee subscription service.
Blending, roasting & processing, Equipment & packaging, Origins, Product news
Royal Coffee NY hosts inaugural tea class at The Lab
Coffee and tea importer Royal Coffee New York (RCNY) is launching its first tea course at its coffee and tea education center, The Lab, on 18 November, with an oolong-focused class.