Equipment & packaging
Testing the “Microwaveability” of Supermarket Coffee Brands
I recently came across a 2017 survey that tested thirteen/supermarket grocery store coffee brands in the United States to “find the best of the bunch.”
Soma Launches On-the-Go “Brew Bottle”
Soma, a company known for sustainable water filtration, has launched its first coffee and tea product, the Brew Bottle.
Demand for Plastic Free Tea Bags Affects Packaging Changes
Tea is the leading beverage consumed worldwide – after water – but the tea bag format has historically not been environmentally friendly.
Louis Dreyfus & Jacobs Douwe Egberts Launch Sustainability Project in Vietnam
Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC) is launching a new coffee sustainability project to benefit 3,000 farmers in Vietnam’s Dak Lak, Dak Nong, and Gia Lai provinces, in the country’s coffee-producing Central Highlands region.
Teapigs Is One Steep Ahead of the Crowd
While aiming to become the world’s greenest tea company, Teapigs is also on a mission to improve the tea experience for consumers around the world by focusing on simplicity, sustainability and ethical sourcing.
Prices for All Coffee Groups Decreased in June
The International Coffee Organization announced that prices for all coffee groups fell in June 2018, though the largest month-on-month decrease occurred for Brazilian Naturals, which declined by 3.7% to 115.10 US cents/lb.
Miles Launches a New Premium Tea Range
Miles Tea & Coffee has introduced a new range of 10 premium tea flavours focusing on green, herbal and fruit teas.
Commodity Teas versus Origin and Specialty Teas
Tea is the world’s number one hot cup; with a highly integrated value chain and multinational companies dominating the Western markets. A large volume share of tea is traded as commodity.
Coffee M&As Accelerate & Show No Signs of Yielding
Recent mergers, acquisitions and overall growth across the coffee sector follow trends established by beer, soft drinks and other beverage industries.
Blending, roasting & processing, Business, Equipment & packaging
Flo Collaborates with NatureWorks for New Coffee Capsules
European food packaging producer Flo has announced the launch of an industrially compostable coffee capsule created in partnership with NatureWorks.
Trends and Challenges in RTD Tea Packaging and Labelling
The trend towards using healthier ingredients and natural products in ready-to-drink teas presents challenges from a packaging and labelling perspective.
Panama Canal Authority Opens Coffee Processing Plant
The Panama Canal Authority helped open the first coffee processing plant in Las Gaitas, Capira, Panama as part of its Environmental Economic Incentives Program (PIEA), a land-titling programme supporting communities in the Canal watershed.
Blending, roasting & processing, Business, Equipment & packaging
Mother Parkers Embarks on the Adventure of Single Serve
Mother Parkers’ desire to enter the single serve market with a sustainable, cost effective capsule, led to the development of the EcoCup.
Kishe Coffee Redesigns Packaging & Website to Reflect Artisan Approach
Kishe Coffee, a social enterprise wholly-owned by members of a Fairtrade organic certified cooperative in Guatemala, has launched a new website and packaging that has been designed to reflect their artisan approach to specialty coffee.