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Ipanema Coffees Opens New Sustainable Cupping Room
Ipanema Coffee has announced the opening of its new cupping room and quality control laboratory.
Blending, roasting & processing, Business, Equipment & packaging, Origins, Sustainability
WCR’s Sensory Lexicon 2.0 Includes New Global Flavour Standards for Coffee
The newly released second edition of the coffee World Coffee Research Sensory Lexicon, now features 24 new references that substantially expand the global applicability of the lexicon.
Zombie Frappuccino Creeps into Starbucks Cafés for Halloween
Just in time for Halloween, Starbucks is rolling out its latest Frappuccino created especially for the holiday — the Zombie Frappuccino.
International Coffee Week Highlights Brazil’s Specialty Coffees
Thousands of coffee professionals who travel to Belo Horizonte, Brazil, for International Coffee Week will have the opportunity to cup and buy hundreds of specialty coffees.
Allegro Coffee Releases Limited-Edition Galapagos La Tortuga for the Holidays
Allegro Coffee Company is releasing limited quantities of the new Galapagos La Tortuga in all six Allegro Coffee Roasters locations.
Blending, roasting & processing, Business, Equipment & packaging, Origins, Sustainability
Honduras’s José Enamorado Wins Top Honour at 2nd Ernesto Illy International Coffee Award
After rounds of blind tastings at the United Nations by an international independent jury of top culinary and coffee experts, illycaffè announced that coffee beans grown by Honduras’s José Abelardo Díaz Enamorado were designated “Best of the Best” at the 2017 Ernesto Illy International Coffee Award.
Klatch Coffee Debuts World’s Most Expensive Brew
Southern California specialty coffee roaster Klatch Coffee will begin selling the world’s most expensive cup of coffee in November, offering consumers a taste of Esmerelda Geisha 601 for USD $55 per eight-ounce pour.
Farmer Brothers Introduces Premium Hot Tea Line
Farmer Bros Co has announced that it will be launching an Artisan Collection of specialty hot teas.
Coffee Year 2016-17 Ends in Deficit, But Stocks Remain High
The International Coffee Organization, reported that the coffee market ends 2016-17 coffee year in deficit for the third consecutive year.
Counter Culture’s New Colour-Sorting Technology Removes Inconsistencies
Counter Culture has invested in pioneering technology that removes even minor inconsistencies from roasted coffees.
Argo Tea Launches Cold Brew Single Estate RTD Teas at Whole Foods Market
Argo Tea, the Chicago, Illinois-based premium tea brand, is partnering with Whole Foods Market to launch the tea industry’s first line of ready-to-drink (RTD) cold brew single estate bottled teas into the retailer’s stores nationally.
REVV K-Cup Pods Introduce New Varieties and Packaging Design
REVV coffee, part of the Keurig Green Mountain, Inc (Keurig) family of brands, is expanding its line with three intense, dark brews: REVV No Surrender, Afterburner, and Turbocharger K-Cup pods.
Majority of Workers Yet to Resume Work at Darjeeling Tea Gardens
Despite the withdrawal of a shutdown in the Bengal hills, nearly 60 per cent the workers are yet to resume work at the Darjeeling tea gardens, industry officials said on Sunday, according to an article published in the Business Standard.
Teatulia Teas Expand US Distribution with Launch in Three Retailers
Teatulia announced that its teas can now be found on the shelves of Stop & Shop, Cash Wise and Coborn’s.