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Jamaica’s Blue Mountain Coffee Festival returns this March
Promising a unique blend of flavours, entertainment, and a celebration of Jamaica’s rich coffee heritage, the festival will once again showcase the finest Blue Mountain Coffee and the vibrant culture that surrounds it.
Remedy multipacks debut into Waitrose
The Wild Berry, Ginger Lemon and Raspberry Lemonade flavours are now available in selected Waitrose stores nationwide in the UK and online at Waitrose.com (4 x 330ml; RRP. £5.50).
Fairtrade updates its Coffee Standard to adhere to EUDR
The update, approved by the Fairtrade Standards Committee, meets, and in some areas exceeds, the European Union’s Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) that went into effect in June 2023.
PAPACKS and Euro-Caps awarded for fibre-based coffee capsule
The coffee capsule is made from renewable, FSC-certified raw materials, and has been awarded the WorldStar Packaging Award 2024.
JDE Peet’s partners with Enveritas to assess deforestation
The programme will leverage a combination of satellite imagery, artificial intelligence, and on-the-ground verification to measure the extent of coffee-related deforestation.
Envar launches UK coffee grounds recycling service
Envar’s service can help businesses reduce their carbon footprint and waste disposal costs, effectively transforming waste into a sustainable resource.
Louis Dreyfus Company inaugurates new coffee drying plant in Honduras
The new plant will enhance local origination and processing activities, facilitate logistics and enhance services to producers and intermediaries in this key coffee-growing region and neighbouring areas.
Sappi offers new coated flexible packaging paper specially developed for coffee packaging
Flexible packaging paper manufacturer Sappi Europe has further optimised its Algro Finess product portfolio and is now offering “Algro Finess C”.
Oatly to give away 800 free coffees to Londoners this February
Oatly, the oat drink company, is launching ‘Flat White Fridays’ – a scheme where coffee lovers can get a free Oat based coffee at a variety of independent coffee shops.
NKG opens Indonesian import company
PT NKG Indonesia Imports will launch its integrated warehouse, cupping lab and import office in Jakarta in March 2024.
Kiss the Hippo opens Covent Garden café
This is the seventh café the London-based carbon-negative coffee company has opened, following the success of its Richmond, Kings Cross, Shoreditch, Fitzrovia, and Chelsea locations.
KDP expands its partnership with Lavazza
The partnership will include wider sales and distribution of Lavazza K-Cup pods and the introduction of the company’s Canadian brand, Kicking Horse Coffee, to the K-Cup pod format.
ofi sets 2030 sustainability targets
The new sustainability targets have been announced under ofi’s Coffee LENS (Livelihoods, Empowerment, and Nature at Scale) 2.0.
Bath Spa University launches returnable cups scheme
The UK university’s returnable cup scheme will help tackle the 55,000 single-use coffee cups currently served up to students and staff.