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Exports for Coffee Year 2016-17 Reached a Record 122.45M Bags
The International Coffee Organization (ICO), in its latest report, announced that while coffee year 2016-17 registered a decrease in its final month, total exports reached a record 122.45 million bags, 4.8% greater than the 116.89 million bags shipped in coffee year 2015-16.
Coffee Blenders Launches Functional Cold Brew RTD Coffee Line
NuZee, Inc (doing business as Coffee Blenders), which offers functional and nutritional benefits, launched its ready-to-drink (RTD) gourmet, functional, cold brew coffee line today, 6 November 2017.
Starbucks Sells Tazo Tea Brand to Unilever
To sharpen its focus on an up-leveled tea strategy, Starbucks Corporation announced it is selling the Tazo Tea brand to Unilever.
Royal Coffee New York to Host Free Colombian Micro-Lot Cupping
Royal Coffee New York’s education center, The Lab, will be hosting a free Colombian coffee cupping on 7 November 2017 from 3pm to 5:30pm.
French Truck Coffee Now Offering SCA Classes
Geoffrey Meeker, owner of French Truck Coffee, has opened the first and only certified and accredited Specialty Coffee Association (SCA) Training Lab in Louisiana, located at 1533 Melpomene Street in the Lower Garden District in New Orleans.
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.