Sustainability
Striving to Balance Quality Water with Minimal Environmental Impact
Quality water is essential to achieve the perfect cup of coffee and tea. However, the methods to accomplish this and the environmental impact must be taken into consideration, and creating this balance is not easy.
Bird-Friendly Coffee Wins Sustainability Award
Bird & Wild coffee have been awarded the Global Impact Award for their coffee produced in partnership with the RSPB.
The Power of Packaging
In conversations, when I mention one of the categories we cover is packaging, the response is usually a slight eye roll or raised eyebrows – oh how wrong they are!
Packaging Gets Personal
Coffee and tea companies can learn from their counterparts in the water, carbonated soft drink and spirits categories as beverage package designs in these industries aim to move, motivate and resonate with consumers on deeper levels.
Stash Tea Celebrates B Corp Milestone with Packaging Redesign
Premium tea maker Stash Tea is celebrating one year as a B Corp Certified company by redesigning its packaging.
Pack Expo International 2018 Offers Beverage Solutions
Pack Expo International 2018, organized by PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, opens 14 October and runs through 17 October at McCormick Place in Chicago, Illinois.
Female Producer Takes Top Honours in 2018 Ernesto Illy Int’l Coffee Award
Coffee beans grown by Rwanda’s Ngororero Coffee Washing Station, represented by Philotée Muzika, were designated “Best of the Best” in illycaffè’s third annual Ernesto Illy International Coffee Award (EIICA).
Ten Facts About British Coffee Drinkers
In celebration of International Coffee Day (1 October 2018), Mintel has compiled ten facts about Britain’s coffee habits.
Starbucks Commits $20M for Emergency Relief to Central American Farmers
In response to critically low coffee prices in Central America, Starbucks announced a commitment of up to USD $20 million to temporarily relieve impacted smallholder farmers with whom Starbucks does business, until the coffee market self-corrects and rises above the cost of production. These funds will go directly to smallholder farmers in Nicaragua, Guatemala, Mexico […]
Diedrich Roasters and Firedancer Coffee Consultants Announce a New Partnership
Diedrich Roasters has partnered with Firedancer Coffee Consultants to be their premier training facility partner in the Midwest United States.
PGE Launches its Next “Way Forward” Report
The Partnership for Gender Equity (PGE) has launched its second research initiative focused on equity in the coffee value chain, this time with looking at generational constraints that especially impact youth.
Cooper Tea Launches Cold Brew Tea Concentrate
Cooper Tea Company has launched BW Cooper’s Organic Cold Brew Tea 11:1 Concentrate, a cold brew tea concentrate designed specifically for restaurants, coffeeshops and other commercial foodservice applications.
Specialty Tea & Coffee Reign at Tea & Coffee World Cup 2018
Tea remains the preferred cup in the United Kingdom – at least that was evident at this year’s Tea & Coffee World Cup, which was held in Birmingham, England, 3-5 September – but the interest in and growth of specialty coffee is strong.
Starbucks Commits to Building & Operating Greener Stores Globally
Today, Starbucks Coffee Company announced the “Starbucks Greener Stores” framework and a commitment to design, build and operate 10,000 “Greener Stores” globally by 2025.