Tea & Coffee Trade Journal

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Schizophrenia: trade vs. consumer.(from the Editor's Desk)
I have a confession to make ... I have a split personality. I am divided between my consumer self, and my industry self. A constant struggle to which I find no real resolution. My consumer self want . . .

Brazil winter forecast 2009.(World News: Coffee and Tea Reports from the Front Line)
SAO PAULO -- The Coffee Chamber of the Santos Commercial Association headed by Evelyse Lopes, COOXUPE chief trader, was held on June 8th. This was their annual meeting for members to present the wea . . .

Tea output in Nandi, Kenya drops 37% from drought.(World News: Coffee and Tea Reports from the Front Line)
NAIROBI -- The cold season has seen the production of tea by small scale farmers in the larger Nandi dropping by 37% in the past one month, according to the Kenya Tea Development Agency's Chebut fac . . .

Angola to harvest 12,000 tons of coffee this year.(World News: Coffee and Tea Reports from the Front Line)
CALULO -- The national agriculture sector will harvest 12,000 tons of coffee during the 2009 campaign, in comparison to the 5,000 tons harvested in 2008, the minister of Agriculture, Afonso Pedro Ca . . .

Uganda coffee exports register slight increase in 2008/09.(World News: Coffee and Tea Reports from the Front Line)
KAMPALA -- Uganda coffee exports registered a dismal 0.4% increase as at the end of 2008/09 compared to the previous fiscal year's growth trajectory. The country exported 2,078,754,60kg bags of co . . .

Flavor delivery systems for tea--a summary.(Flavor of the Month)
Flavored tea has become a mainstay in today's tea market. A variety of flavoring methods and delivery systems are used by the tea manufacturer to incorporate flavor onto tea. The method and delivery . . .

Calendar.(Calendar)
August 14-16: Roasters Guild Retreat Stevenson, WA Tel: +1(562) 624-4100 Web: www.roastersguild.org September 1-3: Ramacafe International Coffee Conference, Managua, Nicaragua Tel: + . . .

Making more coffee with less: coping with hard times; the historic effort to make more with less, from adulteration, short-weigh
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The 1860s were a time of coffee emergence, and coffee challenges. During the Civil War, in the Northern U.S. coffee had replaced spirits as the stimulant ration in the Army . . .

The evolution of the tea industry in the U.S. over the last 20 years: much has changed in the world over the last 20 years but t
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Twenty years ago the Soviet Union was still two years away from being dismantled, George H. W. Bush had just succeeded Ronald Regan as the 41st President of the U.S. and the . . .

Recipe for success developed in East Africa: as a result of the continuous efforts to improve the quality of their coffee, Rwand
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] A decade ago, if you mentioned fine coffees from east Africa, the countries of Kenya and Ethiopia may have been the only countries that coffee drinkers would have thought of . . .

Your logistics foundation in a sustainable world: now is the time to maximize your supply chain and also consider "green" strate
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Logistics management for coffee and tea is often a daunting challenge. In this economy, its time to take a diligent look at ways to best maximize your dollars in the supply . . .

Boyd Coffee Company serves a fine cup of coffee: Tea & Coffee Trade Journal profiles a coffee roaster that has been adapting and
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] There are a lot of us who drink coffee every day. If you're not one of the estimated 150 million daily coffee drinkers, you're one of the other 150 million (given our 300+ m . . .

Stress testing ... 10 logistics questions for my OMC (Ocean Marine Cargo) insurance: for people in the tea and coffee business,
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] With so much "stimulus" sloshing around surely by now we would have settled on a unique moniker to describe these economic times! For example, over 50 years ago the Korean c . . .

Lipton PureLeaf Smooth Blend Rainforest Alliance Certified.(Product Showcase)
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Now, at least 50% of the tea leaves in every pouch of Lipton PureLeaf Smooth Blend Teas have been sourced from Rainforest Alliance Certified farms. As part of an ongoing com . . .

Kahlua Flavors from White Coffee.(Product Showcase)(Brief article)
Kahlua, the world's number one selling coffee liqueur, is proud to introduce a new line of gourmet flavored coffees crafted from 100% Arabica beans. White Coffee, a third generation family-owned cof . . .

Mocafe Sofetto from Innovative Beverage Concepts, Inc.(Product Showcase)
Innovative Beverage Concept, Inc, has launched a new shelf stable, probiotic, tart smoothie powder, powered by a new patented ingredient--GanedenBC30 (Bacillus coagulans GBI-30, 6086)--called Sofett . . .

Weaver's Coffee & Tea introduces Legacy Blend.(Product Showcase)
Wild Card Roasters, an artisan coffee roaster, is commemorating John Weaver's 30th anniversary in the coffee industry by introducing Legacy Blend under their Weaver's Coffee & Tea brand. [ILLUSTRA . . .

Coffee Fest Las Vegas wraps up Southwest visit.(Trade News)
Coffee Fest walked away a winner from its Las Vegas show in early June. A crowd of nearly 2,000 attendees and exhibitors visited and did business amidst 150 booths and took part in new additions to . . .

Bunn Tea Basics brochure.(Trade News)
The new free brochure, Bunn Tea Basics, combines the expertise of Bunn with extensive information available from the Tea Association of USA to create an easy-to-use guide to steeping and serving one . . .

MPE welcomes new European Agent.(Trade News)(Modern Process Equipment Inc's contract with CMS GmbH)(Brief article)
Modern Process Equipment (MPE) welcomes CMS GmbH, based in Rees, Germany, as their new European Agent. This office will provide an even better ability for MPE to offer their international customers . . .

Counter Culture Coffee opens New York regional training center.(Trade News)
Located at 37 West 26th St., Suite 400, in the Chelsea area of Manhattan, the center will serve as a regional focal point for Counter Culture's cutting-edge coffee education and training curriculum . . .

Mahlkonig announces new vice president of sales and marketing.(People News)
Mahlkonig USA, Inc., an international market leader in professional coffee grinding equipment has appointed Gary Horne as vice president of sales and marketing to its North American business. In his . . .

Kaffe Magnum Opus appoints creative director.(People News)
Robert Kraeuter, president of rapidly expanding wholesale coffee roaster Kaffe Magnum Opus, announced the appointment of Kristi Bonner to become its creative director. The position is a newly create . . .

David Michael & Co. announces changes and promotions.(People News)(Olivia Klose, Matt Gieseke )(Brief article)
Michael Pulizzi, an account manager with David Michael & Co, a major flavor house, since 2005, has recently relocated from Columbus, Ohio and is now based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Olivia Klo . . .

Autocrat promotes growth with promotion and new hires.(People News)
Autocrat, Inc., (www.autocrat.com) a fourth-generation family-owned business that roasts coffee and manufactures coffee extracts, promotes from within and hires two new sales people to promote futur . . .

Glass says goodbye to Harris Tea Company.(People News)
Knox Glass has retired from an active role at Harris Tea Company. Glass has been with Harris Tea for 11 successful years and in the consumer products industry for over forty years. He is highly re . . .

Optimising processes with new control for coffee roasting plants.(Equipment & Packaging News)
Probat-Werke von Gimborn Maschinenfabrik GmbH offers a new high-end control solution for medium-sized and large plants. The new version of Pilot Plant Professional improves communication with higher . . .

Neuhaus Neotec drum-type Roaster CTR-3000.(Equipment & Packaging News)(Brief article)
The CTR-3000 is a customized machine for customers specialized in longer roasting times and traditional roasting. The CTR-3000 has been laid out for a capacity of up to 3 t/h. It is equipped with a . . .

General Packaging's high speed packaging of ground coffee.(Equipment & Packaging News)
Five-pound bags of ground coffee are produced at a rate of 45 bags per minute on General Packaging Equipment's model 48WAC-H. Additionally, the two package weights are within a range of plus or minu . . .

On the road again.(from the Editor's Desk)(Travel narrative)
After all the hard work and planning that went into the World Cup Seville, I found it most necessary to stay in Spain for a few days afterwards for some much needed vacation time. A close family fri . . .

Rwanda: producing more tea while maintaining its quality.(World News: Coffee and Tea Reports from the Front Line)(OCIR Tea Autho
KIGALI -- Last year, the tea board OCIR Tea sold 19 million kilograms of black tea, which brought in US $42 million. Although this was a 23% increase compared to the US $34 million earned in 2007, t . . .

Vietnam tea exports gain in five month period.(World News: Coffee and Tea Reports from the Front Line)
HANOI -- Farmers could still gain a profit of $100-200 per ton from export tea products because production and processing had saved costs. Vietnam's tea industry showed an increase in export volum . . .

Tanzanian coffee sector launches traceability system.(World News: Coffee and Tea Reports from the Front Line)
MOSHI -- The Tanzanian coffee sector is now set to comply with the European Union (EU) Food Laws and the U.S. (US) Bio-terrorism Act, using a new traceability system, originally developed by TraceTr . . .

200 top coffee executives met at UK Coffee Leader Summit 2009.(World News)
LONDON -- On May 19th, Allegra Strategies hosted the UK Coffee Leader Summit, a gathering of the most high profile and influential thought leaders from across the UK coffee shop sector. A range of t . . .

Seasonal tea flavors.(Flavor of the Month)
Question: How can you inject new interest in an existing product line of teas without exposing your company to the high costs and risks associated with a new product introduction? Nearly 90% of al . . .

Calendar.(Calendar)
July 10-12: Hawaii Coffee Association's 14th Annual Conference Waikapu, Maul, Hawaii Tel: +1(808) 323-3131 Web: www.hawaiicoffeeassoc.org August 14-16: Roasters Guild Retreat Stevenson . . .

Consequential coffee: how quality coffee bears fruit in Guatemala: each Guatemalan coffee is as different as the region it stems
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] We had been traveling for some time when I begin to wonder just how much deeper can we go into this land. It is nearly dark, and although it's not late, the perpendicular 9, . . .

Updates in the decaf market.(Decaf Details)
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] At the annual SCAA conference in Atlanta this year, I was amazed to see a number of newly developed products being introduced into the market. But year after year there rema . . .

Resilience in the face of the recession: besides getting an overview of the current concerns and challenges for the coffee busin
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] In the midst of the worst economic crisis in decades, most attendees at the National Coffee Association's 2009 Annual Convention in March probably wanted reassurance; at lea . . .

In Sri Lanka, tourism with a capital "tea".(Sri Lanka Tea)
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Perched along a twisting, mountainous road four kilometers south of Kandy is the quaint old Ceylon Tea Museum--its machinery lovingly restored for visitors eager to learn ab . . .

Hope in bloom: in the verdant mountains surrounding Chajul, Guatemala, something beautiful is growing. As the coffee bushes bloo
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] "The army came here when I was a child. Every family here was affected by the conflict, everyone lost a relative, a father or a brother," says Juana Hu Mateo, leader of the . . .

11 formulas to hook your customers.(Business Advice)
The factors that are attributed to a successful business are sometimes shrouded as an obquestious mystery that business owners continuously attempt to solve. Keith Hayward debunks the puzzle with hi . . .

Solo cup's sweet new plates, bowls and containers.(Product Showcase)
Bare by Solo are a new line of plates, bowls and takeout containers made with sugarcane, a renewable material. Called Sugarcane Dinnerware, the square, ivory-colored plates and bowls come in a one-p . . .

The Jasmine Pearl Tea Merchants eco-packaging.(Product Showcase)
The Jasmine Pearl Tea Merchants released a new product line of loose-leaf teas packaged in Eco-Canisters, a more environmentally responsible alternative to the company's traditional metal tea tins. . . .

Bottled Tea to benefit breast cancer research.(Product Showcase)
The Republic of Tea has added a limited edition tea, Sip for the Cure PassionFruit Green Tea, to their beverage line. Proceeds from this unsweetened glass bottled iced tea will benefit the Susan G. . . .

Guayaki launches San Mateo Yerba Mate.(Product Showcase)
Guayaki is celebrating yerba mate's diversity with the announcement of San Mateo Loose Yerba Mate. Sourced from the rainforest in the San Mateo region of Southern Brazil, this air-dried organic yerb . . .

Astoria (CMA Group) supports Coffee Kids.(Trade News)(Brief article)
Astoria (CMA Group) donated to the Coffee Kids organization the amount of US $ 17,000, being a sum resulting from sales generated by the Astoria Plus 4 You machines. The collaboration between Coff . . .

Consolidation of Martin Bauer's North America operations and corporate relocation.(Trade News)
The German Company MB Holding GmbH & Co. KG has consolidated its four North American operating businesses, Martin Bauer, Plantextrakt, MB North America representing Finzelberg and Kentea into a sing . . .

Batdorf & Bronson coffee roasters green coffee buyer.(People News)
Longtime company roaster Bob Benck was recently promoted to the position of green coffee buyer. Bob has been professionally roasting and cupping coffee at Batdorf & Bronson for 13 years and has been . . .

MPE announces new South and Central American division.(People News)
Modern Process Equipment (MPE) announces the addition of Eduardo Montero as the regional commercial manager for South America, Central America and Mexico. This office, based in Brazil, will provide . . .