May 15, 2015 - 11:28AM Rose Powell. Sydney Morning Herald. The declaration of a strengthening El Nino has raised concerns about agricultural and mining commodities, with coffee and palm oil likely to experience the sharpest price rises. The Australian Bureau of Meteorology this week confirmed earlier...
Jun 10, 2015. The Wall Street Journal A barista brews coffee at a Blue Bottle Coffee shop in Tokyo in April. Associated Press Starbucks expanded to all 47 prefectures in Japan this year and Blue Bottle Coffee opened its first store in the country in February. Their bets are...
By Ed Young, National Geographic 14th July 2015 http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2015/07/14/this-beetle-is-ruining-your-coffee-with-the-help-of-bacteria/ I am writing a book about partnerships between animals and microbes. In the process, I have consumed a frankly obscene amount of coffee, to the extent that the dedication might just read “To coffee, with thanks”. So, it...
Reuters Health BY KATHRYN DOYLE - Mon Nov 16, 2015 5:12pm EST (Reuters Health) – People who drink coffee daily, even up to four cups per day, are less likely to die from heart disease, neurological disease, type 2 diabetes or suicide than others, according to...
The Australian Coffee Traders Association sponsored Industry Forum - Building A Sustainable Future, with the aim to gain better understanding of the current situation and initiate a working group to further this agenda. Recent media coverage and increased awareness of sustainability practices are drawing the focus on the environmental...
Overview Most forecasters adjusted global production forecasts for the coming year to around 154 mio bags, this was largely due revised Brazilian crop estimates of from 48 to50 mil bags. Brazil The 2014 crop figure increased as the current seasons forecast exceeded all expectations. Instead of a 47 mio...