Malawi advised to focus on coffee production
The Nyasa Times has reported recently on the need for the Malawi coffee industry to boost their output.
The African country is said to be very well placed to achieve this one of the reasons for the plea for extra-concentration on productivity in the area.
The Africa Fine Coffee Association spokesperson has gone on the record, by noting that the international market requires quality and quantity to improve.
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American style coffee is on its way to Lincoln
The world, it seems, has a growing appetite for coffee.
There have been many stories of the success in coffee shops of riding out the economic downturn, in some cases even flourishing in spite of it.
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Coffee shop receives award in London Lifestyle Awards
Have you heard of the London Lifestyle Awards?
They are designed to celebrate the best of the best in the thriving and cosmopolitan Big Smoke city.
Who decides who wins these awards?
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Do you know what cupping is?
Perhaps you think it is something to do with an exotic beauty treatment?
Or a cookery term?
In fact, there is such a thing as coffee cupping and, if you are something of a coffee connoisseur (or would like to be) then the odds are that you might end up at such an event.
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Indonesia sets its sights on the US market
Indonesia, as has been reported recently in the news, is something of a success story in terms of its coffee production.
It is now one of the biggest producers in the world, after Brazil and Vietnam.
How much is produced? Some 700,000 tonnes.
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Epic coffee festival is underway
If you’re something of a coffee fan and you happen to be in Coimbatore in India, then you might like to swing by the coffee festival which is underway there.
Whereas many coffee festivals are held for a day or two, the Cafe Coffee Day festival is set to last for a considerably longer period of time.
How long?
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Do students prefer coffee or alcohol?
The BBC published an interesting article recently, which addressed this very question.
What do you think?
Sure, the stereotypical student downs frightening quantities of alcohol, but is this just a stereotype or is it borne out in practice?
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World Tourism Market 2012 in for a coffee treat
Did you know that the World Trade Market is taking place in London this year?
It will run from 5 November (that’s Bonfire Night for the Brits) until 8 November at the Excel Exhibition Centre.
The World Trade Market is the second largest exhibition, but this year there will be something of a coffee treat.
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Jumbo coffee
Have you heard about the coffee which is prepared using civets?
In Indonesia, this luwak coffee became rather famous as the civets – an animal a little like a ferret – selected and ate the best coffee berries.
The farmers then used the residue of the coffee from the animal’s excrement to make coffee (thoroughly washed and treated beforehand of course!).
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Which local coffee shop would you recommend?
Let’s face it: most coffee lovers have a soft spot for one of their local coffee shops.
It was observed, for instance, by a few commentators that some start-up coffee businesses, as well as other coffee outlets, managed to survive the economic downturn remarkably well.
Some even flourished.
Why?
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