Coffee At Your Side - Coffee monthly newsletter section 82
Coffee production uncertainty driving prices up
A leader in the coffee trade in April released a new report resulted in the Brazilian coffee crop estimate prices rise again; A recent survey showed that the price of coffee in the first quarter of 2014 rose by 63.94%. Good price reaction caused so Minas Gerais growers started selling them since the last production season began storing coffee. These coffee vending great impact on a lot of cooperatives. For example, in Watt Virginia (Varginha), from 1 million bags of coffee inventories fell 400,000 bags. By the end of April, the Brazilian market bags of coffee (60kg loaded) prices in Brazil rose to 467 yuan (210 U.S. dollars), compared to only 279 in Brazil yuan (125 U.S. do...
Coffee At Your Side - THE BARS OF THE FUTURE? – Hybrid, specialised and with emotional appeal
MILAN, Italy – A meeting place, an agorà where the interior spaces interact with the outside and surrounding landscape, with tables set out on the square or sidewalk when the sun starts to appear.
This is essentially how Italian-style bars are run. But they need to keep up with changing demand and innovate accordingly, quite literally “catering” to the demands of a world that is changing at the speed of light, and customers who choose and indeed expect formats that are bang on trend – and increasingly that means spaces that give not just a catering service, but a pleasantly stimulating emotional experience as well.
“As the distin...
Coffee At Your Side - FUTURES MARKETS – Arabica prices spike to new highs
MILAN – Arabica futures spiked to more than 2-year highs on Monday fuelled by the growing concern for the impact of the drought. The most traded contract, for May delivery, reached new highs at 206.85 before finally giving into profit-taking and origin selling for a close of 203.40, still up 3.3 percent on Friday’s close, and the highest level seen since March 2nd 2012.
Brazil’s coffee belt received less weekend rain than expected, raising the prospects of a global deficit.
Brazilian meteorologist Somar said no significant precipitation was expected until at least March 19.
The overall drought conditions remain and drier trends through the next 10 days will be le...
A Major In Coffee? UC Davis Might Be Brewing One Up
The University of California, Davis, recently founded a Coffee Center dedicated to the study of the beloved brew.
Many of us have those friends who insist that they're coffee connoisseurs and drink exclusively drip brews. But really, there aren't many academic programs that train people in the taste and science of coffee.
That might all change soon. The University of California, Davis, recently founded a Coffee Center dedicated to the study of the world of java. This week, the center held its first research conference.
"There aren't a lot of things that so many people consume several times a day, every day," saysJ. Bruce German, who directs of the Foods for Health Institute at Davis. But ...
Coffee At Your Side - NSIGHT SPECIAL: ASIA COFFEE TRADE FLOWS
In the 20th century, coffee trade flows were a one way street. Green coffee flowed from origin to the consuming countries of North America, Europe and Japan. Some origin countries, like India and Brazil, built up a soluble manufacturing base, but this value-added coffee still flowed in the same way – from origin to the consuming countries.
Fast forward to the 21st century, and the rise of Asia.
Coffee trade flows have got a lot more complicated. The new consuming markets of South East Asia are all coffee producers, but there is a huge and growing trade of different types of green coffee, soluble coffee, and coffee mixes between these neighbours.
CHINA
In 2012/13, China p...
MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA – U.S.
assistance to coffee rust affected countries
By Desk1 / September 10, 2013 / No Comments
NEW YORK – Central America, southern Mexico, South America, and the Caribbean are experiencing one of the worst recorded outbreaks of coffee rust.
It is a devastating disease for coffee plants, threatening the livelihoods and food security of smallholder coffee farmers. The U.S. Department of Agriculture estimates that coffee production in Mexico and Central America will decline by seven percent this year and may fall even further next year. The United States is working closely with affected governments, international organizations, civil society, coffee associations, and the private sector t...
THE ZERO GRAVITY COFFEE CUP
Orignal: http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2013/15jul_coffeecup/
July 15, 2013: High above our planet in the realm of satellites and space stations, the familiar rules of Earth do not apply. The midday sky is as black as night. There is no up and no down. Dropped objects do not fall, and hot air does not rise.
Of all the strange things that happen up there, however, it is possible that the strangest happens to coffee.
Physics professor Mark Weislogel of Portland State University has given a lot of thought to coffee (and other fluids) in space, and he describes what happens:
"For starters," he says, "it would be a chore just getting the coffee into the cup. Absent t...
Arabica Roasters has been busy in April! In the beginning of the month, we took part in the super-luxury event Hainan Rendezvous and the Sinan Cup the following week. The month was rounded out by a trip to Shenzhen, where Arabica Roasters provided coffee for a meeting of business leaders from the Shenzhen Hotel Association.
For the fourth year in a row, Arabica Roasters has attended Hainan Rendezvous, held in the beautiful island province of Sanya. We provided high-end luxury coffee to exhibition attendees as they perused through numerous attractions, which included massive yachts (some as large as 50 meters), supercars such as the McLaren P1, and private helicopters.
The following week, Arabica Roasters was...
Welcome!
Notice anything different around here? Yeah, we're pretty excited about it!
We'll be adding lots of new stuff to the blog, but I just wanted to point out a few things right away:
• The new discount system is pretty great: you collect points and the more you get, the bigger your discounts on everything in the store! Your points will last, so you can start stockpiling right away.
• The online training section is still under construction, but it's got some serious tools to help anyone out there learn the basics of making coffee at home. Don't worry if you grew up doing it differently; there are more ways to make good coffee, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
• Check out the Weibo for...