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Gourmet Dining - 2015 World Barista Competition in China trials (CBC) - Chengdu Sub-Division2014-08-12
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Gourmet Dining - 2015 World Barista Competition in China trials (CBC) - Chengdu Sub-Division The top three winners from CBC Chengdu Division will be qualified for the final round of CBC China. The champion goes to Mr. Zhang Yinzhe from Da Lian division who will represent China to attend World Barista Championship (WBC) to be held at Seattle next year. Chengdu - 2015 World Barista competition trials in China officially kicked off the southwestern city of sounding drum, the curtain will be opened Aug. 8, 2014. CBC as the most authoritative coffee events, along with coffee and coffee culture enthusiasts bit mellow and around the world to spread and stick to dream about coffee. As one of the important sub-division CBC, organizers and organizer Chengdu Mei Ming Trading Co...
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Coffee and Culture - China's new coffee culture2014-08-11
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Coffee and Culture - China's new coffee culture A comfortable and playful hanging chair, an elegant piano, an array of display cabinets, as well as a warm and elegant frescoes, can create a sufficiently impressive atmosphere. Segment of non-female gentle, sensitive to coffee culture is completely up to the spiritual realm. Exposure to this atmosphere, holding a cup or a mature and courageous "Blue Mountain" or content-rich "latte" or concise open-minded "iced coffee" table sporadically placed some or fashionable or traditional books, ears echoing or melodious romantic jazz or pop songs, constitute a Beijing coffee culture fashion pictures. High quality, diversity - "Son of Heaven foot" coffee culture According ...
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Coffee At Your Side - THE BARS OF THE FUTURE? – Hybrid, specialised and with emotional appeal2014-08-08
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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...
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Healthy Living– A cup of coffee a day may help prevent retinal damage2014-08-07
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Healthy Living– A cup of coffee a day may help prevent retinal damage Drinking coffee every day may help prevent the deteriorating eyesight and possible blindness from retinal degeneration due to glaucoma, aging and diabetes. Raw coffee is, on average, just 1 percent caffeine, but it contains 7 to 9 percent chlorogenic acid (CLA), a strong antioxidant that prevents retinal degeneration in mice, according to a Cornell study published in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry (December 2013). The retina is a thin tissue layer on the inside, back wall of the eye with millions of light-sensitive cells and other nerve cells that receive and organize visual information. It is also one of the most metabolically active tissues, demanding high levels of oxygen a...
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Environment - Bio Bean wins £20,000 first prize in Santander Universities Entrepreneurship Competiti2014-08-06
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Environment - Bio Bean wins £20,000 first prize in Santander Universities Entrepreneurship Competiti Bio Bean, the coffee grounds recycling company founded by UCL graduates Arthur Kay and Benjamin Harriman, has won a Santander Universities Entrepreneurship postgraduate award, including grant funding for their business of £20,000. The team triumphed after pitching their business idea in front of a panel of judges and were chosen out of five finalists, and beat off competition from institutions ranging from London Business School, the University of Cambridge, the University of Edinburgh and the Open University. The award comes just weeks after the company was also awarded $100,000 in funding at the inauguration of the Class of 2015 programme run by...
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Gourmet Dining - It’s hot? Refresh yourself with a cold extra creamy cappuccino2014-08-05
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Gourmet Dining - It’s hot? Refresh yourself with a cold extra creamy cappuccino Cappuccino is one of the most consumed beverages in the world, but in summer and in hot countries, when temperatures are high, its consumption inevitably goes down. For this baristas from all over the world have created a number of cold drinks based on coffee and milk. In Canada, Australia and Chile, as in Germany, the United States of America, Thailand, Saudi Arabia or the Philippines, espresso and milk are used interchangeably to prepare typically refreshing drinks. Greece, in particular, is one of the countries where the cold espresso is particularly widespread, prepared either alone with ice, or with other ingredients, including milk. However, all these drinks can not be compare...
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Coffee And Culture - Coffee Board to offer courses to increase local coffee demand2014-08-04
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Coffee And Culture - Coffee Board to offer courses to increase local coffee demand In an effort to make coffee available and more popular across the country, especially in tea dominated northern India, the Indian Coffee Board is set to launch a program to train people around the country to be coffee makers or baristas. The ‘Barista training program’ of the Indian Coffee Board, involving a specially crafted syllabus will guide aspirants interested in coffee on the various aspects of coffee making, and will be launched in July according to the chairman of the Coffee Board Jawaid Akhtar. Trainees will study the different types of coffee seeds, the right temperatures for roasting them, the best ways of grinding, and the right chemistry for a good coffee, says Akht...
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Coffee At Your Side - FUTURES MARKETS – Arabica prices spike to new highs2014-08-01
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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...
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Healthy Living - How coffee can be good for your skin2014-07-31
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Healthy Living – How coffee can be good for your skin It looks like today's metropolitan lives are fuelled by coffee. Sure, we love that coffee perks us up to last through the day, and we've practically embraced those quaint joints that mark every street corner. However, there are reasons beyond the obvious that show how coffee permeates through our lives. While it is scientifically proven that this 'wonder drink', when consumed in moderation, promotes good health and contains properties that help you keep illness at bay, coffee lovers now have a reason to rejoice as we decipher its numerous benefits for the skin! Delving deeper into the benefits of coffee, it has also been noted that coffee is great for the skin. While drinking a cup gets you that interna...
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Environment - Launched Wicovalve W606E biocompatible valve for coffee industry2014-07-30
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Environment - Launched Wicovalve W606E biocompatible valve for coffee industry VOLKETSWIL, Switzerland – Wipf AG launches WICOVALVE W606E, the world’s first biocompatible valve. The WICOVALVE W606E was developed especially for the coffee industry and can be composted pursuant to industrial standard EN 13432 in combination with biodegradable laminates. This innovation is yet another milestone introduced in the centennial year of Wipf AG. The WICOVALVE valve technology has been systematically refined in the past 30 years to attain the highest conceivable quality standards. Thanks to a failure rate of less than 0.01%, comprehensive functionality, and a shelf life of three years, the valves represent the widely accepted benchmark today. The ...
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