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A statement has been circulated by the Coffee Board of Kenya, together with the commissioner of co-operatives. It seems that certain changes are on the wind, in terms of the coffee industry in the country. What’s going on? In an attempt to promote transparency and competition, the appointment of commercial millers and marketing agents to [...]
Posted by Matt on the 31st October 2011
When you think of a traditional Indian scene, coffee plantations may not be the first thing you think of. However, in modern times, the Indian coffee industry is going great guns – it seems that the world has woken up and smelled the coffee brewing in their country. In particular, it seems that the global [...]
Posted by Dennis on the 28th October 2011
The coffee farmers of Uganda should be happy: as reported in the news recently, exports of coffee from this African country may increase by 6.4% this month when compared with the export figures for the same period in 2010. This is according to the Coffee Development Authority. Coffee is a very important industry in the [...]
Posted by Dennis on the 27th October 2011
The question is rather general, but it hits on the results of a recently published study of more than 50,000 women who drink coffee. What did the study reveal? Apparently, those ladies who consumed more than two cups of coffee on a daily basis were statistically less prone to depression. It seems that caffeine could [...]
Posted by Dennis on the 26th October 2011
It seems that there has been a recent renaissance of the good old coffee morning to raise funds for charities. The Macmillan Cancer Support campaign for the World’s Biggest Coffee Morning in September this year proves that huge sums of money can be raised for excellent causes by employing tried and tested ways of doing [...]
Posted by Matt on the 25th October 2011
India, it seems, is getting a real taste for coffee and coffee beans. Apparently, it is a country which is consuming more and more! The Coffee Board has reported that last year’s crop produced some 302,000 tonnes of coffee and it is believed that the levels of domestic consumption are around half of that amount. [...]
Posted by Matt on the 24th October 2011
It is a rather encouraging reflection of the coffee culture in England that a coffee owner can open a new coffee house in this economic climate with some optimism. Studies have shown that despite the penny-pinching habits developed by many of us, our cup of coffee is something that we are happy to pay for [...]
Posted by Matt on the 21st October 2011
The Karolinska Institute in Sweden has carried out many research projects into the effects of coffee and recently there have been reports of a connection between breast cancer and the beverage. What transpired as a result of the investigations undertaken in Sweden? Women of course are keen to minimise their risks to the disease of [...]
Posted by Dennis on the 20th October 2011
They are a caring bunch in Lyme Regis and there is an ongoing programme of events to raise money for worthy causes and help those in need. One of the latest items in the local news is a coffee morning when visitors and locals were invited to visit the Baptist Church Hall and have a [...]
Posted by Dennis on the 19th October 2011
What is it about coffee? It seems to somehow cement people in social situations. How many times do we agree to meet up with family, friends or a date ‘for a cup of coffee’? And what is the time-honoured traditional means of fund-raising? The coffee morning. It seems that this is not just a British [...]
Posted by Dennis on the 18th October 2011
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