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Two of the most significant coffee roasters in the Republic of Ireland are competing to become the most ecologically-conscious in the coffee industry.
Posted: 08 October 2008 | 14:03
The top coffee house in Britain, as recognised by the Beverage Service Association in its 2008 Bev-e awards, is Sadliers Coffee Lounge of Tettenhall, near Wolverhampton.
Posted: 26 September 2008 | 17:17
The Scottish coffee-house chain Beanscene, which went into administration earlier this year, has been bought.
Posted: 24 September 2008 | 11:33
Starbucks has launched its Shared Planet espresso, promoted as a ‘100% responsibly-grown, ethically-traded’ coffee… and, predictably, the world’s media and activist forums have had a field day.
Posted: 24 September 2008 | 11:21
Shelter from the Storm, the charity for the homeless launched by Louie Salvoni from Espresso Service and unveiled by Caterer & Hotelkeeper last week, has now achieved registered-charity status and achieved unexpected success at its launch.
Posted: 24 September 2008 | 10:45
The Speciality Coffee Association of Europe, the trade body for the modern espresso-related beverage market is looking for a new UK Co-ordinator – Steve Penk of La Spaziale has resigned the position, and will be taking up a new role with the world barista championship.
Posted: 24 September 2008 | 10:37
Starbucks has finally introduced its new Mastrena espresso machine to British stores, but although it continues to talk about a ‘state-of-the-art’ machine, it remains coy about what the equipment actually does.
Posted: 11 September 2008 | 11:46
Confidence in the coffee shop sector remains high, even though café operators have expressed some concern over current trading conditions.
Posted: 11 September 2008 | 11:41
The Fair Instant brand from FFI will now develop from soluble coffee to roast-and-ground, with the launch of the Fair Ground range.
Posted: 11 September 2008 | 11:37
The London School of Coffee has enlarged and improved its facilities in Kingston-upon-Thames to create ‘a state-of-the-art training facility with the feel of being in a café bar’.
Posted: 11 September 2008 | 11:32
Last month saw several moves in the trend towards roaster-retailing, including the introduction of the unusual Neotech Neorost roasting machine at the Ismail café in Tunbridge Wells.
Posted: 11 September 2008 | 11:19
Wicked Coffee is taking part in a campaign to preserve tropical rainforests in Indonesia and Honduras.
Posted: 11 September 2008 | 11:14
For more than a decade, the coffee segment's growth was fueled by consumers' insatiable interest in caffeine kicks. In an altered economy, will all of those $4 cups of coffee continue to sell? Operators hedge their bets by playing both sides of the value equation.
Posted: 10 September 2008 | 15:40
A very well-kept charity secret from within the beverage trade will come into the open next week when Louie Salvoni, head of Espresso Service, reveals a venture that has been going for four years but has, up to now, been known to only to a few people in his industry.
Posted: 10 September 2008 | 11:32
Recent research claims employee happiness as the key reason for providing coffee in their business.
Posted: 11 August 2008 | 11:21
The Edinburgh coffee roaster and tea blender Brodies became the main trade distributor of Segafredo Zanetti, the Italian coffee brand, at the start of August.
Posted: 05 August 2008 | 10:56
The research organisation Allegra has announced its first European Coffee Symposium, a major talking-shop to be held in London on 17 October.
Posted: 05 August 2008 | 10:48
Whitbread has opened its latest Costa coffee store in China’s Beijing ahead of the 2008 Olympic Games.
Posted: 05 August 2008 | 07:00
The latest hotel chain to devise an in-house barista championship as part of its work to improve its coffee has been Abode, the group founded by celebrity chef Michael Caines, who was in on the judging.
Posted: 04 August 2008 | 17:00
General caterers who want to learn more about the secrets of successful independent coffee-bar businesses will probably get their chance in September, when the latest Allegra report appears.
Posted: 04 August 2008 | 16:30
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