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One of the world’s most exotic coffee-growing areas is the subject of a trade rescue appeal, following a disaster which has been barely reported in the world news, having been largely overshadowed by the events in Haiti.
Posted: 15 February 2010 | 18:22
The first national champions of the speciality coffee year have taken their prizes at the Expowest foodservice show in Exeter.Ttles were awarded for ‘latte art’, the skill of pouring or etching a design on the top of a cop of coffee, and for the best speciality coffee cocktail.
Posted: 15 February 2010 | 18:12
One of the main aims of UK Coffee Week in September 2010 will be to raise a million pounds to provide clean drinking water and education to poor communities in African coffee-producing countries.
Posted: 15 February 2010 | 17:57
The beverage trade’s reaction to the launch of Costa Coffee’s ‘flat white’ drink has been more intense and more varied than anyone expected – but it has served a very good purpose for the hospitality trade by bringing the speciality-coffee trade into the general spotlight at just the right time.
Posted: 01 February 2010 | 13:44
This year will certainly turn out to be the best opportunity the hospitality trade has ever had to capitalise on espresso-based coffee. The latest news from the barista championships, potentially the biggest promotional event in speciality coffee, is all good...
Posted: 26 January 2010 | 12:54
Peros, the leading supplier of Fairtrade beverages and similar products to the hospitality trade, has had a successful holiday season in winning awards.
Posted: 15 January 2010 | 10:40
The conference programme at this year’s Caffe Culture exhibition offers valuable insights for those in the wider catering and hospitality trades who want to maximize their returns from hot beverages.
Posted: 08 January 2010 | 12:21
There will be more than 12,500 coffee shop outlets in the UK by the end of 2012 as coffee culture becomes “fully entrenched in modern UK lifestyle”, experts predicted today. The ninth annual UK Project Café report, from analyst firm Allegra Strategies, shows that the coffee shop market...
Posted: 16 December 2009 | 07:00
Whitbread has made a £36m cash offer for Coffeeheaven, the UK-owned operator of 90 coffee shops in central and eastern Europe. The move, which followed last Friday’s announcement that Whitbread was in “advanced discussions” over a potential deal...
Posted: 15 December 2009 | 10:18
Whitbread is in “advanced discussions” with coffee bar operator Coffeeheaven regarding a possible takeover. The business, which counts Premier Inn budget hotels, pubs and Costa Coffee cafés among its assets, is discussing a cash offer of 24p per ordinary Coffeeheaven share.
Posted: 11 December 2009 | 11:33
To the fascination of the entire British coffee trade, Starbucks has added the ‘flat white’ to its coffee menu. Flat white is an espresso drink of Australian origin and was one of the drinks we predicted would become the next mainstream menu item, in Caterer and Hotelkeeper’s Inside Beverages feature in August.
Posted: 09 December 2009 | 16:58
Instant coffee, it has been revealed, is the drink which will save the planet. At the same time, it may help humans live longer. The curious findings come from one new research report, and one product launch.
Posted: 09 December 2009 | 16:49
The Bath Coffee Festival has launched itself with all the ingredients for a flavoured latte and a biscuit on the side. The first four major sponsors to sign up have been announced as Taylerson’s Malmesbury Syrups, coffee roaster Martin Carwardine, Gold Top Milk, and the Marshfield bakery.
Posted: 08 December 2009 | 10:16
A round-up of the weekend's news affecting the hospitality industry. News includes: hospitality staff at high risk of divorce; chef Gino D’Acampo faces charges after killing and eating rat; sale or refinancing on the cards for Chicago Rock Café ; Starbucks launches ‘flat white’ coffees and more...
Posted: 07 December 2009 | 10:18
The competition season has started in the beverage world and, with the big coffee promotional year just round the corner, several high street names have held their own in-house barista contests in a bid to join the big coffee spotlight of 2010.
Posted: 27 November 2009 | 16:14
Cream Supplies, the company known as a main distributor of flavoured syrup brands for use in coffee, has made the surprise move of launching two coffee-brewing products at the same time. One of them has, to the distributor’s own surprise, already aroused the interest of some chefs.
Posted: 17 November 2009 | 13:33
The AMT coffee-bar chain will celebrate the fifth anniversary of its move to selling only Fairtrade coffee during the final week of November, despite recent criticism aimed at the concept.
Posted: 17 November 2009 | 13:11
One of the greatest advances in coffee has matured into a mainstream aid to caterers. Ian Boughton explains the impact of the easy-serve espresso pod.
Posted: 13 November 2009 | 12:39
The trade in take-away beverages has risen at an extraordinary rate in recent years and it's not too late for your business to benefit. Ian Boughton reports.
Posted: 13 November 2009 | 10:55
London restaurateur and caterer Oliver Peyton has branched out into the coffee shop market and launched this espresso bar at the British Library. Located at the Euston Road entrance, it complements Peyton and Byrne's catering contract at the historic venue.
Posted: 11 November 2009 | 17:20
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