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A man who runs a coffee cart in London has become the UK barista champion for this year and will represent the country in the world’s speciality-coffee championship in the USA next month.
Posted: 13 March 2009 | 10:34
The Advertising Standards Authority has upheld complaints against the British Coffee Association for claims that coffee can ‘play an active role… in terms of health and fitness’, that it could alleviate the symptoms of the common cold, and that if taken with Ibuprofen, coffee could act as a safe painkiller.
Posted: 10 March 2009 | 16:03
The best roadside cuppa in the UK is served at the Megabites café, of Copnor, Portsmouth, according to the first-ever AA Patrol Approved awards, in which staff from the roadside rescue organisation voted for their favourite stopping places throughout the country.
Posted: 10 March 2009 | 15:24
A UK Coffee Summit will be held in London on 19 May, the day before the beverage trade’s annual exhibition, Caffe Culture.
Posted: 10 March 2009 | 14:58
Metropolitan Coffee of London has taken on distribution of coffees from Kimbo, which promotes itself as the third largest coffee roaster in Italy.
Posted: 10 March 2009 | 12:42
Independent hospitality firms would do well to get involved in this year's national Loo of the Year Awards, which highlight the best places 'to go' in Britain, Ireland and the Channel Islands.
Posted: 10 March 2009 | 12:26
Hilton is to offer Costa coffee in 60 of its UK hotels after agreeing a deal with Whitbread.
Posted: 10 March 2009 | 08:00
BaxterStorey is to adopt Fairtrade coffee as standard across its operation, and use the profits from the sale of the beverage to fund a newly established charitable foundation.
Posted: 03 March 2009 | 12:15
Starbucks has today confirmed the launch of a new product already hinted at in the American press. The coffee chain is moving into instant or soluble coffee, which will be sold for the first time in Starbucks London stores on 25 March.
Posted: 17 February 2009 | 00:00
Gary McGann, previously managing director of Espresso Warehouse, will join wholesaler Beyond the Bean next month as sales and marketing director.
Posted: 20 January 2009 | 14:57
The UK Barista Championship, the greatest training opportunity of the year for beverage operators, will determine the seven regional finalists during January and February.
Posted: 07 January 2009 | 15:07
A German tea company is attempting to prevent a British caterer from using the logo of an English teapot.
Posted: 07 January 2009 | 14:47
Two European tea manufacturers have come up with new ideas to overcome the problem of handling spent teabags, which is a continuing cause of complaint in the hotel and restaurant trades.
Posted: 07 January 2009 | 14:37
There are conflicting reports concerning the future of Whittard, the tea specialist which went into administration just before Christmas.
Posted: 07 January 2009 | 13:06
Costa Coffee has been the star performer for Whitbread, according to the group’s report for the 39 weeks to November.
The coffee-shop brand reported an increase in total sales of 22.6 per cent, far higher than any of Whitbread business – the nearest was Premier Inns, which recorded a 16.4 per cent increase.
Posted: 16 December 2008 | 15:32
Douwe Egberts has announced that it continues to move towards achieving 100% sustainability for all its coffee products, by increasing purchases of sustainable green coffee beans by more than 30 per cent to 26,500 tonnes in 2009.
Posted: 16 December 2008 | 13:01
CBS television news in America has had the chance to interview Howard Schulz, top man at Starbucks, this week – and the American reporters did not shirk from asking him a few awkward questions.
Posted: 16 December 2008 | 12:01
Any economic downturn spells bad news for foodservice, but historically, beverage sales- especially alcohol- have proven blissfully immune to the country's financial woes. Now that consumers face unprecedented uncertainty about their financial security, have the rules changed?
Posted: 03 December 2008 | 16:42
Shareholders in Coffee Republic today voted in favour of the coffee chain’s plan to raise £800,000 to pay off debt and provide working capital.
Posted: 01 December 2008 | 12:55
Starbucks has made the move that supporters of ethically-traded coffee have demanded for so long, stating all espresso coffee sold in its British and Irish stores will be Fairtrade-certified by the end of 2009.
Posted: 26 November 2008 | 18:00
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