More and more premium teas contain other agricultural ingredients that are essential to their differentiation: flower buds and petals, spices, herbs, fruit leaves and peel, scents, extracts, and oil essences.
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By working hand-in-glove with small tea growers, a bought-leaf factory can outperform the market. Read more
Robusta’s share of global coffee consumption is just 40%. But high inflation is nudging some consumers to trade down to arabica’s cheaper cousin. Read more
Pods have made progress toward sustainability in recent years. But coffee companies will struggle with pending regulations in the critical European market. Read more
IMA Coffee strives to answer the needs of the industry, engineering top-quality solutions to enhance the performance of their customers. Read more
Socially responsive businesses today want not only to stamp out child labor but also to ensure good conditions for families in every dimension. Read more
Tea-loving India hasn’t yet fallen for coffee in a huge way, but consumption has been on the rise during the past 10 years. Read more
One reason rooibos tea has become so popular in Europe, Japan, and America during the past two decades is consumers’ perception that it is healthy to drink. Read more
Specialty coffee fans say nothing beats a single origin. Yet blends have their own advantages and appeal. Read more
Modern fruit and floral tea blends trace their ancestry to ancient tribal apothecaries and, more recently, to a Hamburg warehouse where Stefan Gieschke secretly spent evenings mixing aromatic bits of this and that. Read more
Nicaragua was the world’s 18th biggest exporter of coffee in 2020 and in 2023/24 is set to produce 2.7 million 60-kg bags, about the same as the year before. Read more
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