United Nations Designates 2025 'The International Year of Cooperatives'
2025 is the United Nations International Year of Cooperatives, spotlighting the transformative potential of cooperatives in fostering sustainable economic development... Read more
Feb 2, 2025
Tea Board of India Lays Down the Rules
On 1 January 2025, the Tea Board of India’s Coonoor office released a circular drawing the attention of every tea warehouse, blending and packaging unit... Read more
Jan 30, 2025
Scientists Discover the Source of Purple Tea’s Color and Health Benefits
In a landmark study, researchers have unlocked the genetic secret behind purple tea’s vibrant color and exceptional health benefits. Read more
Jan 30, 2025
Gaza Ceasefire Enables Cargo Ships to Transit Red Sea
Fourteen months after Yemen-based insurgents strangled transit through the Suez Canal, shipping firms are cautiously optimistic that a Gaza truce will enable safe passage. Read more
Jan 30, 2025
Accelerating Carbon and Nature Action, Measurement and Rewards in the Tea Industry
Tea production requires less water and produces fewer CO2 emissions than coffee. Yet, the industry has fallen far behind coffee when it comes to sustainable... Read more
Jan 11, 2025
Africa Prepares for EU Deforestation Regulations
Africa’s coffee industry is navigating a transformative moment as it adapts to the European Union’s Deforestation Regulation (EUDR). This new rule, aimed at combating deforestation... Read more
Jan 9, 2025
Cellular Agriculture Redefines The Future Of Coffee
Climate change is taking a massive toll on global coffee cultivation. The erratic climate phenomenon, labor challenges, declining soil health... Read more
Jan 8, 2025
Cargill Exits Mombasa Tea Auction
Cargill Kenya, Ltd., the largest buyer at the Mombasa auction, has ceased trading tea after 40 years. Read more
Jan 8, 2025
Brazil Drought Leads Volcafe to Cut Arabica Estimate by 11 Million Bags
Coffee trade giant Volcafe predicts Brazil will produce less than 35 million 60-kilo bags in the 2025/26 season, revising the September estimate downward by 11 million bags to 34.4 million 132-pound bags. Read more
Dec 13, 2024
Angola’s Coffee Industry Revival Roadmap
Angola is pursuing an integrated approach to revive its collapsed but promising coffee industry. The plan involves a mix of government and private financing and new agriculture-focused policy strategies. Read more
Dec 12, 2024
NEWS TIPS (ICYMI)
Coffee Industry on Edge as Trump Briefly Proposes 25% Tariffs on Colombian Goods | Daily Coffee News
TreeHouse Foods Completes Acquisition of Harris Tee | Tree House Foods
Coffee’s 94% Rally Finally Hits the Last Holdouts for Demand | Bloomberg
UK Buyers to Dive Deep into Sri Lankan Tea Craft | Daily Mirror
Starbucks to Cut a Third of its Menu Offerings | Business Insider
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