Uganda, one of Africa’s major coffee exporters, is set to have its first instant coffee processing plant to be set up by an Indian coffee company, local media reported on Wednesday.
According to the agreement signed between the government and TATA Coffee (Uganda) Ltd on Tuesday,the construction of the plant in Jinja, 80 km east of Kampala, would start in two months and complete in early 2009.
“For over 100 years we have never had a chance to process coffee. For the first time Uganda will export instant coffee. This is an important development,â€Â? said Uganda’s Finance Minister Ezra Suruma, who signed the agreement on behalf of the government. Read the rest of this entry »
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Oxfam America has joined a broad coalition of student groups, nongovernmental organizations, and Ethiopian community members, all calling on Starbucks to help Ethiopian farmers make more off their crops.
More than a year ago, Ethiopia approached Starbucks and asked the company to lead the coffee industry by example and sign an agreement recognizing Ethiopia’s legal ownership of its fine coffee names. If companies like Starbucks signed such agreements, Ethiopia would occupy a stronger negotiating position with foreign buyers, capture a larger share of the market associated with its coffee names, and better protect its brands. Read the rest of this entry »
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Follow the Story: How to Write Successful Nonfiction - by James B. Stewart, 1998
James B. Stewart proposes a more creative type of nonfiction that tells a compelling story, and his ideas have become the basics for many journalists today. Stewart’s ideas about nonfiction stem directly from his experience as a writer and editor of The Wall Street Journal’s lengthy page-1 feature stories, which explore subjects, as Stewart says, “in depth, with style, and often … with wit.” “Good writing,” Stewart says, “is rooted not in knowledge, but in curiosity.” Curiosity too, says Stewart, “is what make readers read the stories that result.” Using examples from his own writing (for the Journal, The New Yorker, and SmartMoney, and also from his books Blood Sport and Den of Thieves), the Pulitzer Prize-winning Stewart shows how to turn your curiosity into ideas, story proposals, and then the stories themselves. Each part of the writing process from cultivating sources, gathering information, writing the lead and the transition, structuring your piece, and then concluding it, is discussed with authority and demonstrated masterfully. Stewart also includes chapters on how to use (but not overuse) description, dialogue, anecdotes, humor, and pathos to strengthen your work.
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Cappuccino Cocktails & Coffee Martinis: Specialty Coffee Recipes and ‘A-Whole-Latte’ more! - by Susan M. Zimmer, 2004
NOTE: This review is based on a previous version of the book, but the newer 2004 version contains the same material, only more of it! The link will take you to the new edition.
My writing instructors always admonished me to, “Write about what you know!” Susan Zimmer must have entertained the same tutors, because she’s written the most thorough book about the love of her life - coffee. Read the rest of this entry »
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