Ethically-inclined Christmas gifts are becoming increasingly popular and the latest offering, a board game with a fair trade theme, is also “fun to use.”
‘Mt Kilajava’ has just been released by Monsoon Games, based in Christchurch. The game explores the theme of coffee production, and illustrates the fickle nature of the global coffee trade from a farmer’s perspective. Read the rest of this entry »
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Watch Brad Pitt act like a caffeine-freak in Roots Coffee commercials, produced in Japan. What?!? He needed the money!
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A dinner lady who fell and broke her hip after she was startled by a coffee machine was awarded £60,000 damages yesterday.Helen Given, 61, jumped backwards in shock and toppled over when something “flashed� inside the drinks dispenser.
“The machine was like a wild animal. It started hissing and spitting water and then suddenly there was a flash.” She added, “I just got such a fright that when I jumped back I lost my balance and fell over. Everyone knew that machine was an accident waiting to happen.:
Two witnesses told the court they then saw Helen jump back from the dispenser in right. One of them backed her story that the machine “flashed.” In a written judgment, Lord Emslie admitted he had been doubtful about Helen’s story. But he added: “Truth is, as the saying goes, often stranger than fiction.”
Hahahahahahaha - Read more at The Daily Record.
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The project on developing Arabica coffee in Vietnam, which was kicked off eight years ago, is facing failure. This is an ambitious project that aims to develop the Arabica coffee plantation area in 15 northern mountainous provinces, allowing Vietnam to export Arabica coffee to the world. The investment capital for the first phase of the project was VND800bil ($50mil), a part of which came from French AFD loans. Read more at VietNamNet.
Kraft Foods Inc. is selling its Maxwell House coffee plant in Houston, Texas to Maximus Coffee Group for an undisclosed sum, according to the Houston Business Journal in Houston, Texas. Maximus Coffee Group is Affiliated with Houston-based Cadeco Industries Inc. Read all about it at AMonline.
Coffee chain Caribou Coffee Co. on Wednesday said it will open at least 25 coffee shops in South Korea over the next five years through a licensing agreement with E&Z Coffee Co. Read more at Business Week.
DAVAO Region’s coffee production decreased by 4.85 percent based on the latest monitoring conducted by the Bureau of Agricultural Statistics (BAS) in June this year. BAS reported that from a volume of 7,305.64 metric tons in June last year, the region only produced 6,951.01 metric tons of coffee this June. Read more at the Sun.Star (Phillipines).
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Israeli group Strauss-Elite has begun construction of a new €10m production facility in Serbia as it looks to consolidate its position as one of the leading coffee processors in the country. The group, which operates in the country via its Doncafe brand – acquired in 2004 – is already one of the leading coffee producers in South East Europe and is keen to meet growing demand in the sector. Read more at CEE Food Industry.
A monthly report from the Uganda Coffee Development Authority said 250,728 60-kilo bags worth $22.96m (sh40.9b) were exported, indicating a 38% increase in volume compared to what was exported during a similar period last year. Read more at New Vision.
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