The University of Hawaii is developing a signature tea that Hawaii can market the way it markets its speciality coffees, according to Andrew Hashimoto, dean of the UH School of Tropical Agriculture. “It’s already growing in our experimental station,” he said. “We want something that is unique to Hawaii. Something comparable to Kona coffee that cannot be duplicated elsewhere.” Read more at Pacific Business News.
Making a foray into the booming Indian beverages market, UAE-based Abbasi Group will open three outlets of the coffee chain ‘Coffee bean and tea leaf’ in Mumbai next year. The Mumbai launch will be followed by new coffee shops in Pune and Bangalore, according to the Chief Financial Officer of Abbasi Group Jayant Gandhi. Read more at Zee News.
Public Relation Officer of LPMC, Shelton Gonkerwon, told reporters that Liberian farmers, especially those involved with coffee and cocoa produce, were been aided by some Guineans to trade the commodities across the borders on a daily basis. According to Mr. Gonkerwon, the Guineans were purchasing the coffee and cocoa from the Liberian farmers on flat rate basis in Nimba County, a trend that robbed the LPMC in the past of its statutory mandate. Read more at All Africa.
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