This year’s Hawaii coffee crop is a double shot — lower Kona production but higher output on the other islands. In an off-year for a crop that tends to alternate between larger and smaller harvests because of the way the trees grow, Hawaii coffee growers will produce 7.3 million pounds this season. Read more at Pacific Business News.
The Kalinga province has another brand of brewed coffee to capture the renowned “Kalinga taste” among coffee lovers. Noryn Bagano of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) provincial office said the new brand — Saltan Brewed Coffee — carries the name of the place where it originates, along the bank of Saltan River in Taga, Pinukpuk. Read more at the Sun Star.
More than a year after coffee futures in India met with a major snag and never came out of that, another leading exchange has sought the approval of the Forwards Market Commission (FMC) to launch coffee futures. The request of the MCX is before the FMC, though exchange officials refused to comment on it. Read more at Yahoo! Finance India
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