Tag: coffee

• Thursday, May 11th 2023 - 10:36 UTC

  Brazilian coffee exports fall 10.3% in April

  

  According to this week's latest report from the Council of Brazilian Coffee Exporters (Cecafé)., Brazil exported some 2.7 million bags (60 kilos) of coffee last month, 10.3% less than in April of 2022, which represented US$ 604.5 million in revenues, 16.9% less than in the same month last year.

• Monday, February 13th 2023 - 09:36 UTC

  Luxury Coffee Experience: Australian coffee shop offers Panamanian coffee at $140 per cup

  

  A café in Melbourne, Australia offers its customers a unique experience by serving a cup of coffee for 140 dollars, 50 times the market price. The city of Melbourne has a tradition of coffee culture, which was fostered by Italian and Greek migration from the 1940s.

• Monday, July 15th 2019 - 15:21 UTC

  China surges as new major destination for Brazil's coffee exports

  

  Brazilian exports of coffee to China rose 23.1 annually during the first five months of 2019, according to a Brazilian Council of Coffee Exporters (Cecafé) report.

• Tuesday, June 18th 2019 - 08:33 UTC

  Colombian town brewing the largest cup of coffee, waiting for Guinness Records

  

  A Colombian town is hoping to brew up to two world records: one for the world's largest cup of coffee and the second for the largest coffee tasting.

• Friday, April 12th 2019 - 18:06 UTC

  Swiss government wants to get rid of its coffee emergency stockpile

  

  The Swiss government wants to put an end to its emergency stockpile of coffee after declaring that it is “not essential” for human survival. Switzerland began storing emergency reserves of coffee between World War One and World War Two in preparation for potential shortages.

• Friday, April 12th 2019 - 17:32 UTC

  A leading Brazilian coffee exporter files for bankruptcy, hoping to restructure a debt of US$ 282 million

  

  Terra Forte, one of the largest Brazilian coffee exporters, has filed for bankruptcy protection in a Sao Paulo state court, lawyers for the company said. Law firm Freire, Assis, Sakamoto e Violante said Terra Forte was looking to restructure 1.1 billion reais (US$ 288.2 million) in debt.

• Tuesday, January 22nd 2019 - 10:09 UTC

  Brazilian 2019 coffee production forecasted to decline 11.5/18%

  

  Brazilian food supply and statistics agency Conab has reported that Brazil’s coffee production is expected to decline in 2019 to between 50.48 and 54.48 million bags. Conab attributes the 11.5 to 18% drop from the 61.65 million bags the agency reported for the year prior to Brazil’s coffee plants recovering from an increased output in 2018, which is affecting Arabica in particular.

• Sunday, June 19th 2016 - 10:08 UTC

  Mate and coffee fine to drink as long as they are not hot beverages, says WHO cancer agency

  

  An international Working Group of 23 scientists convened by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), the cancer agency of the World Health Organization (WHO), has evaluated the carcinogenicity of drinking coffee, mate, and very hot beverages.

• Tuesday, January 12th 2016 - 06:30 UTC

  Five cups of coffee a day good for the heart and to combat diabetes, says 10-year study

  

  A major US study has found that people who drink up to five cups of coffee daily are less likely to die from health issues such as heart disease and diabetes compared to those who don’t drink coffee at all. The 10-year study found that the more coffee people drank, the less likely they were to die early. The results were similar with people who drank decaffeinated coffee.

• Saturday, March 7th 2015 - 08:22 UTC

  Several cups of coffee a day help combat clogged arteries, say Korean scientists

  

  Drinking a few cups of coffee a day may help people avoid clogged arteries - a known risk factor for heart disease - Korean researchers believe. They studied more than 25,000 male and female employees who underwent routine health checks at their workplace.