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„Choose a variety of different teas or coffees in small packets and wrap them up with a new teapot or a cafetière and maybe some cups. Add some luxury biscuits or biscotti and chocolate-covered coffee beans.“
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BBC News | ASIA-PACIFIC | Laos' fresh coffee hopes
„The dusty town of Paksong remains Laos' "coffee capital". During the harvest season it is usual to see coffee beans laid out in the road to dry while carts laden with sacks of freshly-picked coffee trundle by. For generations, Nomala Thepboualy's family have kept several acres of coffee beans near the small village of Phou Ouy. On the roads, coffee has right of way "When the French were here our coffee was very popular," says Mr Nomala.“
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/.../ 1900686.stm
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„ Finally, always remember to carry smaller impulse items close to the register, such as mugs, chocolate-covered espresso beans, or after-coffee mints. These items are easy to sell, because they're inexpensive and they tend to create an unwitting sense of need. ("Hmm .“
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BBC NEWS | Business | Why cheap beans don't make cheap coffee
„Why have the coffee exporters flooded the market? Coffee producing countries used to control the supply and the price of coffee, in accordance with the International Coffee Agreement. But in 1989, coffee exporting states failed to agree on quotas. This happened partly because countries that never used to produce coffee begun to grow the crop, thus adding to an already mature market.“
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/1307081.stm
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BBC News | SCI/TECH | Coffee crisis in Ethiopia
„He said Ethiopian government plans to protect three forest fragments have foundered for lack of cash. Arabica beans are so widely used they are the most valuable international commodity after oil. Most of the coffee is grown on plantations outside Ethiopia from a handful of cultivated varieties created from a few individual bushes. But these plantations are at risk from disease, such as the coffee rust that hit Brazil in the 1970s.“
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_800000/ 800356.stm
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BBC News | The Company File | Starbucks storms into UK
„It also operates franchises at most US airports, and in-store coffee bars at other retailers, like booksellers Barnes & Noble. One quarter of its sales comes from selling coffee beans and coffee making equipment. It has also been experimenting with other products, like coffee ice cream and a "frapucinno" cold drink. The company launched its first international operations in Asia in 1996, and now has 30 stores in Japan and the Far East.“
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/business/the_company_file/.../ 171187.stm
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