BBC - h2g2 - Microbes - the Harm They Do (#)
„Half of Athens was razed by plague in 430 BC2 . The bubonic plague that ravaged Europe in the Middle Ages - and had previously swept across India and China - was brought to Egypt by merchants fleeing the warring Crimea, where the Tartar army had been hurling the corpses of plague victims over the walls of Kaffa. New diseases such as ebola and AIDS have claimed just as many lives since their discovery. Old diseases such as tuberculosis, once thought to be controlled, are again on the rise, not only in 'third world' countries, but also in developed nations.Humans are not the only creatures susceptible to disease.“
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India Coffee- Indiacoffee - Indian Coffee, monthly magazine - Over a Cup of Coffee
„Apparently the owner used to originally sell only coffee powder and beans, but after a visit to Europe was seduced by the idea of having a coffee house. And so now he has his regular clientele, some of whom we saw, a lady with two dogs basking in the morning sun outside at one of the tables, a man who comes with two women, encouraging speculation between my daughter and me as to what their relationship they could be, two women who were dawdling over their coffee with many a giggle, a young father who was indulging his infant son with a chocolate pastry - maybe he was giving his wife a lie-in on a Sunday, two men in suits discussing, possibly, the state of the world's economy, an obvious mother-daughter combination, and a man engrossed in his laptop - a writer in the making?“
http://www.indiacoffee.org/newsletter/10/ overacup.html
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„Together the leading producers and the Coffee Board have performed a remarkable turnabout, rapidly rebuilding India's image as a gourmet coffee origin, particularly in Europe, where Indian coffees won three medals at the recent Grands Crus de Cafe competition in Paris, more than any other participating country.“
http://www.indiacoffee.org/newsletter/2004/sep/ quality_circle.html
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BBC - Gardening - Design - Victorian
„Fortune's overseas adventures included investigations into the commercial opportunities in growing tea. Commissioned by the British East India Company, he disguised himself as a Chinese peasant as he smuggled out cuttings of the tea plant Camellia sinensis from China into India. These cuttings enabled India and Ceylon to become established as major growers and exporters of tea.“
http://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/design/ nonflash_victorian3.shtml
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BBC - London - Where I Live - Features - Tea and Coffee
„1600-1800s For 200 years East India sailing ships returning from China brought regular supplies. Although the steam ships bringing teas from India, Ceylon and Africa frequently berthed further down river, their cargoes would be brought up as far as London Bridge in the Clipper ships during the 1880's by barges. This area became the centre of the UK tea trade. The London tea trade has conducted the business of unloading ships, marketing and blending on both sides of the Thames at London Bridge and although the tea auctions were held north of the river, the South Bank boasted the most prestigious warehousing facilities.“
http://www.bbc.co.uk/london/whereyoulive/ originteacoffee.shtml
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India coffee - Indiacoffee News headlines - Tata Coffee To Tie Up With Russian Firm
„Plans are on the anvil for Tata Coffee Ltd to tie up with a Russian company to manufacture instant coffee. The company is also looking to form alliances in Europe to set up a roastery there. These strategies have been formulated to change Tata Coffee's track from a commodity-based business into a fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) company, to beat the vagaries of global coffee prices.“
http://www.indiacoffee.org/news/11/nov6_1.html
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