Transfair USA | Press Releases (#)

„Fair Trade Certified Coffee, currently sourced from 22 different countries, means quality--for coffee drinkers, farmers and the environment. "It is only fair that the farmers that grow the beans that supply the world's booming coffee market be able to share in the profits they've rightly earned," Stark said. "Its an atrocity that so many small farmers are being ripped off by corrupt coffee brokers and forced to live in poverty." Evidence of the urgency of the current crisis in coffee growing communities was expressed in a recent Wall Street Journal story dated July 8, 2002: "In lush coffee-growing regions from Central America to Africa, the collapse of world coffee prices is contributing to societal meltdowns affecting an estimated 125 million people, [resulting in] a combustible brew of unemployment, hunger and migration. Whole rural communities are disappearing." Stark's Resolution states, "In the context of the global economy, consumer choices affect communities and the environment throughout the world." Based on the 2001 National Coffee Association study, American coffee drinkers have the largest opportunity to effect these changes.“

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BBC News | BUSINESS | Quality focus boosts coffee growers (#)

„"We hope to improve the quality of the coffee," said Eriberto Arias, a Colombian technical adviser with the Cafe Mojsa project. "The intention is to sell into the speciality coffee market which offers much better prices." The market for speciality coffee has been growing in recent years providing a profitable alternative to the cut-throat commercial market for those with something special to offer. Something special A three year pilot for the Cafe Mojsa project has given a clear indication that coffee from the Bolivian Yungas region has the potential to please the palate, and conscience, of the world's more discerning consumers. Arabica coffee beans gain better prices A combination of altitude, soil and a well-timed rainy season mean the high quality Arabica coffee beans grown in the Yungas are unusually large and have a greater concentration of sugars.“

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Coffee in the News (#)

„In real terms, world coffee prices are now less than a quarter of 1970 levels. Independent, 1 September 2001At the beginning of September, the Independent ran a feature by Kim Sengupta again focused on Starbucks' expansion into the UK coffee market which concluded that "an initial surge in popularity has turned into a steady decline..." But, he reported, it's not only Starbucks suffering from the downturn. Coffee Republic has seen its share value cut by half from six months ago and the Aroma chain is being auctioned off. Independent, 5 September 2001 A few days later, Susie Mesure wrote in the same newspaper that 'the future for the designer bean still looks as perky as ever,' relating Starbucks insistence that its expansion plans remained unchanged.“

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BBC News | BUSINESS | Coffee farmers 'face destitution' (#)

„The report comes ahead of the first World Coffee Conference, a three-day gathering of leading figures in the industry in London, which begins on Thursday. Oxfam fails to address the fundamental economics of the coffee market in the long term British Coffee Association Oxfam is concerned at the growing disparity of wealth between different parts of the coffee industry, following a 60% drop in the value of the crop on international commodity markets in the last three years. The British Coffee Association has dismissed the report's findings at "too short term." Rich versus poor Oxfam says that, in real terms, coffee prices are lower than they have ever been. Click here to see the biggest coffee producing countries This, it says, is having devastating consequences for poor farmers in coffee growing countries.“

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Coffee Market: Statistics, Prices, NYCE, and Weather (#)

„Within the Market portion of the coffeeresearch.org site you will find information and statistics on consumption, exportation, importation, and explanations of the market system. This section will focus on general statistics and information since many coffee marketing subscription websites exist to give instant quotes and to facilitate trading. Additionally, the Specialty Coffee Association of America and the National Coffee Association publish extensive data yearly on consumption statistics in the United States. For more specific international information the International Coffee Organization is the best resource.“

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Café de Colombia - HISTORY OF THE LOGO (#)

„Featuring Juan Valdez (the quintessential cafetero), his mule, and the Colombian mountains in the background, the purpose of the logo is to identify and serve as a seal of guarantee to the brands that do indeed consist of 100% Colombian Coffee as approved by the National Federation of Coffee Growers of Colombia. In 1982, it was introduced to consumer advertising; however, given the limited number of 100% Colombian Coffee brands in the market -- 9 small supermarket brands -- at the time its presence was limited to print advertising. In 1983, the logo was added to consumer spot television advertising as 100% Colombian Coffee brands featuring the logo were introduced in regional markets. By 1987 there were nearly 30 supermarket brands and at this point the logo was included in all creative materials on a national basis.“

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New York Coffee Exchange Overview (#)

„There are two markets for coffee: the cash market and the futures market.  The cash market is the market today.  It is the price you would pay for coffee today if you could receive it today.  The futures market is used to help determine the price for future deliveries.  It is used to purchase a contract today to guarantee a future shipment of coffee.  More importantly, however, it is used to help protect against the wild variations that occur due to market speculation.  The latter reason will be explained in further detail through the help of an example.“

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Cheap Commercial Grade Coffees, and Educational Experience for Home Coffee Roasters (#)

„Europe, a consistent consumer for decades of medium quality high grown Central Amercian coffees, has started to replace these with steamed robustas, meaning the European coffee quality is sliding, and there is a great lack in demand for these high grown "marginal specialty coffees". You can see how this would severly affect the coffee market, and be a huge part of the low prices coffee farmers are receiving for their crop. The costs of production are fantastically low in Asia, compared to Central America. And you can bet you booty that any type of highly processed coffee beverage made from a powder at your local coffee boutique, such as Mochachino and Caramel Iced Frappelatte are made with Vietnamese Robusta.“

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index (#)

„Still, a long road lies ahead to rebuild East Timor, ranging from basic needs for education and training to the repair of physical infrastructure and the implementation of “farmer friendly” government policies. But for now, expanding East Timor’s access to the Fair Trade coffee market is considered the best alternative. As an example of how business and solidarity can work together, Cooperative Coffees member Just Coffee has partnered with the Madison-based East Timor Action Network (ETAN). Together they are offering delicious organically grown, Fair Trade coffee, while educating consumers about how they can help East Timor re-build its coffee economy - a core component in the survival of this new nation.“

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The Coffee Review - the world's leading coffee buying guide (#)

„However, over the years Brazil's share of the "price" coffee market has shrunk, and the Brazilian government, which once controlled every facet of Brazilian coffee, has shifted to an open market, hands-off policy, allowing growers to cut their own deals with exporters and importers. Consequently, the most ambitious growers, no longer forced by government regulation to combine their own coffees with coffees from other farms, are attempting to market their beans separately as fancy estate origins. In other words, they are proposing that coffees from their farms are ready to take their place on the stage as soloists rather than simply as elegantly smooth backups to the Kenyas, Guatemalas, and other stars of the coffee world.“

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India coffee - Indian Coffee, monthly magazine - Cover story, The US coffee Market, Dr.S.Radhakrishnan April 2003, (#)

„While falling coffee prices spur overall volume sales gains, the craze for premium coffee would drive the US fresh coffee volume sales. Innovation in the US coffee market has led US consumers to become more varied in their tastes. The popularity of coffee bars, with high quality upscale coffee products, has exposed a larger segment of the population to a new level of premium coffee to be consumed both away from home and at home. Consumer demand for high quality coffee has exacerbated instant coffee's sales plight in recent years, as US consumers increasingly prefer fresh and even premium or gourmet fresh coffee, over instant coffee.“

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Indiacoffee - Indian Coffee, Monthly magazine - Cover Story - The Art of Roasting: The Probat Way (#)

„In my opinion the last 20 years has seen an upward trend in the roasting business. Till such time as coffee marketing was being carried out by the Coffee Board, the established roasters continued to carry out their business, with no new entrants entering the arena of R&G business. No new entrants were interested in this business as they had to compete with the established brands in procuring coffee through the Coffee Board. Today, with the coffee market being liberalised and coffee being available with greater ease and also since the grower can not only grow coffee, but also function as a curer/trader/exporter and roaster, many new roasting units have been established.“

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Tips on Coffee - The Coffee Book: Anatomy of an Industry from Crop to the Last Drop (#)

„The book also examines the industry's major players -- General Foods, Nestl, Proctor & Gamble -- revealing how they have systematically reduced the quality of the bean and turned a much-loved product into a lifestyle. Finally, The Coffee Book considers the exploitation of labor and damage to the environment that mass cultivation causes, and explores the growing "conscious coffee" market and "fair trade" movement. Facts about the coffee industry: * Coffee is the second most valuable legal item of international trade in the world (after oil) * More than twenty million people around the world are employed by the coffee industry * Coffee is the largest food import to the United States“

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Fresh Cup Magazine (#)

„   With production costs well over one dollar per pound, these farmers are not exactly getting rich, but simply surviving is a noble achievement in today's coffee market. The reality at lower elevations in Costa Rica and elsewhere in Central America is that the good but not great coffee cannot compete with beans from countries with lower production costs. Families with three generations of coffee experience often find themselves forced to sell prime farm land to real estate developers, because their production costs are double the C market price for coffee, and their sons and daughters continue to opt for high-tech jobs in the city over the hardscrabble farmer's life.“

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Coffee Kids | Microcredit - Huatusco (#)

„Huatusco is a coffee-growing region south of Xalapa in the state of Veracruz, a region that, between 1989 and 1994, suffered a serious economic depression brought about by the low price of coffee on the international market. The economic base of the entire project area, even those municipalities that are not suited to growing coffee, revolves around coffee production. For example, the mountain communities of Ixhuacán and Ayahualulco are also dependent on this commodity because even though corn is the primary agricultural product, an important part of local income is derived from migrant workers who pick coffee in the lower regions during the harvest.“

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Café de Colombia - 70 Years of Fair and Ethical Trading (#)

„All profits are channeled back to the cafeteros and their communities. One important and direct result of the Federation's work is that Colombian Coffee, today sells at a significant price premium on the international coffee market, providing a higher standard of living for the cafeteros. The Colombian Coffee Federation represents commercially successful fair-trading, proven over 70 years. The Price Guarantee: A buffer against a volatile and unpredictable international coffee market The farmers are guaranteed an adequate, stable income.“

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Tea & Coffee 10/01 - Instant is Coffee, Too! (#)

„Adamsons noted that there will always be a market for the convenience that instant coffee provides and that increasing the quality of that product would almost certainly increase consumption. In Germany, Adamsons noted, a coffee market known to quality conscious, over 14,000 tons of instant are consumer every year. Perhaps more significantly, most users of instant coffee in Germany also drink coffee brewed from roast and ground coffee. “Of course,” Adamsons stated, “I enjoy a wonderful cup of coffee on the weekend brewed from freshly roasted and freshly ground beans.“

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Amazon.com: Books: Uncommon Grounds: The History of Coffee and How It Transformed Our World (#)

„This book is pretty narrow in focus and limits itself to discussions on the history of coffee growing and the business end of the industry. Topics covered include trading, marketing and distribution, consumption patterns, the emergence of cafe's and big coffeehouses, and the social, environmental, and political issues in both the producing and consuming nations. As with so many recently published books this one suffers from a pop-culture sounding title which is deliberately eye-catching, but misleading with its grandiose claim. These titles work best with popular science books about arcane subjects that changed the world set in stories about eccentric heroes and villains.“

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Coffee culture - Turkish coffee (#)

„coffee trays are specially designed for the purpose, having an arched handle by which thetray is suspended. Porcelain coffee cups were produced at the iznik or Kutahya potteries,for the Turkish market. Sets of Turkish coffee cups were subsequently produced for localEuropean markets and known as "a la turque" coffee sets. Carved woodencontainers for cooling the roasted coffee beans and others for storing them were once partof the equipment in every household, as were the decorated wooden coffee grinders made inIstanbul.“

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Organic News Winter/Spring 1999 (#)

„And a closer look reveals this beverage's enormous influence. What I learned was that coffee has a wide and profound effect on entire populations and millions of acres of land; that to increase production, the current trend is toward farming large, treeless plantations that use chemical inputs and keep wildlife out; and that small farmers are locked out of the coffee market. But I also learned of an alternative to traditional coffee trade that may soon change this trend.“

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It's All About Coffee (#)

„The answer of coffee companies and the Mainland’s coffee consumers is “Yes”. Not until the year of 1980 did foreign companies open their coffee market in China, but now coffee has become very popular. The contemporary Chinese young people prefer coffee bars to teahouses. At the very beginning, some people thought coffee could never conquer any market in the tea-consuming region, but according to the results of a survey conducted in 12 Chinese inland cities, 32% of the urban dwellers drink coffee.“

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Coffee by Country | Page 1 (#)

„The central and eastern cordilleras produce the best coffees. The principal coffees of the central cordillera are Medellin, Armenia, and Manizales, all named for the towns or cities through which they are marketed. Medellin, the most famous coffee of the three, is known for heavy body, rich flavor, and fine, balanced acidity; Manizales and Armenia are, in general, thinner in body and less acidy. For the purposes of large-scale marketing in the United States, these three coffees are often grouped together as MAM, an acronym for Medellin-Armenia-Manizales.“

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Timeforcoffee.com (#)

„An aggressive initiative to market Kenyan coffee abroad would soon be launched, he added. "I believe that Kenyan coffee has never been marketed properly," he said, while dismissing the view that Kenyan coffee was not fetching high prices in the international market. He told cooperatives to elect literate and competent leaders who would understand market dynamics and follow price trends in the international market. This, he said, would help farmers to anticipate their pay and avoid being exploited.“

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illy caffè North America (#)

„Due to the difficulty finding high quality green coffee, in 1990 illycaffè went to the source—making an agreement with top Brazilian growers and establishing an annual prize for the producer of the highest quality coffee. The winner receives a cash prize of $30,000 U.S. and a 30% premium price over market for the winning coffee lot. Second prize is $20,000 U.S., and so on, with even the 10th place finisher receiving $1000. Over 600 small and large Brazilian producers now take part in this competition, and illy works with them year round to produce better coffee.“

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Hawaii Coffee Association (#)

„Introduction - Steve Nasvadi of Mulvadi Coffee. Customers in tourist market may not be getting an accurate presentation of Kona coffee and that there may be some companies that sell coffee labeled as Kona coffee that does not actually contain Kona coffee. Based on their company's experience it would be impossible to sell Kona coffee at the prices it is being sold at. A recommendation from the HCA is for Steve to write a letter to the HCA to give information that HCA can determine whether to act on or not.“

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Robusta Coffees for Home Roast Espresso Blends (#)

„Well, for one reason only: high quality traditional espresso blends. But that represents a very small amount of the demand for robusta, and a very small part of the coffee market. I tried this out in our blends, roasted at a variety of levels and roast times. What I get is the positive attributes of robusta (a volume increase in crema, a rich crema color, a good "bite" to the cup flavor, improved "resolution" of the coffee flavor in cappuccino) without the off flavors (rubber, medicine, etc) of bad robusta.“

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Douwe Egberts (#)

„When his son joined the family business in 1780, he expanded it to bring coffee and tea throughout the region. Gradually, Douwe and his descendants built a company that grew to become the Dutch market leader of coffee and tea. Douwe Egberts and Sara Lee Since 1978, Douwe Egberts and Sara Lee Corporation have teamed up to became the second largest coffee roaster in the world.  Sara Lee / DE, based  in Utrecht, The Netherlands, is a subsidiary of Sara Lee Corporation of Chicago. Today, Sara Lee / DE employs over 26,000 people worldwide.“

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Timeforcoffee.com (#)

„In general, New Guinea is a low-key version of the great Indonesian coffees: not as full-bodied as the best Sumatra, less acidy and aromatic than the best Celebes, but a comfortably rich cup. Coffee marketed as Arona seems to be the currently preferred New Guinea coffee among specialty roasters.“

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The Hidden Planet - coffeecrew.com - victoria, b.c. canada (#)

„ Planet Coffee deserves to be a fixture in the Byward Market, indeed it likely already is: owing to its ten-year history and evidenced by a steady stream of customers. They can be found tucked away between York and George - a scant block from their previous location - within a recent next-generation apartment complex named Clarendon Lanes. I can perhaps be forgiven for not finding them right away, having previously visited the once vacant site as it began to woo prospective tenants looking for a market address in the middle of all the action.“

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illy caffè North America (#)

„Illy has offered this roast and grind for its restaurant customers for several years, so when retail consumers clamored for the dark roast for their drip brewers—not just espresso, illy obliged. "Medium grind dark roast for brewed coffee was our most requested item, so we asked Italy to produce it especially for the U.S. market," says Greg Fea, president of illy caffè North America. "In Europe, espresso is the coffee preparation of choice and medium grind, which is perfect for drip coffee is less in demand."“

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Fresh Cup Magazine (#)

„   The whole point of this conference was to empower producers. Francisco Osuna, a coffee agronomist who does in-field development and technical assistance all over the world, put this event together to give producers in his home state a chance to network and reach new markets. He did it with the logistical support of the good people at Na Bolom Cultural Center, a number of volunteers – and without a penny from any government agency, which is one of the things that made this event so important. Francisco hoped 200 people would attend.“

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Coffee Universe | World of Coffee (#)

„Kilimanjaro, and are sometimes referred to as Kilimanjaro, Moshi or Arusha. Other coffees are grown further south between Lake Tanganyika and Lake Nyasa, and are usually called Mbeya, after one of the region's cities or Pare, a market name. All coffees are wet-processed and graded by bean size, with the highest grade being AA, then A and B. Tanzanian coffees are characterized by a winy acidity, medium to full body, and deep richness.“

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About Cooperative Coffees (#)

„We are committed to working in partnership with our associated coffee producer cooperatives in order to create more equitable trade mechanisms. We strive to promote fair trade and sustainable development alternatives in both the North and the South, while continuing to sell the highest quality coffee on the market.”“

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The Coffee Review - the world's leading coffee buying guide (#)

„Tapachula, Chiapas.  Coffee-growing state in southern Mexico. The best Chiapas coffees are grown in the southeast corner of the state near the border with Guatemala, and may bear the market name Tapachula after the town of that name. At their best, Tapachula or Chiapas coffees display the brisk acidity, delicate flavor, and light to medium body of the better known Mexican coffees of Oaxaca and Vera Cruz States.“

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Fresh Cup Magazine (#)

„    In addition to the financial benefits of licensing--Lilla refers to customers in airports as a "captive" specialty coffee market--there's a long-range potential benefit to building a loyal customer base in new places. In the future, Lilla expects to make licensing agreements with entertainment complexes, health care centers, hospital food courts, and others. "We're all waiting for the first coffee shop on Mars," he adds, only partially in jest.“

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WMF - A Good Idea. (#)

„The Institutional Products Division also achieved a small increase. Once again the coffee machines sector was prominent, where the new coffee machines "combiNation S" and "Bistro easy" were particularly well received by the market. At a European level there was brisk order activity from the transport organisations. Orders from luxury hotels and cruise ship lines were also notable.“

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CoffeeKid - Part Two: A long Coffee Road Discussed (#)

„Caffe Artigiano and Intelligentsia Coffee supplied me with several pounds of their supremely superb Black Cat Espresso. Hines Public Market Coffee and their signature five bean espresso blend was great. Zoka Coffee and Dismas Smith giving me 5lbs of their Paladino Espresso Blend was very nice. And last, but certainly not least, Doma Coffee Roasters for Vito's Espresso Blend, which was awesome).“

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CoffeeResearch.org - Improving coffee quality through education and science (#)

„Embedded with over three hundred pages are tips and information on coffee brewing, espresso preparation, coffee roasting, coffee blending, and recipes. Advanced topics include information about the coffee market, consumption statistics, the coffee sciences, coffee agriculture, and the social issues related to coffee.“

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The Coffees of Ecuador: Specialty, Organic, Fair-Trade (#)

„Much of the price premium is reinvested in education and equipment improvements. In this way they can further improve consistency and cup-quality, and the Co-op can break the low-price cycle that has kept Ecuador from being recognized in the Specialty Coffee market. The cup has moderate acidity, fairly light body, and a fairly short aftertaste. But the dry fragrance of the cup is very sweet, caramelly and with spice hints.“

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gepa Fair Trade Company – Chronicle (1996-2000) (#)

„In spite of the intensive competition on the coffee market, gepa managed to match the record turnover of the year before and exceeded 58 million DEM in the business year 1999/2000. New campaigns focussed on rice to explain the problematic issues of genetic engineering and the patenting of seeds.“

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Spring Convention 2 - National Coffee Association (#)

„Single-serve is impacting every segment of the coffee market and keeping pace with the developments can be challenging. Scott Mazzini will give a comprehensive ‘lay of the land’ to help attendees traverse the new world of single-serve. He will cover target markets and profitability; give an overview of pod brewing technology alternatives; and provide a hands-on demonstration to directly involve the participants.“

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View topic - POLL: WHAT'S WRONG WITH STARBUCKS? - Coffee Forum (#)

„I agree about Starbucks opening up the specialty coffee market. I don't drink their coffee (why would when I have so much else available?), but they definitely ave done a lot for the industry. They've even started to make some headway in roasting for the market they're in, so that not all of their coffee has that "Charbucks" quality that they becam famous for.“

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Tea & Coffee 06/00 - Multinationals in Eastern Europe (#)

„However, one point stands out: although the overall volume development has been disappointing, the principal international companies - Douwe Egberts, Jacobs, and Tchibo with Eduscho - have established a dominant market share in Hungary and the Czech Republic, and have captured about one-half of the Polish coffee markets. However, the anticipated fast payback of the initial investment has not materialized.“

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It's All About Coffee (#)

„Let’s face it. The world coffee market stinks. Prices paid to coffee farmers are based on a host of irrelevant factors, from predictions of frost on large Brazilian, to NY commodity speculators who’ve never been to a coffee village, to a market glutting flood of cheap Vietnamese coffee promoted by the World Bank. It’s a nightmare.“

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CoffeeGeek - Members: Coffee Recipes, People Against Starbucks (#)

„ Some people, not all, will pay $40,000 for a BMW rather than $25,000 for a Camry because they have come to learn the advantages of the BMW.  Competing in the coffee market has an advantage over burgers and cars:  that cup at Café Intelligentsia or Vivace is the same price as the one from Starbucks!  Maybe less.  Shouldn't every café owner in the country be thrilled about Starbucks' standards going down?“

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It's All About Coffee (#)

„Nestlé has refused to comment on the rumours, first published in the UK’s Independent on Sunday newspaper earlier this month, but a move into the ethical coffee market by the multinational would not be out of character: the market for ethical products has grown rapidly in recent years – worth some £1.8 billion in the UK alone last year - and there is no sign of growth slowing in the immediate future.“

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CoffeeKid - Goin' to Seattle, Francis! Francis! and Etching (#)

„As soon as we got into town, we headed to Hines Public Market Coffee, home of John Sanders (who was roasting today), John Hornall (who is away on a family emergency - best wishes go with you John!), and my fave Barista of all time, Bronwen Serna. We were there to pick Sanders' ear on being barista judges, but also to experiment a bit with their five group machine and talk coffee and espresso theory.“

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ICAFE (#)

„The ACPC was conceived as an organization that would protect the interests of coffee producers, thereby restoring balance in the coffee market. Among other things, it worked to promote coordination of coffee policies among its members and encouraged coffee consumption throughout the world.“

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The Coffee Review - the world's leading coffee buying guide (#)

„Panama is a relatively new player in the specialty coffee market. The best Panama coffee is grown in the Boquete region, just south of the border with Costa Rica. Although processing methods are technically advanced, growing practices tend to be traditional, and the majority of Boquete coffees come from trees of the traditional typica variety grown in shade.“

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Coffee Kids | Community - Oaxaca (#)

„Using organic fertilizer, created to grow vegetables through worm composting, provides anenvironmentally viable manner of improving families' overall diets as they grow and harvest healthy,organic food for their own consumption. Any surplus food can be sold at the local market, providingadditional family income and helping to alleviate the dependence on the unreliable coffee market.“

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Café Forum | Florida Coffee Companies (#)

„commodity brokers specializing in the coffee futures market. Check out our web site for our daily coffee market report from the Coffee, Sugar and Cocoa Exchange in New York City - 777 Brickell Avenue, Suite 1010, Miami, FL 33131 - Tel: (305) 373-9000 - Fax: (305) 381-6386 - Email: hencorp@safari.net - Url: www.hencorp.com “

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Did you know that..? - Now you do - lots of interesting tidbits! (#)

„One is in London, which deals with the buying of Robusta coffee. The other is the "C" contract market, known as Coffee, Sugar and Cocoa Exchange, which is in New York. It handles the trade of arabica coffee. The "C" market is also a futures market.“

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Tea & Coffee 11/01 - Trends on German Coffee Market Coffee Shops Gaining Ground (#)

„These have been amply verified by past experience. In addition, new producers are willing to get their share of the world coffee market. Vietnam, once a newcomer to the club, has meanwhile reached the state of a mass exporter. Today the volume of their coffee production has already reached that of the world’s second largest producer, Colombia.“

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BSCA - Brazil Specialty Coffee Association (#)

„Subsequently, to hold the Cup of Excellence Auction of the winning lots on the Internet. The competition is supported and disclosed by international consultants who are exponents of the specialty coffee market in their countries and has a strong component of training the Brazilian coffee cuppers through sessions with the international jury“

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Tiny Joy, a home coffee roasting newsletter from Sweet Maria's Coffee (#)

„I gave a little phone interview last week to an AP reporter about the current state of the coffee market (exactly why she called a small-fry like me, I am not sure). I tried to explain why the coffee market is hurting farmers, and I listed what I consider 4 of the biggest problems in order of importance:“

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View topic - I found a great new coffee company online!!! - Coffee Forum (#)

„"Farmers are also reporting some very interesting tactics being used to get groups together. It seems that some farms that are hesitant to join have had problems getting coffee to market. Coffee rejected at mills or allowed to sit and ferment so it will be of no value. Trees and equipment damaged, also threats made against the people.“

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BSCA - News (#)

„The market environment, opportunities and techniques for communicating specific information on addressing coffee and health issues varies greatly from one country to another. National projects, therefore, must be initiated nationally in order to produce greater benefits to the coffee market in that country.“

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Transfair USA | Fair Trade News (#)

„The nonprofit's job is growing. Fair Trade coffee imports have tripled in the past three years, although they still make up just a fraction of the $8.4 billion U.S. gourmet-coffee market. The retail value of Fair Trade coffee in the United States in 2003 came to $208 million.“

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CRS Fair Trade (#)

„The CRS Coffee Ladder is designed to help Catholic consumers and other conscientious coffee drinkers navigate the crowded U.S. coffee market, and to guide them to their destination: great coffee that is fair to the farmers who grew it and safe for the environment.“

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Global Exchange : Stunted coffee market pushes Ethiopians into drug trade (#)

„During previous droughts like the one now gripping the country, the global coffee market helped Ali, 28, stave off starvation. He sold his prized crop to traders, who paid him decent prices and sold his coffee to American and European companies, who stocked it on grocery shelves and cafes from Stockholm to Miami.“

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Global Exchange : Coffee with a conscience sells (#)

„The amount of fair-trade coffee sold grew by 54 percent from about 6.8 million pounds in 2001 to 10.6 million pounds last year. It and other members of the specialty coffee market were the most dynamic performers of the otherwise stagnant coffee market, he said.“

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CRS Fair Trade (#)

„The CRS Coffee Map is designed to help Catholic consumers and other conscientious coffee drinkers navigate the crowded U.S. coffee market, and to guide them to their destination: great coffee that is fair to the farmers who grew it and safe for the environment.“

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Coffee around the World... - coffeecrew.com - victoria, b.c. canada (#)

„To market Haitian coffee is elemental in a nations recovery from deforestation and the ravages of an early nineties embargo. With sensible and creative marketing, Haitian coffee is making a mark on the coffee markets of the world.“

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Global Exchange : Difficult Times for Coffee Industry as Demand Falls (#)

„Peter A. Reiling, president and chief executive of TechnoServe, another nonprofit organization promoting socially responsible entrepreneurship in developing countries based in Norwalk, Conn., has commissioned a study from the McKinsey consultant group on how to cure the ills of the coffee market.“

http://www.globalexchange.org/campaigns/fairtrade/coffee/ 1298.html - Cached

Eco-Friendly Indian Coffee: A Profile (INeedCoffee.com) (#)

„In 1990, the world coffee market was a $30 billion a year industry, with the grower's share hovering around $10 billion. Today, the market has increased to $54 illion, but the grower's share is only $11 billion. This represents a drop from 33% to 11% in just ten years.“

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It's All About Coffee (#)

„But that changed when Brazil, the world's largest producer, sharply increased its output and newcomer Vietnam became a top producer. The resulting oversupply in the coffee market caused world prices for beans to plunge, cutting incomes for thousands of small farmers in Latin America and Africa.“

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Coffee @ nationalgeographic.com (#)

„Some speculate that an emphasis on volume and a lack of investment and planning have lowered quality and per-acre productivity. Today most exports end up as mass-market coffee in Europe, especially France and Italy. Notable Bean: Côte d’Ivoire specializes in robusta production.“

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Transfair USA | Fair Trade News (#)

„Although fair-trade coffee constitutes only 1 percent of the coffee market nationwide, its share of the specialty coffee market, where it is being directed, is 3 percent and climbing.“

http://www.transfairusa.org/content/about/ n_030702.php - Cached

India coffee - Indian Coffee, monthly magazine - Coffee Times (#)

„This is happening in the coffee market as well. The top five roasters control over 69% of the market. This consolidation at the top, along with excessive production has sharply transformed the power relations to the advantage of the buyers.“

http://www.indiacoffee.org/newsletter/2003/02/ cover_story.html - Cached

New Page 1 (#)

„Even though higheryields are attractive to large growers, flooding the coffee market iseconomically risky over the long term because prices fall as supplies increase(I. e., if everyone technifies, there will be too much coffee). “

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The Coffee Review - the world's leading coffee buying guide (#)

„home |  current reviews |  archives |  coffee reference |  glossary of terms |  sponsors |  marketplace |  contact us |  site map“

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CoffeeGeek - Price Up, Taste Down (#)

„Worse, they cost more than last year, up by about 10% in most places. The sad fact is that most Australian roasters have opted out of the specialty coffee market to become purveyors of cafe fit-outs rather than quality coffees.“

http://www.coffeegeek.com/opinions/alanfrew/ 01-07-2002 - Cached

SCAE 4th World Specialily Coffee Conference & Exhibition, 4-7 March 2005 Athens Greece (#)

„The Real Potential of the Coffee Market in the Eastern Mediterranean Region & Beyond. A panel of well respected coffee professionals from around the globe will analyse the potential of this region from a variety of viewpoints.“

http://www.scae.com/athens/ athens_educational_greek.htm - Cached

index (#)

„Fair trade coffee is only a small part of the overall retail coffee business, accounting for about $100 million of the $19 billion U.S. coffee market.“

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View topic - I've got an idea-I'd like some input from the experts! - Coffee Forum (#)

„BTW, I have a Keurig brewer and it is very good. It is not as good as my own fresh beans, but is a definite advance in the whole coffee market. It works well when I am in a hurry or don't want to/can't make a whole pot.“

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Tips on Coffee - Start and Run a Coffee Bar (#)

„customer service? - How do I market my coffee bar? - What about expansion and franchising? Includes recipes for specialty coffees and chapters on tea and organic coffee.“

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Global Exchange : gx100001.html (#)

„For coffee farmers it's a different story. A price crash in the world coffee market has pushed farmers into bankruptcy, with thousands losing their lands, and starvation looming all too close.“

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Instant Coffee (#)

„Instant coffee was launched onto the market in the 1950's.  A cup of instant coffee can be prepared quickly and easily, without brewing, since this has already been done in the factory.“

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BBC NEWS | Business | Coffee crisis tops summit agenda (#)

„"How can the coffee market be so rigged against the poor that they lose money for growing coffee, while the coffee giants' profits soar?" Mr Bloomer added.“

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ECF - European Coffee Federation (#)

„The ECF publishes an annual statistical review of the European coffee market and the national markets of its member associations, the contents of which is included on this site.“

http://www.ecf-coffee.org/about.html - Cached

Coffee machines Italian espresso coffee machine - Gaggia (#)

„The XE is the new coffee machine wich answer to all needs of the market: simple, functional and reliable. Model semi-automatic and electronically automatic. Two versions: 2-3 groups.“

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Coffee @ nationalgeographic.com (#)

„1727: Brazil’s emperor wants a cut of the coffee market; but first, he needs an agent to smuggle seeds from a coffee country. Enter Lt. Col.“

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Mr. Coffee® - History (#)

„In what will be the first of many new product categories, Mr. Coffee® brand introduces coffee filters to the market.“

http://www.mrcoffee.com/mrchistory.aspx - Cached

It's All About Coffee (#)

„Global food giant Nestle is resolved to tap China`s coffee market despite the deep-rooted tea-drinking tradition among Chinese.“

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CoffeeGeek - Coffee companies under fire as millions face ruin (#)

„Ten years ago, poor countries’ export sales were worth a third of the total coffee market. Today, it is just 10%.“

http://www.coffeegeek.com/resources/pressreleases/ oxfamsept182002 - Cached

View topic - Coffee in Vietnam - Coffee Forum (#)

„I'm a Dutch student Business Administration, doing research on the Vietnamese domestic coffee market.“

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Coffee Beans & Espresso Beans - Coffee Forum (#)

„Specialty Coffee Market - Including Organic “

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BSCA - News (#)

„Market :: COFFEE AND HEALTH“

http://www.bsca.com.br/ news.php?lang=en&anc_id=6 - Cached

Coffee Statistics and Tea Statistics (#)

„Coffee Markets Statistics“

http://coffeetea.about.com/od/statistics/ - Cached