Indian coffee board- Coffee : CHINAS BURGEONING COFFEE CULTURE (#)

  „Italian roasters Illy entered the China market two years ago after several years of research and introduced their coffee to coffee shops and retail outlets. Unlike most of their competitors, Illy produces just one blend, mostly Brazilian arabica, and according to its Hong Kong-based Asia Pacific representative Stefano Tamaro, it was pleasantly surprised to discover that despite misgivings that their darker roast would not be accepted by the Asian palate. "Young consumers share a taste for a darker roast," said Tamaro, "sales are growing slowly in Asia, even in Japan." He notes that in general, Asian consumers tend to avoid stronger tasting blends, "While middle aged men may prefer black espresso, the younger consumers tend to avoid strong tastes.“

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  „I would have to ask why you are using Italian espresso when you have some perfectly good, large and reputable roasters such as Render opperating in China? It seems odd that anyone with access to fresh espresso blends would chose an Italian blend in bag which (like Lavazza) uses a good part robusta in the blend? Try fresh...you will never go back!“

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Indian coffee board- monthly magazine- Globescan- Finland : Beyond the Cold Climate

  „Now there are only two roasters three on a good day. Recently, market leader paulig bought roaster Viking, and the remaining national roaster Meira was acquired by segafredo: the third player is the small speciality roaster Robert's Coffee.“

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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.“

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Indian coffee board- monthly magazine- Cover Story - ASIC 2004

  „In addition, one parallel session on 'Expansion of Coffee Consumption in Producing Countries' was organized exclusively for the benefit of India coffee industry stakeholders like growers, roasters, exporters on 12th October 2004 which was attended by about 60 participants. In this session, Mr. Carlos Brandos from Brazil shared the experiences of Brazil in promotion of coffee consumption in the internal market by utilizing the positive information available on coffee & human health.“

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

  „They are especially focussed on younger consumers in the big cities or in cities with a university. It started in the early 1990s with the Italian roasters Lavazza and Segafredo, both of which operate today some 100 espresso bars. Coffee shops and other espresso bars followed, many of them were operated by small private roasters. Today there are some 215 of these outlets all over Germany.“

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