Posts Tagged ‘Production’


Honduras Coffee Production Skyrockets

While the nearly 500,000-bag increase is just a drop in the world’s coffee cup, it does represent a shift in the global coffee dynamic. By Jean GuerreroHonduran coffee officials said Friday they have raised their production estimate for the current season to a record 4.29 million 60-kilogram bags, making Honduras the world’s second-largest producer of [...]

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Africa's Coffee Production May Drop 18% in 2011-12, ICO Says

Coffee production in Africa may drop 18 percent in the 2011-12 crop year due to a smaller crop in Ethiopia, according to the International Coffee Organization. Output in the country, Africa’s biggest coffee grower, will drop to 14.4 million bags next season from 17.5 million bags in the 2010-11 crop year, the London-based organization estimates. [...]

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Companies must address water use in coffee production

One standard cup of coffee requires 140 litres of water. Photograph: davies & starr/Getty Coffee is one of the world’s most valuable commodities, and global annual sales reach up to $70bn (£43bn). The small green bean that has its origins in Ethiopia has long been the brew of choice throughout Europe. Across the pond, office [...]

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Nestlé to double New Coffee Capsules Production

DBR Staff Writer Published 28 March 2011 Nestlé is planning to double the production of its Nescafé Dolce Gusto coffee capsules by investing CHF64m ($69m) in a new production line in Spain. Once complete, the new line is expected to boost company’s production to about 2.5 billion coffee capsules a year by 2012, and then [...]

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Coffee production up 44% on-year – Colombia news | Colombia Reports

Wednesday, 09 March 2011 14:07 Edward Fox Coffee production in Colombia is up 44% in the first two months of 2011 compared to the same period in 2010, reports Caracol Radio. The manager of the Federation of Coffee Growers, Luis Genaro Muñoz, confirmed that a total of 1.7 million 60 kg (132 lb) sacks have been produced [...]

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