Tea & Coffee Trade Journal articles from May 2002

Tea & Coffee Trade Journal archives from May 2002

It's cool, it's coffee, it's now. (From the Editor's Desk).
May 20, 2002... It was a sweltering hot afternoon in April, the temperature reaching record highs for New York City Luckily, I was in my air-conditioned car, driving my daughter Katie back home from an orthodontist appointment. She was in tears. She hates her...

ICO calls for U.S to return. (World News: Coffee and Tea Reports from the Front Line).(Brief Article)
May 20, 2002... UNITED STATES - In his first statement to the U.S. coffee industry during the Annual Convention of the National Coffee Association of USA (NCA) which took place in March 2002 in Florida, the executive director of the International Coffee...

Iced coffee is now Ready-to-Drink.
May 20, 2002... Remember when iced coffee was leftover, cooled down, muddy brew from the percolator? After pouring it over ice, all that may have been needed was a little sugar and cream to liven it up. There will always be traditional iced coffee drinkers,...

Mother Parkers: a cup above the rest.(company management details)(Brief Article)
May 20, 2002... Mother Parkers is taking North America's coffee and tea industry by storm. Its handpicked team of professionals and state-of-the-art technology has millions of customers raising their cups in appreciation. "We think differently; therefore,...

Mexico: turning lows into highs.(Brief Article)
May 20, 2002... (Part 2) Every management team in Mexico is handling the challenge to remain on top in its own manner. Aside from market concerns, there are quality control issues to be dealt with. This has been one of Don Pepe Coffee's main focii....

Coffee roads that cross, to the future and to Rome. (On the Continent).(Coffee, coffeehouses and European history and culture)
May 20, 2002... Coffee's Road to the Future Raising Coffee From the Dead However one chooses to believe that coffee came to Europe -- abandoned by fleeing Turks at the walls of Vienna after their unsuccessful siege, shipped in by Venetian galleys as prizes...

The place to be in the World of Coffee & Tea at World Cup Asia.
May 20, 2002... From every corner of the globe, tea and coffee professionals will be descending on Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from September 26- 28, 2002 for Tea & Coffee World Cup Asia. Companies like Xeltron from Costa Rica, Probat from Germany, and Imex...

Soluble themes.(soluble coffee products)
May 20, 2002... Soluble coffees have benefited and grown from the growth of variety and increased awareness of alternative coffee products over the past 10 years. Bottle and canned ready to drink coffee beverages, many of these flavored with things other than...

Looks aren't the only thing that matters.(coffee packaging)
May 20, 2002... Coffee Packaging has two basic function First, it should protect and preserve the coffee inside it. Second, it should provide the consumer with easily accessible information about the coffee...it should explain why the roaster thinks the coffee...

Tea's popularity grows in Italy: in September 2001, the Italian Tea Club organized its second "Tea College" for tea aficionados.
May 20, 2002... The Italian Tea Club was established in March 1995 by Monica Meschini and Eugenio Guarducci. The club now has approximately 100 members from all over the country and organizes regular events four times a year for both existing and potential...

Rapid growth for Honest Tea: for a company that is only three years old, Honest Tea has enjoyed rapid growth in sales of bottled iced teas. Jane Pettigrew investigates what has led to their success.(bottled tea)(Company Profile)
May 20, 2002... Is it the name? The packaging? The image? A sense of social responsibility? The use of organic ingredients? Or simply the taste of Honest Tea's product that appeals to the consumer? The company's popularity and rapid growth are probably due to...

SCAA reveals coffee market statistics. (Trade News).(Specialty Coffee Association of America)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
May 20, 2002... The Specialty Coffee Association of America (SCAA) recently released their "Specialty Coffee at Retail: Size of Market" estimates for the year end of 2001. See below for these valuable figures. SIZE OF MARKET 2001 Retail Sales Dollar...

Caffe Umbria to open in Seattle. (Trade News). (Washington).(Brief Article)
May 20, 2002... After a three-year sabbatical from the coffee industry, Emanuele Bizzarri has returned to Seattle, founding Caffe Umbria, a wholesale coffee roasting company. Caffe Umbria will focus its sales efforts initially on the West Coast. Umbria...

Kona Festival wins "Keep it Hawaii" award. (Trade News).(Brief Article)
May 20, 2002... The Kona Coffee Cultural Festival was recently recognized at the Keep It Hawaii 2002 Awards with a certificate of merit in the events category. The Keep It Hawaii program was created in 1990 to allow the Hawaii Visitors and Convention Bureau a...

Panama Coffee wins PCCA contest. (Awards & Honors). (Pacific Coast Coffee Association).(Brief Article)
May 20, 2002... The Lerida Estate Coffee of Boquete, Panama was ranked #1 coffee by the members of the Pacific Coast Coffee Association (PCCA) at their 2nd Annual Pete McLaughlin Cupping Competition featuring The Coffees of Panama. The following were the...

NCA elects new officers. (People News). (National Coffee Association).(Brief Article)
May 20, 2002... The National Coffee Association (NCA) elected a slate of officers and board of directors at its 91st annual convention, including its first chairwoman of the board. Elected to a one-year term as chairwoman of the NCA board of directors was...

New VP joins Sustainable Harvest. (People News). (Shauna Alexander).(Brief Article)
May 20, 2002... Shauna Alexander has joined Sustainable Harvest as vice president, relationship coffee program. She has previously worked in Central America an the U.S. in strategy consulting and natural products marketing, and was a presenter at the SCAA 3rd...

Access Packaging names new ceo/cfo. (People News). (Jefrey A. Teich).(Brief Article)
May 20, 2002... Access Packaging, Inc. founder Jefrey A. Teich was named as ceo/cfo. Teich brings over 15 years of experience to the flexible coffee packaging industry. He is committed to maintaining Access Packaging's position as a leader in the flexible...

CrimsonCup names marketing director. (People News). CrimsonCup Coffee Roasters, Abigail Buller).(Brief Article)
May 20, 2002... Columbus, Ohio-based Crimson-Cub Coffee Roasters has named Abigail Buller director of marketing. Buller will oversee all CrimsonCup marketing activity including the firm's web site, re-branding initiative and trade show selection and...

James Finlay's new acquisition. (People News). (Gary V. Vorsheim appointed director of soluble tea sales).(Brief Article)
May 20, 2002... James Finlay & Co., Inc., a division of James Finlay Limited, one of the largest growers, processor and seller of tea products, appointed Gary G. Vorsheim as director of soluble tea sales. Vorsheim, who has over 25 years experience in the...

Coffee for One. (Product News). (Chantal Coffee for One Mug and Filter Set).(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
May 20, 2002... The new Chantal Coffee for One Mug and Filter Set features a ceramic filter compartment that fits directly on the cup, allowing consumers to choose the flavor and strength for each cup of coffee. Available with a 12-ounce mug or 20-ounce mug,...

Long Life Teas' organic iced teas. (Product News).(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
May 20, 2002... Long Life Teas company is introducing three new flavors of organic teas to market. Long Life now features seven flavors of bottled ready-to-drink iced teas. The three new ones are Golden Chai, Jasmine Green Tea, and Decaf Black Tea with Ginger...

Capresso mini-s. (Product News). (4-Cup Safety Espresso/Cappuccino Machine).(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
May 20, 2002... Capresso's new "mini-s" 4-Cup Safety Espresso/Cappuccino Machine features a high-tech boiler design that reduces warm-up time to under 2 1/2 minutes, plus a dual frother that can froth milk for cappuccinos or steam it for lattes. Designed...

Management buy-out at Elexso. (Equipment & Packaging News). (Elexso Sortietechnik AG).(Brief Article)
May 20, 2002... The assets of Elexso Sortietechnik AG have been subject to a management buy-out by its former technical director Jos Mallant. The new company, Elexso Vision Technology GmbH, will be operating from Hamburg and will continue to supply machines,...

ClearWater Scale Blaster. (Equipment & Packaging News).(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
May 20, 2002... ScaleBlaster eliminates formation of lime scale deposits in water pipes, faucets, beverage dispensers, coffee equipment, cooling towers, boilers, heating elements and more without the need of water softening equipment, salts, chemicals or...

Take a load off. (Equipment & Packaging News).(Modern Process Equipment introduces coffee loading system)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
May 20, 2002... Modern Process Equipment recently announced several new coffee systems for accommodating the loading and unloading of coffee at the grinder. By utilizing either portable totes (with pneumatic gates) or bulk bags, these systems provide cost...

Rotex Inc. unveils new Gradex 3000 fully automatic aggregate classifier. (Equipment & Packaging News).(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
May 20, 2002... The new Gradex 3000 Particle Size Analyzer from Rotex Inc. improves or expands quality control programs by providing automatic sieve analysis for the gradation of aggregate material. Helpful in classifying materials such as sand, gravel, or...