Coffee

Kenya’s Worsening Drought Hitting Coffee Production

The late onset of Kenya’s second rainy season delayed coffee-bush flowering, and the subsequent drought will hurt the size and quality of the nation&...

Starbucks Plan to Win Lunch Crowd Creates Tough Task for New CEO

Starbucks Corp. wants to persuade its coffee-loving customers to come back for lunch, after stumbling several times in previous attempts to expand its food...

Uganda Farmers Group Demands Coffee Law to Boost Quality, Income

A Ugandan farmers group urged the government to create legislation to protect the quality of the nation’s coffee, its biggest export earner, and boos...

Starbucks Profit Tops Analysts’ Estimates As U.S. Sales Gain

Starbucks Corp. posted earnings that topped analysts’ estimates as new food items and digital efforts like mobile ordering helped its U.S. business d...

Biggest Instant-Coffee Exporter Shuns New Sales As Drought Bites

Brazil’s drought has gotten so bad that the country’s instant-coffee makers, the world’s top suppliers, are no longer entering into new e...

Millennial Caffeine Fix Hunt Propels Record Coffee Demand

Millennials’ seemingly unquenchable thirst for coffee is helping to push global demand to a record just as supplies are tightening. Americans are...

Cofffee Maker Illy Seeks Growth Outside of Coffee Business

Italy’s Illy Group is planning to expand its activities beyond its traditional coffee business. The company's board of directors has approved a &e...

Italian Coffee Consumption Declines, Bucking Global Trend

Coffee consumption in Italy was down by 3.8% last year compared to 2014, despite global markets seeing an increase of 2%. The data was revealed in a surve...