Coffee

Starbucks Italian Deal on the Cards

Starbucks may finally expand its business into Italy, in a move that some consider as a "sacrilege" to the traditional Italian café cultur...

Vietnam Coffee Harvest Seen Missing Forecast on Dry Weather

The coffee harvest in Vietnam, the top producer of Robusta beans used by Nestlé SA, may be smaller than previously forecast as dry weather reduces b...

El Niño Seen Curbing Indonesia’s Coffee Harvest 10% After Record

Coffee output in Indonesia, the world’s third-biggest producer of robusta beans, will probably drop 10 per cent next year from a record in 2015 as th...

Aldi Private-Label Coffee Rated Best By UK Consumer Group

Aldi’s private-label Specially Selected Ethiopian Coffee was the highest-scoring coffee in a blind taste test, trumping Lavazza, branded coffees from...

Italy's Lavazza Boosts US Investment to Spur Coffee Expansion

Lavazza will direct more than a third of its investment budget toward the US this year as Italy’s biggest coffeemaker seeks to triple revenue in a co...

U.S. Green-Coffee Inventory Jumped to 12-Year High in August

Stockpiles of unroasted green coffee in the U.S., the world’s top consumer, surged to a 12-year high in August, signalling ample supplies as Colombia...

Vietnam Coffee Inventories Jump Threefold Amid Grower Hoarding

Monthly coffee inventories in Vietnam, the largest robusta producer, are more than three times higher than last year as growers continued hoarding amid slu...