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Italian Espresso portrayed in video

26/05/2013

With his new video, the Istituto Nazionale Espresso Italiano, a group which brings roasters, machine manufacturers and coffee grinders, as well as other government agencies concerned in finding a quality espresso, gives us a brief journey through the universe of Italian espresso. This is the most beloved and popular drink in Italy, and at the same time, one of the symbols of the country better known abroad.
Stages of the coffee chain as roasting, tasting and marketing are portrayed here.

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Brazil celebrates coffee

24/05/2013

It is celebrated today, in Brazil, the National Coffee Day, date established in 2005 by ABIC (Brazilian Association of Coffee). Also marking the beginning of the harvest in most regions of the country, this date joins international celebration, which takes place on April 14.

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Vietnam will invest 3-trillion dong ($ 144 million) gesture to fund coffee farmers

20/05/2013

The Central Bank of Vietnam said on Mondaythat will extend to 3-trillion dong ($ 144 million) financing to farmers so that they renew crops between 2013 and 2015. The funding will be for producers of Lam Dong province in the central highlands of the country. With the funds, producers will replace coffee trees on about 23 hectares, said the central bank in a statement. In total, funding for renovation of coffee plantations must be between 8-trillion and 10-trillion dong (between $ 380 million and $ 475 million).
Source: Dow Jones

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Puerto Rico faces lowest coffee production ever

16/05/2013

Coffee production in Puerto Rico has hit the lowest level ever in the island's history, leaving farmers and government officials worried about how to revive a once burgeoning industry amid a deep economic crisis.
Farmers produced some 80,000 pounds (39,900 kilograms) of coffee during the most recent harvest, which represents only a third of local consumption, Agriculture Secretary Myrna Comas said Thursday.
Production in previous years has fluctuated between 105,000 pounds (47,600 kilograms) and 150,000 pounds (68,000 kilograms), according to department statistics.

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Improves indices of coffee production in Angola

15/05/2013

The indices of coffee production have improved significantly in recent years, the province of Uige, fruit enlargement of the areas of action for the culture, reported today (Wednesday), ANGOP, in this city, the local director of INCA, Vasco Gonçalves. According to him, last year were harvested five thousand tons of coffee mabuba and this year is expected to harvest in order of around six tonnes of coffee mabuba, which equates to about three thousand tons of commercial coffee.

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Situation caused by the coffee rust in Central America is critical

15/05/2013

The Executive Director of the International Coffee Organization (ICO), Robério Silva in an exclusive interview with Coffee Break, said the situation of coffee producers of the five countries he visited in Central America is "distressing and disturbing." Robério visited Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua and Costa Rica to check closely the damage caused by the outbreak of rust in coffee. "Come on in the crop and realized what caused the disease, all the foliage is on the ground," said the director of the ICO.

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