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After causing a state of agricultural emergency in Honduras and Costa Rica, a fungus that destroys coffee plants has already affected 70% of plantations in Guatemala type. The crisis with the largest export country of Guatemalan economy can lead to collapse. According to the local correspondent of the BBC, thousands of jobs are to be lost.
The fungus, which in addition to Costa Rica and Honduras will also be present in Panama and El Salvador, have been spread easily by a 2 º C increase in average temperature of the region.


The NAMA (North American Association of Vending) recently announced that Nashville, the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee will be the host city of 6. Edition of CoffeeTea&Water, the great fair U.S. aimed at segments of the OCS, HORECA and hot drinks for vending.
Like the previous editions, this event very significant in terms of training, networking and exposure to the operators of coffee, tea and water, expected to become the largest platform for dialogue and interaction between the same agents.


For three days, 4-6 February, the Spanish Institute Foz was the stage for important items addressed to the world of coffee.
This initiative turned specifically around the world of coffee, their preparation and tasting, while addressed in detail latte art, the technique required to create designs on the surface of the cappuccinos.
In terms of the most significant took place 1. º Championship International Coffee Tasting School of Hospitality, 6.º Barista Championship International Hotel School and 1. º International Championship Professional Baristas HEI Foz 2013 .


Considered the second largest global consumer of coffee, surpassed only by the U.S., Brazil presented in 2012 a record high coffee consumption. Very concretely, this beverage consumption per capita in the country was 6.23 kilograms of raw coffee beans or 4.98 pounds of roasted coffee, equivalent to almost 83 liters per Brazilian annually registering There was thus an increase of 2% over the previous year.


Coffee production in Colombia is expected to reach 10 million bags this year, which would represent an increase of almost 30%, compared to 7.74 million bags in 2012, reported Fedecafé, which represents the producers of the country.
In January 2013, the production of grain Colombian registered an increase of 64% over the same month last year to 877,000 bags, since the crops were able to recover from the impact of bad weather. Exports rose 34% in the month, to 725 thousand bags.
Source: Revista Cafeicultura


For the month of December, the monthly report from the International Coffee Organization (ICO) shows that there has been a slight recovery in coffee prices, driven by growing concerns about the outbreak of coffee rust in Central America.


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