Burger King And Seattle’s Best Coffee Team Up to Offer Coffee Nationwide

Burger King Corp. and Seattle’s Best Coffee® have announced they have signed an agreement to offer Seattle’s Best Coffee® in approximately 7,250 BURGER KING® restaurants across the United States by September 2010. Offering freshly-brewed premium...

World Bank to Audit Coffee-cocoa Industry in Cote D’Ivoire

The World Bank president Robert Zoelick said that his institution would “soon” audit the coffee-cocoa industry in Cote d’Ivoire, while speaking on Friday at the end of his visit to the Ivorian economic capital. We anticipate an audit of the coffee-cocoa...

Ethiopia Launches Specialty Coffee Trading

The Ethiopia Commodity Exchange (ECX) has announced the launching of specialty coffee trading in the country. The ECX specialty trading system relies on “Q”grading, an internationally recognized specialty classification developed by the Specialty...

Ethiopia Launches a Regional Coffee Quality Control Center

Ethiopia has launched a Regional Coffee Quality Certification Centre and Warehouse Operation which aims at boosting the quality and quantity of Ethiopia’s coffee exports. The center was launched in Hawassa town, located some 275 kilometers south of...

Tanzania Coffee Body Set to Comply with International Law

A new system to trace and track coffee originating in Tanzania from the farm to the customer will see the country’s coffee comply with international standards. The Director General of the Tanzania Coffee Board (TCB), Adolph Kumburu, told APA in...

Ethiopian Authorities Seize Over 6 Tons of Coffee Illegally Stockpiled in Private Homes

Ethiopian authorities have seized over six tons of quality coffee stockpiled in private warehouses and homes in Addis Ababa, which the government will confiscate in accordance with a recent proclamation. The Ethiopian Ministry of Agriculture and Rural...

Ethiopia Revokes Coffee Licenses From 6 Major Exporters

Ethiopia has revoked the coffee export licenses for six major export companies and shut down another 88 coffee supplier unions with warehouses stocked with coffee. The decision was made after the government accused a number of exporters and coffee suppliers...

Seattle, an Export Center for Aircraft, Software, Coffee

Seattle, in the northwestern U.S. state of Washington, has become an important technology and commercial center, with industries that include aircraft, computer software and gourmet coffee. Mike O’Sullivan reports from Seattle, the Pacific port...