
Contents
2 CALENDAR OF EVENTS
NEWS
4 Orimi Factory Confirmed its Compliance with ISO 22000
4 Specialty Coffee Groups Join Forces under Single Name
4 Brazil’s Exports to Reach 34 Million Bags in 2016, Says Cecafé
4 Indian Government May Consider Duty Benefits for Tea, Coffee Industry
5 Instant Coffee Loses Market Share to Brewed Coffee in South Korea
5 Cold Brew Coffee Gains Traction in South East Asia
5 ICO Director Robério Oliveira Silva Passes Away at Age 53
ECONOMICS
6 Instant Coffee Fights Back Against the Growing Challenge from Fresh
REVIEW & STATISTICS
10 Ethiopia Leads Africa in Coffee Consumption
14 Fruit/Herbal Teas Poised to Outperform Overall Tea Category in Poland and Turkey as Producers Emphasise Functionality
SCIENCE NEWS
18 University оf Limerick Researchers Pour over the Perfect Coffee
18 The Best Way to Cool Hot Coffee, According to Science
19 Coffee Producers Being Trained to Nuke Plants to Fight Fungus Disease
20 Texas A&M Researchers Working to Avert a Global Coffee Crisise
21 This Tree Could Make Coffee Plantations More Profitable and More Environmentally Sound
HoReCa
NEWS
22 Tea Masters Cup Turkey. Tea – From Plantation to Tea Cup Contest
24 Winners of Tea Masters Cup Latvia Named
26 Tea Masters Cup Vietnam chose the winners
28 International Coffee Day: How was it around the World?
MONITOR
30 Tea Masters Cup Season Has Ended… Long Live the Cup!
32 Tea Masters Cup. Amendments to the Contest Rules
INTERVIEV
36 Australian Impressions of the TMC Vietnam
38 How much tea one should drink to become a world champion?