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The coffee areas in Vietnam, the biggest producer of robusta beans used by Nestle SA, will probably receive rain in coming days, easing concern that dry weather will reduce the…

As the first flush of prized Darjeeling tea nears harvest this spring, workers on Darjeeling’s fair-trade tea plantations are still waiting for a fair deal, says a University of Michigan…

Coffee has long been blamed for dehydration due to the fact that caffeine is a mild diuretic. But experts suggest that such a drink can help with hydration, contributing to…

Eight hundred years ago, tea was rare in Japan. It arrived from China in simple, ceramic storage jars. Chinese ceramists churned these jars out with little care or attention; they…

Inventories reached 850,000 metric tons in the week ended March 7, the highest ever at this time of the year, according to the median of eight trader and shipper estimates…

The highest price for top Kenyan tea fell to $3.60 per kg at this week’s sale from $3.70 per kg last week, Africa Tea Brokers (ATB) said. Prices for Best…

Coffee lovers in Milton Keynes can now order their hot drinks from behind the wheel instead of at the counter after the town has welcomed a Starbucks drive-thru. On Friday,…

Coffeehouse chains are setting up premium outlets selling expensive drinks to meet demand from trendy Korean customers in a saturated coffeehouse market. Starbucks Korea plans to open an upscale outlet…

The price of a morning caffeine hit is set to become more costly, rising 10¢ to 60¢ a cup, as a drought on the other side of the world threatens…

The Tea Board is likely to complete the issue of identity cards to small growers in India by October 2015. “Data collection is time consuming. Our second batch of development…