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Colombia’s National Federation of Coffee Growers said it expected 2012 coffee production to drop to 8 million 60-kilo sacks this year. Eight million sacks equates to about 1.06 billion pounds.…

Arabica coffee futures on ICE sank to a 2 -1/2-year low on Monday, on fund selling and pressure from the spot contract’s huge discount to the second position. Cocoa futures…

The Special Purpose Tea Fund (SPTF) scheme has been recast. The loan component has been dropped from it. This follows poor response to loan under SPTF. The new arrangement has…

Last week, Starbucks (Nasdaq: SBUX  ) announced that it will buy tea company Teavana (NYSE: TEA  ) for $620 million, or $15.50 per share, about a 50% premium over what…

A good demand perked up prices of almost all varieties of tea at Kochi tea auction. In sale no. 47 dust category, the quantity on offer in CTC grades was…

The age-old battle over whether the thick coffee enjoyed by Greeks and Turks is Greek or Turkish has reached the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as noted…

Coffee farmers in Vietnam, the world’s largest producer of the robusta variety, have harvested 35 percent of the crop that started Oct. 1 and sold about 15 percent, according to…

Coffee growers in Brazil, the world’s largest producer of the commodity, are holding back beans as prices continue to fall, limiting the volume of trades, according to brokers Flavour Coffee…

Coffee farmers in Vietnam, the world’s biggest grower of the robusta variety used by Nestle SA (NESN) in instant drinks, have harvested more beans than last year because of an…

Coffee farmers in the country including those in Cebu will get a boost with the recent thrust of the Department of Agriculture (DA) to support them  in order to make…