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Robusta is beating arabica for the first time in four years as roasters use more of the cheaper grade and farmers reap fewer beans in Vietnam, the top grower. While…

Chinese researchers are out with another big discovery and this time the news favors all those smokers or nicotine abusers, who are willing to quit their habits and live a…

Buyers of fine coffee from Brazil, the world’s largest producer, are getting a smaller discount for the beans, with futures sliding in New York and local exporters purchasing for September…

Tea producers are venturing into tea tourism projects in the picturesque Darjeeling hills, hoping the newly-created Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) will restore peace in the region. The three picturesque Darjeeling…

A compound found in green tea could be a weapon in treatments for tackling cancer, according to newly-published research at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, Scotland. The extract, known…

Ethiopia is regarded as arabica coffee’s birthplace, but while the country’s high-quality coffee has made it to the gourmet shelves of major coffee houses around the world, many of its…

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A new coffee variety will soon be introduced in Taita Taveta county. Batian is set to be introduced in the region by agriculturalists in the county, who have been working…

The Tea Board has mooted a proposal with the Commerce Ministry to amend the relevant provisions of the Tea Act 1953 to do away with the requirement of mandatory planting…

ea prices in Bangladesh rose for a fifth consecutive weekly auction on Tuesday on strong demand from buyers and tight supply ahead of the Eid festival, brokers said.   The…