coffee business strategies

In a story printed in today’s Pacific Business News, LION Coffee of Hawaii announced that it will launch an antioxidant-spiked coffee line on August 1st. Lion Coffee is introducing a new line of antioxidant-rich coffee called Pure Choices. The new line will use all-natural KonaRed Coffee Fruit in four flavors: original, French roast, coconut and [...]

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On the SCAE Guest Blog, intrepid origin tour leader Colin Smith adds his comments and introduction to the complete Cafe Europa account of our origin trip in Hawaii last year. You may have already read my summary of the tour back in November, but the Cafe Europa article goes into much more detail and includes [...]

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From the Pacific Business News: Hawaii’s revenue from coffee production plunged 13 percent year-over-year to $25.6 million in the 2009-10 growing season. The drop in revenue was a result of a 6 percent decline in the average farm price and an 8 percent decrease in production during the season, which typically runs from August through [...]

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The Specialty Coffee Association of Europe released their full account of the group origin trip to Hawaii Island earlier this year. You can read it on the SCAE website. …and just in case you missed it, be sure to read my own account of the trip from November.

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From October 26 – October 30, 2009 I was honored to be the Hawaii Island coffee tour guide for a group of coffee professionals representing the Speciality Coffee Association of Europe, who visited Hawaii as their annual origin tour destination. For one week, the group of roasters and writers visited a variety of coffee businesses [...]

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