Ancillary

  • Rainforest Alliance Cupping Recognizes Sustainable Coffees' Quality

    Rainforest Alliance Certified™ farms in Kenya, Peru and Colombia earned top scores at the Rainforest Alliance’s December Cupping for Quality, held at the Specialty Coffee Association of America (SCAA) Lab in Long Beach, Calif. This marks the tenth...

    News • January 10th, 2013

  • Time to reconsider tea

    A recently published state of the U.S. Tea industry from the Tea Association of the U.S.A., Inc. reported not only how tea imports have increased in recent years, but how consumer demand is growing. According to Joseph Simrany, president of the Tea...

    Blog • January 9th, 2013

  • Smucker Pickwick® Teas

    Smucker Foodservice now offers a variety of Pickwick® Teas — fresh-brewed iced teas and hot teas. Pickwick Teas come in flavors such as Raspberry Herbal, Classic Black, Green Tea with Lemon, Mango Peach Rooibos Herbal, and Melon White and Green...

    Product • January 4th, 2013

  • U.S. Tea Industry Grows By Nearly 1 Percent

    Joseph P. Simrany, president of the Tea Association of the U.S.A., Inc. reports the state of the tea industry is strong. Tea imports for 2011 increased by nearly 1 percent, a record breaking 281 million pounds. Read his report.  

    News • December 20th, 2012

  • USDA Forecasts Over 150 Million Bags Of Coffee For 2013

    World coffee production for 2012/13 is forecast at a record 151 million bags, up almost 7 million from the previous year, marking the third consecutive year of rising output, according to a recent U.S. Department of Agriculture report. Brazil is...

    News • December 18th, 2012

  • The State of the U.S. Tea Industry

    Just when we thought the recession was behind us, there is growing evidence that the economy is continuing to struggle to break out of the doldrums. Unemployment remains stubbornly above 8 percent, retail sales are lackluster at best and while new...

    Article • December 17th, 2012

  • World Tea East Co-locates With Atlanta Foodservice Expo In Atlanta, Ga.

    World Tea East is co-locating with the Atlanta Foodservice Expo, Oct. 20-22, 2013, at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, Ga. World Tea East, produced by World Tea Media, is a regional trade show that supports and fuels the expanding demand...

    News • December 14th, 2012

  • Marley Coffee Ships Over 500,000 Real Cups Within First Month

    Marley Coffee announced that it has distributed over 500,000 Marley Coffee Real Cups™ within its first month of distributing its single serve product. Marley Coffee's Real Cups, which are compatible with most of Keurig's branded single serve k-cup...

    News • December 12th, 2012

  • Large Brazilian Coffee Crop May Drop Prices

    Brazilian farmers are reporting 50.8 million bags of arabica coffee beans, which could results in a 12 percent decrease in prices, according to Bloomberg Businessweek. Arabica cost almost three times more than robusta coffee, which is predicted to rise...

    News • December 10th, 2012

  • Bolla Market Convenience Stores To Serve Only Specialty, Fair Trade Coffee

    Bolla Market, a high-end chain of New York City area convenience stores, is planning to switch to offering only top-quality, artisanal specialty coffee certified to be organic, Fair Trade, and the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center’s Bird Friendly...

    News • December 6th, 2012

  • Starbucks Finds High Margins In Premium Coffee, Charging $7 A Cup

    Recently Starbucks Corp. announced its new premium coffee, Gesha Tree, which costs consumers $7 for a 16-ounce cup, according to MarketWatch . While made from hard to grow coffee, one coffee shop owner speculated the cost should be closer to $3, at...

    News • November 30th, 2012

  • Roast Magazine Names Reunion Island Coffee 2013 Roaster of the Year Finalist

    This month, Portland-Ore.-based Roast magazine named Oakville’s Reunion Island Coffee a finalist in their annual Roaster of the Year competition. Selected from an international group of some of the world’s finest roasters, Reunion Island Coffee...

    News • November 27th, 2012

  • 10 Single-Serve Teas Win First Place At North American Tea Championship

    The North American Tea Championship (NATC) named 10 first-place winners in various categories of its new packaged single-service evaluation, which took place Nov. 14 to 15, 2012. The championship is an independent competition, judged by professional...

    News • November 26th, 2012

  • Marley Coffee Delivers First Real Cup Shipment Into Office Coffee Service And Retail Channels In Canada

    Marley Coffee announced that its Marley Coffee Real Cups™ are currently available or will become available in the upcoming week across Canada through several office coffee service distributors as well as London Drugs stores in Western Canada...

    News • November 16th, 2012

  • McDonald's Sells Ground McCafe Coffee At Canada Locations

    McDonald's will begin selling its McCafe ground coffee at its restaurants in Canada, starting in November, according to the Associated Press .  Full article.  

    News • October 29th, 2012