According to CoffeeHunters(/), the upward trend in coffee futures prices seems to have temporarily halted last week. Market participants were hit by news from the US market and are worried that the price increase will curb demand in the United States [more…]

According to data from Xinhua News Agency and the Ethiopian Coffee and Tea Authority (ECTA), China has surpassed the United States to become the world's third-largest importer of Ethiopian coffee. It is reported that the Ethiopian Trade and Trade Administration (ECTA) exported 47,8 [more…]

Great changes are taking place in the coffee industry. This year, the news of the potential sale of Starbucks China has caused a great stir in the industry. The list of potential bidders is long and impressive, including Carlyle, Hillhouse, Primavera [more…]

According to the news of the Chinese business website, on May 11, 2023, China and Ecuador signed the "Free Trade Agreement between the Government of the People's Republic of China and the Government of the Republic of Ecuador". At present, both China [more…]

Recently, the Robusta coffee futures price has continued to rise, even reaching a record high of $4,339 per ton. At present, the latest pre-sale price of London Robusta futures in July is $4,239 per ton, and the pre-sale price at the end of September [more…]

近年来，咖啡店为迎合多元需求，纷纷推出燕麦奶、杏仁奶、椰奶等替代乳制品。然而，墨尔本一家咖啡馆却在菜单上写下了“下周：母乳 5澳元”的字样，引发顾客惊讶。尽管店家事后称这只是玩笑，但俄罗斯确有咖啡馆曾以母乳制作卡布奇诺，每杯售价高达650卢布。值得注意的是，在我国，人体母乳被明令禁止作为商品销售。本文将带您了解这起“母乳咖啡”风波的来龙去脉。 [more…]

近期，全球多地咖啡价格出现明显上涨，从澳大利亚到英国，再到亚洲市场，消费者为日常咖啡支付的成本不断增加。澳大利亚作为咖啡文化深厚的国家，人均每周消费10杯咖啡，但连锁店价格已悄然上调。麦当劳、COSTA等品牌纷纷提价，部分产品涨幅显著，引发消费者不满。与此同时，国内便利蜂、星巴克等也面临成本压力调整价格。咖啡涨价背后，是极端气候、原油价格上涨、人工成本上升等多重因素叠加导致的通胀压力。咖啡自由似乎正渐行渐远，消费者需为喜爱的饮品付出更多。 [more…]

对于咖啡师而言，感官就是赖以生存的工具，一旦感冒鼻塞，当天的出品质量便无从判断。台湾的研究团队将人工智能学习算法与电子鼻相结合，开发出一套能够辨别不同咖啡香气差异的系统，识别准确率可达81%至98%。这项技术不仅有望帮助咖啡从业者在感官失灵时进行品质把控，还可能应用于咖啡产业链的质量验证。与此同时，研究团队还在同步开发电子舌、电子眼和触觉系统，试图从多个维度覆盖咖啡品控的各个环节。 [more…]

加拿大咖啡连锁品牌Tim Hortons被曝在过去一年多里持续向联邦政府施压，试图取消部分加盟店聘用临时外籍劳工的比例上限。通过信息公开请求，其2024年5月致移民部长的内部信件被披露，信中要求将外劳比例从10%上调至30%。尽管加拿大民众对移民态度转冷、政府收紧各类移民通道，Tims母公司RBI仍在10月密集游说多党派议员。知情人士透露，Tims还希望政府为已受雇外劳续签签证，并寻求类似加美快速通关的加速审批机制。各党派对此强烈反对，认为该计划剥夺年轻人就业机会，或应彻底改革甚至废除。 [more…]

咖啡机领域迎来重大变局。德龙集团宣布将意大利高端意式咖啡机品牌La Marzocco与瑞士全自动咖啡机厂商Eversys合并，组建全新业务集团，专注咖啡机的研发与销售。德龙为此支付约3.74亿美元收购La Marzocco股份，并通过德龙工业间接持有其62.6%股权，成为最大股东。两大品牌将保留独立运营与现有管理团队，新集团设立独立董事会直接向德龙CEO汇报。此次整合将如何影响高端咖啡机市场格局？对咖啡爱好者和咖啡馆经营者又意味着什么？本文将梳理交易细节、品牌背景与未来展望。 [more…]

对于乳糖不耐受或对乳制品过敏的咖啡爱好者而言，燕麦奶、杏仁奶等植物基替代品让他们能够安心享用拿铁。然而，美国咖啡连锁巨头Dunkin近日因对非乳制品饮品收取额外费用而遭遇集体诉讼，原告方认为这一做法构成对乳糖过敏及不耐受人群的歧视，违反了《美国残疾人法案》。这并非美国咖啡行业首次因植物奶定价问题引发法律纠纷，星巴克此前也面临类似指控。本文将梳理事件经过、法律依据及行业反响，并探讨非乳制品饮品定价争议背后的成本与公平问题。 [more…]

After Starbucks announced to suspend its business in Russia and withdraw from the Russian market last year, the founder of the local famous catering company Pinskiy & Co, Anton Pinsky, and the Russian rap singer Timati collaborated to acquire Starbuc [more…]

India is the earliest country in Asia to grow coffee, and its output ranks sixth in the world. Recently, the price of coffee has continued to rise. The reason for the rise in price is that Vietnam has suffered from heat waves and droughts, affecting [more…]

Traders of the special processing method coffee should reduce the export of coffee with traditional processing methods. From February 6th to 10th, the 20th African Fine Coffee Conference and Exhibition was held in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia [more…]

The Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) of the African coffee-producing country Uganda released the March coffee export report. The volume of Ugandan coffee exports was 329,686 bags of 60 kilograms, 246.8 billion shillings (64.74 million US do [more…]

A few days ago, the much-anticipated online bidding event of BOP (Best of Panama) in the coffee industry came to an end. At this top-level auction that attracts the attention of coffee lovers worldwide, the Geisha from the renowned Hacienda La Esmera [more…]

Friends who brew coffee with a moka pot almost always struggle with one question: how do you pick a bean that isn't sour? After all, coffee made in a moka pot is highly concentrated, so any sourness becomes very obvious once it appears. The good news is that as long as you stick to the directions of "full-bodied, low-acid, rich in oils," there are excellent choices from beginner to advanced levels. [more…]

For more specialty coffee knowledge, please follow our WeChat official account: Front Street Coffee (FrontStreet Coffee). The AeroPress is not just a passing fad; its appearance is quite unlike typical brewing equipment, and the company that invented this brewing device doesn't even have coffee equipment as its flagship product. [more…]

Laurent Freixe joined Nestlé in 1986 and was promoted to CEO on September 1, 2024. It is reported that this investigation originated from the company's internal complaint system "Speak Up". Earlier this year, concerns were raised about Laurent Freixe [more…]

According to Ethiopian media reports on September 13, 2025, the Ethiopian Coffee and Tea Authority has recently issued new regulations significantly raising the capital requirements for engaging in coffee export business. Under the latest Coffee Mark [more…]