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Rochester 12-28-2012 Whole Latte Love Coffee Compare-O-Matic - There are many different ways to say coffee around the world and many different coffees that are blended, roasted, ground and prepared to please specific tastes and palate desires. We are providing a cross section of what's...

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Bean Counting

Green coffee beans are usually shipped in 132lb bags, (60 Kilograms) and world-wide production statistics are compiled on the number of bags.
World production includes 88,818 bags of Arabica and 62,440 of Robusta.
To give you perspective on worldwide coffee production and the...

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Bean Counting

Green coffee beans are usually shipped in 132lb bags, (60 Kilograms) and world-wide production statistics are compiled on the number of bags.
World production includes 88,818 bags of Arabica and 62,440 of Robusta.
To give you perspective on worldwide coffee production and the...

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Coffee grounds could eliminate bad sewer odors – Gaggia News - Elizabeth Smythe – 2/14/2012 - Eggy-drain smells could soon be a thing of the past, all due to left-over coffee grounds. Coffee grounds have many uses: mulch for the garden and as an effective cellulite body scrub to name but two. Now researchers have discovered a third use for the often-wasted by-product of the coffee machine: to disguise smelly sewer odors.
Tests were made by scientists at the City College of New York (CCNY) in an attempt to find an environmentally-friendly way to eliminate toxic gases from the air. Currently, a form of carbonized-charcoal is being used in filters.
During the experiments, researchers found that nitrogen which is contained in coffee grounds can help boost the power of the carbon’s ‘smell-fighting’ properties, according to World Coffee News. Effectively, it ‘sops up’ the offensive hydrogen sulfide gas, which can linger around drains, via a process called “adsorption”.
Teresa Bandosz, CCNY’s professor of chemistry and chemical engineering, believes that this “natural biomass”, so abundant in sulphur-neutralizing elements, should not be ignored. This is particularly important, she is cited on ccny.cuny.edu, as making carbon absorbents more effective would usually necessitate the additional expense of treating with nitrogen-rich substances.
Professor Bandosz is hopeful that, with its “affinity for toxic gas”, coffee grounds will soon be commercially developed into next generation green waste filters.

From theguardian world news - Ishwar Rauniyar in Kavre and Jason Burke, The Guardian, Tuesday 18 December 2012 - Nepalese farmers tap into global thirst for coffee. - Coffee farming industry booming as crop takes to difficult terrain and taste for drink grows in India, Pakistan and China.

Compared with other coffee producing nations, Nepal is small fry. But that doesn't mean it can't have its own micro-boom. Bhimsen Giri is a coffee exporter with a problem. The farmers he visits in the hills around his native Kavre district, 20 miles outside the Nepalese capital, Kathmandu, are not producing enough. "We have hardly met 10% o the demand," said Giri.

However, the 30-year-old, who has been in the business for a decade, is optimistic. More Nepalese growers are turning to coffee, drawn by record prices paid by exporters.

"Farmers are very excited about coffee farming," Giri said. "But most of them lack information regarding the process and benefit of coffee farming."

Driven by surging demand  especially in traditionally tea-drinking countries such as India and Pakistan  the Nepalese coffee farming industry is booming. The result is visible on the neat rows of bushes on the green slopes of Kavre district. Nepal now has 1,700 hectares of coffee plantation, more than 10 times the area 20 years ago when growing started. Total production is 417 tonnes of coffee, more than 30 times the crop in the early 1990s.

In Kavre alone 2,200 farmers are involved in coffee, according to Hom Raj Giri, chairman of the Kavre District Coffee Entrepreneurs Association.

Every year, according to Prem Acharya, planning officer at the National Tea and Coffee Development Board (NTCDB), 16% mre land is being used for coffee and production is increasing by 20%. he industry now employs more than 25,000 people.

In a country with deep poverty and political instability, coffee is one of the few industries beyond tourism that are thriving.

From Ynetnews - 12.15.12 - Israel Environment - A new report by the UK's Royal Botanic Gardens has found the climate change may wipe out wild coffee plants within 70 years. According to the Daily Mail, climate change, compounded by the loss of forests and invasive pests, are threatening one of the world's leading coffee plant  Arabica - in its native habitat of Ethiopia. Arabica grows in mountain forests and is widely considered to be the most popular coffee type in the world, making up 70% o global consumption. The majority of wild coffee forests can be found in south Sudan and Ethiopia, which is the largest producer of coffee in Africa. According to the report, commercial Arabica plantations produce only a fraction of the coffee harvested, and the plant in innately vulnerable to infection and environmental changes. Should anything seriously endanger the Arabica plant, the affects on the worlds coffee supplies would be immense. A shortage is also likely to effect world markets as coffee is the second most traded commodity after oil. Coffee exports amount to worth $15.95 billion a year.

From the Coffeetalk.com Power Press - LOS ANGELES California (December 5, 2012) – Klatch Coffee, fresh off winning the competition to be named ‘America’s Best Coffeehouse’, officially opened its doors at Los Angeles International Airport. In a movement by officials to improve quality at LAX, Klatch joins an elite line up of Southern California eateries coming to the airport.

Located in Terminal 7, the new LAX location incorporates a modern, sophisticated look along with a fun, stylishly clean interior, creating an inviting and relaxing atmosphere for everyone to enjoy. Travelers are invited to experience the award-winning coffee and gourmet Panini sandwiches, salads and pastries at one of the many community tables ‘Where Coffee is the Conversation’.

According to Klatch Barista Champion Heather Perry “The America’s Best Coffeehouse competition is a huge honor and was a lot of fun because it was just like a real coffeehouse environment where we served real drinks to real customers”. Added Heather “At LAX, we have a great staff and are featuring some fantastic coffee, great drinks, and wonderful food. I think those flying out of Terminal 7 are in for a real treat, and we even have people from other terminals walking the corridors to find us”. (Check out our Klatch coffee selections here: http://www.wholelattelove.com/klatch.cfm.)

It's Press Time!

Since my co-workers are so much more adept at testing espresso machines, I took the opportunity to try brewing a cup of Americano coffee using the AeroPress Coffee and Espresso Maker. I have been intrigued with press-brewing coffee for several years now after first watching my friend Tracy...

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From the German DW 12/13/2012 - The Last Wild Coffee Forests - Home to diverse wildlife and coffee plants, Ethiopia’s cloud forests are under a preservation order. But the local population can live from the forest – in a sustainable way.
Project goal: Preservation and sustainable farming of the last wild coffee forests
Project type: Reforestation, educating and training the local population
Project size: 760,000 hectares of forest land under conservation order
Project volume: ca. 3 million euros ($3.9 million) in the framework of the International Climate Initiative
CO2-balance: The wild coffee forests store 600,000 tons of CO2 annually
In 2010, after a long battle, the wild coffee forests of Ethiopia were put under a conservation order. Home to 5,000 different kinds of coffee plant, the UNESCO biosphere reservation is a truly unique genetic treasure, boasting rich biodiversity. Work done in the region ranges from securing the forest, to harvesting coffee, to tourist sector jobs. In addition, several hundred hectares of forest are being replanted with both fast-growing and indigenous trees. Educating the local population about such things as the benefits of using wood-saving stoves is important. But even more important is coffee, which - given the growing worldwide interest in diverse bean types - is a good source of income. The local population is thus beginning to understand it is worth taking care of the forest instead of exploiting it. A film by Jürgen Schneider at http://www.dw.de/the-last-wild-coffee-forests/a-16444020

From the Huffington Post - Keith Peterman - Professor of Chemistry, York College - 12/06/2012 – “First Carbon-Neutral Coffee Takes Center Stage at UN Climate Conference” - Keith enjoys a morning cup of Joe to jump-start his day and his coffee of preference is made from beans that come from the steep mountain slopes of the Tarrazú region in west-central Costa Rica. The altitude and climate in that region create perfect growing conditions for high quality, strictly hard-bean Arabica coffee. That coffee took center stage at the UN climate conference yesterday afternoon. Arriving for media photos the Costa Rican delegation brought with them several large bags of beans from the Dota coffee cooperative in the Tarrazú region and symbolically presented the beans to the organizing Sub-Committee. The presentation was linked to the recently released World Bank Report "Why a 4 °C Warmer World Must be Avoided". Recognizing the risks of a climate catastrophe as outlined in the report, the Costa Rican Minister of Environment René Castro-Salazar stated, "We just delivered the first 5000 pounds of internationally certified carbon-neutral coffee in the world because we should preach by example... the top down is going too slow, we are starting bottom up." Costa Rica was previously the first nation to declare its intent to become carbon neutral by 2021.