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CAYN statistics show the world produced about 7 million tonnes of coffee beans every year while China's annual coffee bean yield was only 40,000 tonnes. China relies heavily on imports to meet its booming coffee demand, with imports accounting for about 90 percent of the country's consumption. Yunnan Province had planned to more than double its coffee-growing area to about 67,000 hectares from ...

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The key months for coffee planting in China stretch from October to March when coffee trees blossom and mature. The persistent drought since last September had dried many coffee cherries before they had matured. "The coffee plants failed to flower or just withered," Liu said. "This will cast a shadow over the coffee bean yield in the next two years." The drought has parched the southern areas of ...

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Leslie Buck, designer of the iconic blue-and-white cardboard cup that New Yorkers used by the hundreds of millions for their morning coffee has died at the age of 87.

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Associated Press - April 28, 2010 10:14 PM ET WAUKEGAN, Ill. (AP) - Lake County prosecutors say a Lindenhurst teenager has admitted putting antifreeze in his mother's coffee maker.

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Youth admits putting antifreeze in coffee

Starbucks hopes China will become its largest market outside the United States, said Wang Jinlong, chairman of Greater China Starbucks, in Beijing on March 26 and he also said Starbucks hopes to bring more Chinese local products into the global market. Starbucks released nine new tea drinks in China in March and announced it plans to market several new non-coffee products. "Starbucks holds high ...

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Starbucks to popularize non-coffee products worldwide

What's happening in YOUR neighborhood? Starting at 6 p.m., that's the question staff members will be asking attendees during Wednesday night's "Coffee & Community" event at the Starbucks on Central Avenue at 1 9th Street South at the corner of Central Avenue and U.S 41 in downtown Naples.

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OU Health Sciences Center researchers found that drinking a large amount of coffee can reduce the risk of diabetes among American Indians.

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The Josh Cutler campaign will host a neighborhood coffee Saturday, April 24.

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Former Hanson selectman to host Cutler Coffee

Photograph from Sprudge Sprudge noticed, via a Tweet ("Everyone at Gorilla just quit. Baristas, roasters, everyone. Friday nite and no employees for tomorrow."), that Park Slope coffee bar Gorilla Coffee was closed . A Sprudge commenter said, "100% true.Everyone gave written resignation and walked out after the tyrants refused to comply with basic respect. How long this will last and whether or ...

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Employee Walk-Out Closes Down Gorilla Coffee

Reidsville Chamber of Commerce holds its monthly morning coffee event

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