Friday, November 18, 2011

Brotherhood of the Bean

Brotherhood of the Bean

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Kenya 2011/12 coffee export earnings seen rising

Posted: 17 Nov 2011 09:00 AM PST

NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenya expects its coffee export earnings to rise by 7 percent in the 2011/12 (Oct-Sep) season, buoyed by high international prices and increased volumes, the ministry of agriculture’s top official said on Thursday. Statistics from industry regulator Coffee Board of Kenya showed east Africa’s biggest economy earned around 26 billion Kenyan shillings from exports of the …

Uganda sees Nov coffee exports at 230,000 bags

Posted: 17 Nov 2011 09:00 AM PST

KAMPALA (Reuters) – Uganda expects coffee exports in November to fall 13.8 percent from a year ago on the back of a waning harvest, the regulator Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) said on Wednesday. The east African country is one of Africa’s leading exporters of the beans and earnings from the crop are a major source of foreign exchange. UCDA said the country, which primarily …

Coffee? Good health news overflows

Posted: 17 Nov 2011 09:00 AM PST

Before I sat down to write this column, I zipped into the Dunkin' Donuts drive-through to get a cup of iced black coffee, my favorite fuel. I've been drinking coffee since I was a toddler, when my folks would allow me to add milk and sugar to the dregs in …

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