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in this issue... USAID Joins Nespresso and TechnoServe to Support South Sudan’s Editor: Jay Cee Coffee Farmers jaycee@coffee-magazine.co.uk 10 Household uses for used coffee grounds Design: The Coffee Bean Team Fuel made from old coffee jaycee@coffee-magazine.co.uk www.coffee-magazine.co.uk Grower’s Cup The Disposable French Contributors: Press Briancee - Poet Editorial Welcome to another issue. covering fuel made from old Until next time, the Ed coffee grounds. It is apparent that coffee is becoming one of the most Canadian coffee chain Second expensive commodities Cup is to expand across around the world. London but do we need any more coffee chains in In Across the Pond Usaid joins London? I am not sure myself. Nespresso and Techno to support South Sudan’s coffee The Gadget Section hosts the farmers and much investment disposable coffee machine has been made to give people which is a really neat idea and hope for the future. I would like to try one – they are on Amazon with a price tag Note another article from of around £2.50 to £4.00 - well Joey Kramer – Joey Kramer worth a taste at that price. Takes Over the Airwaves at 100.7FM WZLX, Boston’s Then there are the poor Classic Rock and check out the Greek coffee drinkers as tax 10 household hints from used hikes threaten to brew up a coffee grounds together with storm for Greece’s culture. an interesting article
From Across The Pond USAID Joins Quality™ Program, which provides support, training and trees we had lost during the war; and since we started maintaining Nespresso and technical assistance to improve sustainability and productivity, our trees and delivering to the wet mills our lives have TechnoServe to while maintaining the highest quality coffee. South Sudan’s completely changed,” said South Sudanese coffee farmer Daniel first wet mills (equipment Lomoro. “We can now afford Support South to process coffee cherries to take our children to good into coffee beans) have been schools and meet the basic Sudan’s Coffee established, and the first coffee export was sold as a needs of the family. This wouldn’t have been possible without that Farmers Nespresso Limited Edition in France last year. technical support. Nespresso and TechnoServe have strengthened us $3.18 million investment will and taught us to be self-reliant.” accelerate development of the “This new partnership with “We can also see that it can country’s coffee market USAID will be instrumental lift the family, lift the nation and New York, April 2016 – to accelerate the progress can bring good things,” added Nespresso and TechnoServe, Nespresso and TechnoServe have South Sudanese farmer Nicholas a development non-profit already made, working directly Taban Solomon. “One will not organization, are pleased to with South Sudanese farmers,” be poor as before. The poverty announce a new partnership said Jean-Marc Duvoisin, CEO of is reducing, and you will have with the United States Agency Nestlé Nespresso. “This funding a better life. So we advise that for International Development injection will allow us to scale everyone should plant coffee for (USAID) to strengthen efforts up the project and help an even the future to uplift the nation.” to rebuild the coffee industry greater number of farmers grow in the new country of South and sell high quality coffee for USAID’s contribution will help Sudan and improve coffee international export at a higher expand the existing initiative farmer livelihoods. USAID will price, thus creating a better to support a thriving and invest $3.18 million during quality of life for farmers and inclusive coffee sector in South three years in the project, their families.” Sudan by increasing scale and which has already helped revive ensuring lasting impact. The South Sudan’s coffee industry, George Clooney, Nespresso funding injection will also allow diversify its export market and Brand Ambassador commented, the program to be extended raise the household incomes of “Coffee is a much-needed source to new communities, allowing smallholder coffee farmers. of income for farmers in South more farmers in South Sudan to Since 2011, Nespresso and Sudan – a country still ravaged benefit from the revival of South TechnoServe have worked by war. Investing in grassroots Sudan’s coffee industry. directly with local farmers development and empowerment The initiative aims to triple to revive high-quality coffee of local farming communities will coffee incomes and improve production in South Sudan, while help provide the foundation for household resilience. By 2019, developing commercial channels sustainable economic development. the program will have trained to enable its sale and export. This commitment by USAID is a 1,500 South Sudanese farmers, of Nespresso has already invested strong signal of the relevance of whom at least 25 percent will be over $2.5 million in the project. the program that Nespresso and women, and helped establish nine The country’s coffee industry was TechnoServe have built up with cooperative-owned wet mills. decimated after years of civil war, these communities, allowing it to “In a severely conflict-affected and oil now comprises 99 percent reach even more farmers in more country like South Sudan, of its exports. areas of the country.” it’s important that we invest in people to help improve To date, more than 700 farmers “The existence of the livelihoods, reduce extreme have been integrated into the programme in South Sudan has poverty and give people hope Nespresso AAA Sustainable helped us recover the coffee about the future,” said USAID
Assistant Administrator for Africa the Future, helping to reduce which could have important Linda Etim. “By helping expand poverty and malnutrition through positive economic and political the success that Nespresso agricultural development. implications down the road.” and TechnoServe have already Nespresso Sustainability achieved in improving the “Despite great difficulties, the Innovation Fund Nespresso has livelihoods of South Sudan’s coffee farmers of South Sudan also launched its Nespresso coffee farmers, USAID is planting have shown extraordinary Sustainability Innovation Fund, seeds of hope at a very fragile determination to improve the which has been established and uncertain time for the future for their children, their to facilitate investment from people of South Sudan. We’re communities, and ultimately, Nespresso in coffee origin revival encouraged to see a company like their country,” said William and coffee supply chain resilience Nespresso investing in long-term Warshauer, President and CEO projects that go beyond the growth in South Sudan and look of TechnoServe. “Working with usual business operations of forward to working together to us and Nespresso, they have the company. Nespresso is expand economic growth and been proud to share their committing an initial $10 million opportunity in the country.” unique coffee with the world in specific innovative coffee value and to contribute to a more chain initiatives in the coming Through its focus on improving sustainable economic base for three years (2016-2018). smallholder livelihoods, this their country. With increased partnership also complements funding from USAID, coffee These announcements come as the goals of the U.S. has the potential to eventually part of the fourth annual meeting Government’s global hunger become one of the biggest non- of the Nespresso Sustainability and food security initiative, Feed oil exports for South Sudan, Advisory Board. Aerosmith’s Joey Kramer Takes Over the Airwaves at 100.7FM WZLX, Boston’s Classic Rock offee talk, celebrity interviews, C the radio.com app for mobile devices. of java and rock ‘n roll will curated playlists and more as come together to witness “DJ Kramer guest deejays from June During his guest DJ-ing stint, Kramedog” sign off of the radio 29 to July 1 Kramer will be game for true waves and christen his new 1,500 coffee talk with listeners square foot coffeehouse with a BOSTON, MA (June 10, 2016) dialing in while also conducting rockstar edge. – Aerosmith drummer turned interviews with rockstar coffee mogul, Joey Kramer, soon friends like Aerosmith’s Tom Joey Kramer’s Rockin’ & Roastin’ will be Rockin’ & Roastin’ across Hamilton and Brad Whitford. “DJ Café will feature a custom- the airwaves as a guest deejay on Kramedog” also will chat with designed illuminated sign boasting 100.7FM WZLX, Boston’s Classic locally based celebrities such the Rockin’ & Roastin’ dragon, Rock. From Wednesday, June 29, as actor Kevin Chapman, car a glass jewel case visible from through Friday, July 1, Kramer will kingpin Ernie Boch, Jr., politico the roadways with Kramer’s become “DJ Kramedog” during Scott Brown, comedian Lenny full drum kit from the “Global the morning drive program from Clark and more. Additionally, Warming” world tour, a ceiling 6:00-9:00AM. The special three- Kramer will curate playlists of his lined with undulating rock-and- day airing will culminate with a all-time favorite songs spanning roll images and memorabilia live broadcast from Kramer’s the decades, as well as Rockin’ while classic rock-and-roll music soon-to-open Joey Kramer’s & Roastin’ giveaways throughout videos and legendary concerts Rockin’ & Roastin’ Café in North the three mornings. play on screens, table seating and Attleborough, which will double plush couches, a seasonal patio, as the grand opening celebration On Friday, July 1, the final day of and more. Baristas will prepare of Kramer’s new coffee sanctuary. Kramer’s guest DJ-ing whirlwind a variety of coffee drinks using Kramer, whose coffee company will take place at the official the traditional Rockin’ & Roastin’ Rockin’ & Roastin’s products ribbon cutting celebration of his brews (Guatemala, Ethiopia, can be found at thousands of first brick and mortar venture Sumatra), a signature espresso, locations throughout New in Massachusetts: Joey Kramer’s an all-natural Swiss water-based England, will take to the radio Rockin’ & Roastin’ Café, located decaffeinated version, organic with WZLX’s Cha-Chi Loprete. at the intersection of Routes 1 flavored coffees such as French Fans can tune in over-the-air, and 1A in North Attleborough. vanilla and hazelnut, seasonal online at www.wzlx.com or via Open to the public, lovers blends and cappuccinos. For
those looking to snack, Joey a full line of Rockin’ & Roastin’ Rockin’ & Roastin’ Café on Friday, Kramer’s Rockin’ & Roastin’ Café merchandise available including July 1, from 6:00-9:00am followed will offer fresh goods including branded apparel as well as by the ribbon cutting celebration. coffee cakes, Danishes, pastries 12-ounce bags and single-serve Joey Kramer’s Rockin’ & Roastin’ and muffins that are baked cups of Kramer’s signature brews. Café will be located at 551B in-house as well as breakfast The public is invited to attend the South Washington Street in sandwiches. There also will be live broadcast from Joey Kramer’s North Attleborough, MA. www.coffee-magazine.co.uk 10 Household uses for used coffee grounds Household Uses not only adds a savoury-sweet this – they need some time to flavour to your BBQ (pork break down in the compost for 1. Remove hard-to-clean dirt on works best with this) but once this to work. tiles and kitchen counters. Mix your meat is cooked, it will be your grounds with soapy water fork-tender. 9. Banish slugs and snails Instead and scrub on the surface of the of salting your outdoor surfaces stain with a dishcloth. Beauty to keep away the slugs, just sprinkle the used grounds on 2. Clean a dirty grill. The thinking 6. Reduce under-eye puffiness. your patio and around the flower behind this is the same as the It’s not just teabags that can do beds and you will never have above. The grainy texture of the this - coffee too has been known to deal with slugs again as they grounds will remove the build-up to remove puffiness from under don’t like the acidity of coffee. of grease. your eyes. Simply mix up the Reduce the pH levels of your soil coffee grounds with some water by scattering used coffee grounds 3. Exterminate fleas from your and make into a paste. Smear it for bright blue hydrangeas. pet. When bathing your dog on the affected area and leave to (or cat), after shampooing and rest for 15 minutes. Arts and Crafts before rinsing rub some of the grounds into their fur.Mix up 7. Wash your hair. The grittiness 10. Make new wood look old A coffee grounds with shampoo for of the grounds will strip your tablespoon of coffee grounds, an inexpensive way to get rid of hair of product build up f and white vinegar, one steel wool product build up. leave it squeaky clean. Brunettes pad and an old jam jar are all will benefit most from this as you need. Simply place the steel 4. Erase scratches off your coffee also darkens your hair wool and grounds in the jar and furniture. Mix up the grounds colour. fill it to the top with the vinegar. with vinegar and warm water and Let the mixture stew for a day. rub the paste gently on to the In The Garden The vinegar will slowly start to scratched surface. Use a cotton dissolve the steel wool, which bud for thin and faint scratches. 8. Composting Rich in nitrogen, will give your wood a silvery coffee grounds are great for patina. Once the 24 hours are up, 5.As a meat tenderiser and seasoning. composting and a firm favourite all you need to do is remove the This works in two ways Coffee of worms. If you have a compost steel wool (remember to wear grounds work as a tenderiser pile, use one part freshly mown gloves) and start painting over because, as they caramelise, they grass clippings to one part leaves your piece of wood. Let the first form a crust that locks in all to one part grounds. Don’t just coat dry, brush off the coffee the moisture of the meat. This use freshly brewed grounds for grounds and apply a second coat.
This fuel made from old coffee will launch in the summer, at half the price of wood Used coffee grounds have been customers by the summer, Mr one in 10 of the cups of coffee turned into a cheap, renewable Kay said. drunk in the UK. fuel that can be used in wood- burning stoves, according to “We are hoping to generate sales Mr Kay has spent “many millions” a young entrepreneur who claims of £50,000 through pre-orders, as on developing the technology: his invention will cost half the it’s the first year and we don’t want “Building factories and dealing price of wood or charcoal. to push too hard,” Mr Kay said. with chemicals, waste and energy Bio-bean has funded the are very expensive,” Mr Kay said. Bio-bean, which was founded development of the coffee This cash has come from winning three years ago by architecture briquettes from cash in the business. several awards and competitions. student Arthur Kay, collects Bio-bean has contracts with a Most recently, the company coffee slops from a network number of large coffee companies won €500,000 (£400,000) from of coffee shops, retailers, airports and waste management firms to the Green Challenge competition, and coffee factories, and turns pick up their old coffee grounds, which is funded by the Dutch them into biofuel. turn them into fuel, and sell Postcode Lottery. them back to the company The grounds are stripped of oil at a price that represents a Bio-bean has also “topped up” and packed together to form small significant saving on wood or its cash reserves with angel bricks, which do not release an fossil fuel alternatives. investment and venture capital. aroma when burnt, despite being Mr Kay has big ambitions for made from used coffee. In the past these companies the company. “I have been in were paying £64 a tonne for the Spain also in Germany, and we To date, the business has done waste to be dumped in landfill, can apply our technology and deals with big business customers with transport costs taking the business model to any coffee- but it is now launching its first total per tonne to £154. drinking nation.” consumer product. “No one The company has been praised has an emotional attachment for its “great innovation” by trade Bio-Bean has previously stated a to their fuel at the moment but body, the Renewable Energy forecast turnover of £7.5m this we’re trying to create that with Association, for finding a way to year but the success of the new Bio-bean,” said Mr Kay. Bio-bean use commercial waste for fuel. briquette business could drive up is launching its new briquettes Bio-bean has the capacity to revenues even further. through a pre-order campaign make 50,000 tonnes of biomass on Crowdfunder next month. at its Cambridge factory each The first bags will arrive with year - that’s using grains from
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Edy Bieker Wins shared decades of hard work, during the same time period. This research and fieldwork in the has allowed him and his team Scae’s Lifetime name of quality. He then thanked to gather extensive particulars Achievement Award his long-standing colleagues and and statistics, enabling them Sandalj board members Enrico to construct a standardised Venuti and Maurizio Rossmann, espresso cupping process. and credited his valued team Sandalj’s Espresso Protocol will be in the Sandalj quality and presented this coming October training departments for their during TriestEspresso Expo. untiring work and invaluable contribution to his personal and The sheer volume of know- professional development. how accumulated during his personal quest for quality had Born in Trieste in ‘53 and in the prompted the establishment, coffee sector since ‘76, in 1990 in 2000, of Sandalj Trading’s Edy Bieker joined Sandalj Trading training department, designated Company who is currently Accademia del Caffè. More than The award was presented during celebrating its 70th year in 2,500 diplomas and 16 years later, this year’s World of Coffee event business, where he is currently the courses can be tailored to organised by SCAE in Dublin. chief operating officer and head the knowledge requirements of DUBLIN – The SCAE Excellence of the quality department and the the learners, and include sessions Awards took place on the stage of Accademia del Caffè. In 2009 he on blending, cupping, evaluation the Royal Dublin Society. During was named a Maestro del Lavoro of green and roasted beans, and the most awaited specialty event of the Italian Republic for his much more. “I am profoundly of the year SCAE presented Edy professional achievements, is one of happy when the course Bieker with a Lifetime Achievement the first Authorised SCAE Trainers participants are in a position to Award, in recognition of his long- in Italy, and among other roles, look at a coffee bean with an standing career as Sandalj Trading’s has been a judge for both Cup of evaluative mind frame.” head of quality and training. Four Excellence and Barista competitions. decades of work have imparted a On stage he thanked SCAE truly remarkable understanding of “When I first started working, and its community for the coffee as an agricultural product, the norm used to be evaluating momentous effort and dedication a beverage and the industry as green coffee solely on the basis demonstrated throughout the a whole, and have been witness of whether description and years. Pleased with the progress to Edy’s unwavering drive to appearance matched. Cupping he has witnessed in the past promulgating a culture for espresso also used to be done exclusively decades, he added that seeing so and quality. in its traditional form. The many hardworking and motivated After receiving the award problem I saw with this was young people in the coffee that consumption in Italy has sectors gives him much hope for always been predominantly the years to come. espresso-based, thus requiring a much darker roast than that used for traditional cupping. Moreover, in as much as espresso extraction is characterised by an entirely different and often more complex spectrum of aromas, we realised traditional evaluation methods were not as exhaustive as we required them to be. We Edy Bieker mentioned the consequently decided to pioneer gratitude he feels for his first the use of espresso extraction mentor Luciano de Giovanni, for the purpose of evaluation and unfaltering supporter of his sample approval”. work, and Vincenzo Sandalj, Edy’s department receives more founding member and past SCAE than 3,000 samples a year, and President, with whom he has evaluates upwards of 35,000 cups
Tax hikes threaten to brew up a storm for Greece’s coffee drinkers Greeks will be subjected to yet array of new levies. “The only a 20% surcharge on “yes! you more taxes as the country’s thing that is not being taxed is guessed it coffee” this so called leftist-led government attempts the air we breathe,” said one TV coffee tax that will go up or to satisfy creditors in charge of analyst outlining the excise duties. down depending on whether disbursing bailout aid. They have beans are roasted or not.The list of decided to try to raise revenue Finance ministry officials appear new levies does not stop at coffee. for the country from a special not to have looked far for import tax on coffee, also to inspiration. From the national But this is a real shame for extra taxes and duties on hotel economy ministry in central coffee drinkers as once it starts bookings and a consumption tax Syntagma Square they have in one European country surely on beer. a bird’s eye view of the cafes more will join in when they have where Greeks often sit for hours monetary problems. The country needs to raise over a single coffee. an additional €1.8bn (£1.4bn) Coffee Bean Research in revenues to unlock further The sight appears to have rescue funds has prompted an induced them into introducing Coffee Cup Coffee Cup laying on the ground no coffee residue left around. Coffee Cup thrown there on the floor nobody has a use for it any more. Coffee Cup just like litter everywhere, they could be recycled into false hair. Now coffee cups have been picked up and they have been put in a bin. Now the cups are being recycled just like tins and will go to make a coffee cup again. Brian Cee 2016
How would you like to print your selfie or any lettering on your coffee . Well that could soon be the reality to choose from library images Coffee Bean Research for coffee lovers everywhere as well as letting them create thanks to one machine. designs of their own. A new invention called the Ripple The company spokesperson said Maker, created by the geniuses the images - known as Ripples - over at Steam CC this machine are made from tiny coffee bean is able to print words and images drops that help to keep the natural on your coffee in just a matter quality and flavour of the drink. of seconds. Unfortunately they are currently The machine uses patented 3D only available to buy in the U.S and printing technology to “turn Canada, but they do have a waiting ordinary coffee into an list for the rest of the world to sign extraordinary experience” up. Hopefully we will see Ripple by connecting with an iOS or Makers in our favourite coffee Android app which allows users shops in the near future. Google was expected to launch Android Pay in the UK sometime in late May but Pret had their own ideas woops! Popular high-street coffee Google hasn’t publicly operating in the US for some shop Pret A Manger has revealed a specific Android time now, but was yet to arrive accidentally revealed the Pay launch date just yet. Back in Britain. The pressure on imminent arrival of Android in March, the search engine Google has been mounting Pay in Britain. The Android giant announced that the for some time since Apple Pay tags were spotted by service would land in the UK launched its own payment a famous newspaper on in the coming months – and platform – Apple Pay – in the payment terminals in one now a May arrival seemed UK last summer. The two of Pret’s London stores, more than likely the date. systems work in a similar suggesting the launch would The Android Pay tags read way, allowing users to load be sooner than Google’s at Pret’s London store: “We their phones with credit card release date. now accept Android Pay…and information, and then pay for Apple Pay, contactless, good goods contactlessly at NFC- old fashioned credit cards, and supporting terminals. compliments (of course).” Google says that Android Pay The Telegraph newspaper will support both Visa and reported store employees MasterCard, although you’ll saying the tags arrived on also need a smartphone with the night of May 11, and were an NFC chip to use the feature. displayed in-store on May 12. Android Pay has already been Coffee Bean Research
Coffee Bean Grower’s Cup The Disposable Gadget Section French Press extraordinary and it offers the quality and the rich taste known from pour over filter and French press coffee, but with instant coffee convenience. Made with real ground single estate specialty blend coffee this places the Coffeebrewer into the category of super premium gourmet coffees. The World’s first disposable coffee machine’ The product, called Grower’s lets you brew a cup while Cup was the brain child of on the move Mr Rasmussen, 46, from Middelfart in Denmark and The New Grower’s Cup is now very popular around system works like a teabag the world with campers, for coffee at just £1 - £1.50 holiday makers and such. ($1.70 - $2.50). The bag contains 0.6 ounces (18 grams) of ground coffee which makes two cups when 300ml of boiling water is added. Water mixes with coffee then drips through a filter into another chamber. ‘Our coffee bag is to coffee what the wine bottle is to wine’ said Danish designer Ulrik Rasmussen. The idea with the Coffee brewer is to offer coffee lovers the freedom to Coffee Bean research enjoy a gourmet coffee experience regardless of place and situation. The clever solution is www.coffee-magazine.co.uk innovative and quite
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