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Is specialty coffee culture dominated by the US?

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Nordic coffee culture has had a huge impact on specialty coffee around the world, with the wide-reaching influence of Scandinavian roasters on sustainable sourcing practices and roast profiles clearly evident in many markets. Back then, however, tea was much more popular than coffee – largely thanks to British colonial influence.

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Coffee News Recap, 16 Dec: ICO lowers coffee consumption growth forecast to 1% to 2% until 2030, CEPEA says more rainfall needed in Brazil for successful 2022/23 harvest & other stories

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The trends include a shift in consumer diets to reduce their environmental impact, an increasing focus on reducing global deforestation levels, rising demand for more due diligence requirements, a growth in more sustainably-marketed products, and increasing prioritisation of regenerative agricultural practices – including in the coffee industry.

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Stone Barns Claims It’s Fixing Agriculture. Former Employees Say the Farm Was Plagued by Dysfunction.

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Multiple former female employees also allege that the farm’s nearly all-male leadership created a sexist environment in the livestock program, culminating in a 2019 letter-writing campaign to Stone Barns leadership and the resignation of two employees in protest. Pseudonyms are denoted with asterisks.

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Feed the Rich, Save the Planet?

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Leadership gathered the remaining staff at lunchtime to process what had just happened; during the meeting, the HR director played a singing bowl, and Peggy Dulany, Stone Barns co-founder and chair of the board, burned sage. Repeated requests to speak directly with the leadership of Stone Barns and Blue Hill were denied.

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MRM Research Roundup: Mid-January 2020 Edition

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percent growth over the fourth quarter of 2017. Given the traffic challenges facing the industry, stronger and sustained long-term sales growth is really not an option,” said Fernandez. percent since Q3 of 2017. Same-store sales growth during Q4 shows restaurant sales decreased by -0.1 percentage points over Q3.

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Blue Hill at Stone Barns Tells a Beautiful Story. Former Employees Say It’s Too Good to Be True.

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Located on a working farm that was once part of a sprawling Rockefeller estate, the restaurant is a beacon of the sustainable food movement. Numerous sources asked to be anonymous, fearful of the enormous reach and influence of Dan Barber. Repeated requests to speak directly with the leadership of Blue Hill at Stone Barns were denied.

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The Good and the Bad of Singapore’s New Hawkerpreneurs

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But under Sai’s leadership, Coffee Break now also offers trendy flavored lattes like salted caramel, black sesame, and pistachio. In 2017, when Singapore went through a national craze for everything salted egg, many of the older vendors began serving classic dishes glazed in the salty-sweet egg sauce.