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Coffee News Recap, 9 Sep: US coffee shop sales to grow by 10.5% in 2022, August robusta prices increase by 9.2% & other stories

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Robusta prices increase by 9.2% The International Coffee Organisation’s August report states that falling global arabica stocks have pushed robusta prices to increase. CoffeeB says its products are compostable and will break down within four weeks. Lamastus Family Estates 2022 auction achieves record price of US $6,034/lb.

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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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By May 2014, when a camera crew from Chef’s Table arrived to shoot an episode dedicated to Barber , Schaible’s enthusiasm was gone. The carrot cutlet, a signature Dan Barber dish that represents the “Third Plate,” served at an event at in 2014. Finally, in late 2014, he gave multiple months’ notice, as was expected at the restaurant.

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Another Tasty Visit to Alentejo

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Carmin Reguengos Garrafeira Dos S ó cios 2014 Alicante Bouschet, Touriga Nacional and Tinta Caiada make up the blend for this robust wine. SRP: $48 WASP Highlight: Carmin composts all organic waste from the winemaking process (grape pomace and lees) into fertilizer. It is aged for 14 months in French and American oak barrels.

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First Robotic Mobile Restaurant and DoorDash’s Commissary Kitchen

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Additionally, while other smoothie establishments use gallons of water to clean each blender, Ono’s patent-pending automated self-cleaning blender and robotic systems use 28x less water because it only needs to clean the blade and because it’s blended in the customer’s compostable cup.

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Grubhub Grabbed and Contactless is Everywhere

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Upon checkout, the user selects from a list of local community organizations to donate a percentage of the sale price – at no cost to the user. That review will be followed by other major composting certification applications. Infrared Temperature Scanning. Multiple Traceability.

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The Tasting Menu at the End of the World

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Katina uses no tractors or chemicals in her fields; instead, she regenerates the soil with compost, fixes nitrogen with cover crops, and minimizes tillage so as not to disturb the microbiology her team has worked so hard to enrich. Just as the smoke cleared, they announced they had found the land they had been looking for.

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MRM Research Roundup: Halloween-2019 Edition

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Consumer pressure is mounting to phase out single-use plastics, and replace these with more easily recyclable aluminum and glass, plant-based and compostable “hybrid” plastics, or re-use and re-fill containers. Shopping and Lower-Priced Restaurants Gain Ground. The top ten brands are: McDonald’s.

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