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Deconstructing Russia’s Coffee Market

Perfect Daily Grind

To this day, tea dominates the country’s hot drink sales, accounting for around 60% of all beverages sold between 2009 and 2014. As a result, instant coffee made up just over 60% of the coffee consumed in 2014. In 2014, Russia became the world’s eighth biggest coffee consumer, with a per capita consumption rate of 1.7

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Exploring the rise of Caribbean coffee roasters

Perfect Daily Grind

With colonial rule came the influence (albeit often forcibly at that time) of European cultures on native Caribbean people. And while colonial rule has thankfully come to an end in the region, many of these long-lasting European influences are present to this day. How is tourism influencing Caribbean coffee culture?

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Another Tasty Visit to Alentejo

The Wine Knitter

Photo courtesy of Esporão Today, my attention is directed to the Sustainability Program (WASP, Wines of Alentejo Sustainable Program) and five wines from producers who are active members in this program. The wines produced here come in a range of styles, influenced by the diversity of the climate and soil. Until next time.

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Restaurants Diversify Cooking Oils and Optimize Operations as Prices Soar

Cheetah

Crude oil prices have also risen to their highest value in the last 6 years, since the 2014 plummet. But price may also be influenced by the relationship operators have with their suppliers and how fair the agreements are. Meanwhile, soy and canola oil – the main cooking oils used in restaurants – have tripled in price.

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Tanya Holland Aims for Impact

EATER

Not long after the start of the new millennium, she followed California’s clarion call to Berkeley, where she began to fuse her training and influences as the head chef of a restaurant called Le Theatre. Holland would eventually follow up New Soul Cooking with the Brown Sugar Kitchen cookbook in 2014. s birthday in 2008. “I

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Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Garum

EATER

Over the course of more than a dozen centuries, it has managed to sustain its influence in the culinary world, even if its preparation method may have changed: Unlike the Romans, today’s garum makers don’t typically use huge quantities of fish and salt and seawater to prepare it, much less stone tanks.

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Eater’s Guide to the Canadian Rockies

EATER

And most recently a locavore, mountain-to-table food movement has built on these overlapping historical influences and endemic Rocky Mountain ingredients to create bold meals fit for the breathtaking setting. In the 19th century, the Canadian Pacific Railway brought European food cultures and grand lakeside hotels.

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