News about coffee, tea, cocoa

Coffee is known to mankind for a long time. The first to pay attention to coffee beans Indians of South America - the aborigines of the small homeland of the drink. After the conquest of the New World by Europeans, coffee began to gradually migrate to the other side of the Atlantic. As a result, an invigorating drink from South American berries has become one of the most popular on the planet, taking a worthy place in the same row with the production of tea, wine, and milk.

Owners of coffee plantations in Brazil, affected by last year's drought, switch to growing pepper. In search of alternative sources of income, more and more farmers in the Brazilian state of Espírito Santo (a key supplier to the world market of robusta coffee beans) are beginning to plant black pepper, the price of the spice has increased by more than three times in 2009-2015.

In the tea market, there is a decline in demand for a drink, the summer season is approaching, which means that the demand will move towards soft drinks. The current trends in the industry do not give positive predictions for tea producers to increase demand and sales. Is there a way out in modern conditions to keep the profitability of the tea business?

The global coffee market for the third year in a row recorded a deficit of raw materials offers. Moreover, the production of Robusta is the lowest since 2012. Leading positions among exporters hold both producers of coffee and tea (Brazil, Vietnam, India) and processors (Germany, Switzerland, Italy). It is important that countries-processors derive a significant margin of their competencies and market position.

Due to the inclement weather in the two major producing countries, the global coffee market is expecting another jump in prices. Brazil, which is a major manufacturer and exporter of coffee, is suffering from drought, and Vietnam, which ranks second in production, - from the incessant rains. This significant decline in production is against the background of growing demand