Coffee and Tea News March to May 2006
Ugandan Drought hits coffee exports
Last month, Uganda exported 146,642 (60-kilo bags) of coffee worth $13.74m, according to a Uganda Coffee Development Authority Report. Compared to April last year, this represents a 30.6% and 10.5% drop in volume and value respectively. UCDA said this month’s exports are pegged at 150,000 bags since the new crop from the main season in the southern and south-western regions has started trickling.
Kenyan crop failure to boost Indian tea exports
Indian tea exports are expected to jump this year with a severe drought hitting Kenyan crops.
Pakistan, Iran, Iraq, and Russia have been showing interest to lift sizeable volume of Indian tea. A Pakistani tea trader's delegation visited India last month and showed interest in promoting a new blend of tea, grown in India's northeastern state of Assam.
Heavy Coffee Drinking Doesn't Harm the Heart
A new study has found no relationship between drinking lots of the brew and coronary heart disease. The findings appear in the April 25 issue of the journal Circulation.
Green tea may decrease prostate Cancer
Compounds found in green tea may prevent the development of prostate cancer in men with a pre-cancerous condition called high-grade intraepithelial neoplasia (PIN), thus increasing the growing number of healthy effects of Green Tea.
Green tea found to reduce Acne
Green tea has long been a staple of traditional Chinese medicine, taken to treat ailments such as acne as well as to improve general health. It has become popular worldwide both for its taste and the many health benefits it provides.
The Relationship between Green Tea Intake and Type 2 Diabetes is found in a new study
New study in the Annals of Internal Medicine find a relationship between Green tea and type 2 diabetes.Starbucks plans on expanding African coffee purchases
Starbucks is increasingly turning to Africa for its coffee as it seeks to build on its traditional suppliers, the company's European-based head of global purchasing said on Wednesday.
Tea May Fight Ovarian, Breast Cancers
Potent chemicals found in tea can help ward off ovarian and breast cancers, new research suggests. A second study shows that women who consume a diet rich in other types of flavonoids - specifically, flavones, flavan-3-ols, and lignans -- can reduce their chance of developing breast cancer by 26% to 39%.
Snapple launches new white tea drink
As part of the launch, Snapple intends to educate consumers about the health benefits of tea. Made from baby white tea leaves, the white teas are naturally decaffeinated, contain antioxidants and feature real sugar - "but less of it, so it's more refreshing and maintains its natural, healthy goodness,”
South Africa's herbal tea causes a stir in new markets in Asia, Europe and North America
South African suppliers say the tea, grown nowhere else, is poised for a dramatic expansion in the U.S. market following their victory in a trademark dispute in American courts last year.
Terrorism ruled out in Toronto Ontario coffee shop Fire and should not happen Stock Value
Police have ruled out terrorism as the cause of a flash fire that left one man dead at a Tim Hortons coffee shop in an upscale shopping area of downtown Toronto on Sunday.
Toronto police dismissed initial reports that a man had entered the washroom shortly before the blaze with explosives strapped to his body, saying the sudden, intense fire was caused by gasoline or a similar accelerant.
Police Arrest 15 Farmers in Tea Picking Boycott in Kenya
About 15 farmers were arrested in Othaya, Nyeri, as the tea-picking boycott kicked off to an uncertain start. The arrests were made at Irinaini Tea Factory and the suspects taken to the local police station. The tea-picking boycott had been called by Kenya United Small Scale Tea Owners Association (Kussto) who accused tea marketer, Kenya Tea Development Agency, of underpaying farmers for tea deliveries.
At Karangi Leaf Centre, only a handful of farmers delivered tea. Local DO David Kosgey said the arrested farmers would be charged with incitement.
One dies in blast in Toronto Ontario Tim Hortons Coffee Shop
An explosion in the bathroom of a popular coffee shop killed one man Sunday in Toronto's downtown shopping district, police said. Toronto police Chief Bill Blair described the incident at the Tim Hortons coffee and doughnut shop as a fire in the washroom - not a bombing - and said police were not looking for any suspects. He refused to speculate on a cause "until we determine precisely what happened in that cubicle and what caused those flames that took that man's life."
Health benefits of tea gets more support
Both green and black tea could protect against age-related diseases like Alzheimer's, says a new study published in the European Journal on Neuroscience.