Coffee is a Rubiaceae coffee plant ranked as the first of the three most important beverages in the world, with effects including lowering blood sugar, protecting the liver, and protecting the ...nerves. Coffee contains many chemical components, including alkaloids, phenolic acids, flavonoids, terpenoids, and so on. Chemical components in coffee are the basis of its biological function and taste. The chemical components are the basis of biological activities and form the characteristic aroma of coffee. The main chemical components and biological activities of coffee have been extensively studied, which would provide a relevant basis and theoretical support for the further development of the coffee industry.
Economic growth and a rising middle class consumer base make emerging markets an attractive prospect for many international businesses. Changing patterns of retail in these countries present ...opportunities for business expansion that many are keen to capitalize on, but also present challenges for reaching their ambitions. This article examines the growth of the coffee shop industry in China—considering its key dynamics and drivers—in order to address questions about successful retail expansion in emerging markets. We aim to explore how changing consumer cultures have contributed to a rapidly growing industry and what strategies businesses have used to enter the market and maintain growth, as well as considerations for potential retail success in the future.
The Competitiveness of Global Coffee Trade Torok, Aron; Mizik, Tamas; Jambor, Attila
International journal of economics and financial issues,
01/2018, Volume:
8, Issue:
5
Journal Article
Peer reviewed
Open access
Coffee is an important agricultural raw material and part of international trade. Although global production is extremely concentrated, it is mainly sold to developed markets. The aim of the paper is ...to analyse the comparative advantages of the biggest producers. Results suggest that coffee trade has increased recently with important changes in the key players. Brazil, Vietnam and Colombia are currently the biggest exporters, giving the majority of global trade. However, Balassa indices were the highest for Uganda, Ethiopia and Honduras, suggesting unreasonable specialisation patterns. Furthermore, stability and duration tests show significantly changing trends, implying fierce competition in these markets.
The coffee sector carries out the processing of coffee by the wet method, where polluting liquid waste is generated due to its acidity (acid pH), sedimentary solids (SS) and chemical oxygen demand ...(COD) values. Therefore, the objective of this work is to review the technologies to improve the coffee processing and those to use its effluents with ecological approach in El Nicho Pulper, in Cienfuegos Province, Cuba. Firstly, the technologies for coffee benefit process are described. Secondly, the peculiarities to implement new technologies are emphasized and, finally, the possibility of their implementation in Cuba is analyzed. Keywords: Wastewater, Water Contamination, Wet Benefit, Treatment, Honey Water. El sector cafetero, realiza el procesamiento del cafe por via humeda, en donde se generan residuos liquidos contaminantes por sus valores de acidez (pH acido), solidos sedimentables (SS) y Demanda Quimica de oxigeno (DQO). Por lo cual, el objetivo de esta revision se realiza para el mejoramiento y uso de los efluentes del beneficio del cafe con un enfoque ecologico en la despulpadora El Nicho de la provincia de Cienfuegos. En el trabajo, primeramente, se describira las tecnologias del proceso de beneficio del cafe. Luego, se enfatiza en las peculiaridades para implementar las nuevas tecnologias y, en la tercera parte se analiza la posibilidad de su implementacion en Cuba. Palabras clave: Aguas residuales, contaminacion del agua, beneficio humedo, tratamiento, agua miel.
In the coffee industry, several by-products are generated during the production and consumption of coffee and represent an important waste from an environmental viewpoint. For improving the knowledge ...about this issue, a laboratory vermicomposting study of coffee silverskin (CS) and spent coffee grounds (SCG) spiked with mature horse manure (HM) in different proportions and using earthworm Eisenia andrei was carried out. The 60-day study focused on biological parameters such as total biomass gain, growth rate, cocoon production, and mortality. This study also investigated whether the vermicompost obtained could be useful and lacked toxicity through a seed germination test using hybrid wheat seeds. Results showed a disparity depending on the type of residue and the mixture used. Best options were those treatments with a medium–low amount of residue; 25% for SCG and 25% or 50% for CS. In addition, lack of toxicity was confirmed in all treatments. In conclusion, it is possible to carry out a vermicomposting of SCG and CS with some specific features.
Studies on fair-trade consumption have concentrated on economic, demographic, and ethical issues, and research on consumers' moral emotions and self-orientation is limited. Although consumers' ...satisfaction with their consumption has been emphasized in consumer studies and marketing, little substantive empirical research has addressed ethical consumers' emotional satisfaction and the link between their motivations and happiness. This study focused on ethical consumers who regularly purchase fair-trade coffee to understand their moral emotions and self-orientation as motivations for fair-trade consumption and determine whether empathy and self-oriented motivations led to their happiness. A survey was conducted on 471 regular purchasers of at least one cup of fair-trade coffee weekly or a pack of fair-trade coffee beans monthly. The survey data were analyzed using partial least squares. The results showed that guilt was positively associated with empathy, which positively influenced self-actualization. Contrary to the proposed hypothesis, empathy did not elicit consumers' happiness. As expected, narcissism affected self-actualization, which in turn elicited happiness. Happiness was positively associated with customers' repurchase intentions for fair-trade coffee. The results of this study demonstrate the strong associations of the paths from narcissism to self-actualization, self-actualization to happiness, and self-actualization to repurchase intentions compared to the paths from guilt to empathy, empathy to happiness, and empathy to repurchase intentions. Contrary to common expectations, the results indicate that self-oriented motivations focused on self-actualization rather than moral emotions (guilt and empathy) play key roles in ethical consumers' happiness with fair-trade consumption.
The ‘sustainable’ coffee industry has experienced steady expansion in recent decades, due to the emerging demand and values of consumers. Coffee corporations have invested in this market segment, ...participating in multi-stakeholder initiatives through which they seek to control the definitions of sustainability and to secure the supply chain. After highlighting the ambiguity of the concept of sustainability, the article analyzes the impacts of the 4C code of conduct adopted by Nestlé, in the context of Mexico’s growing coffee crisis. It highlights the existing dissonance between the sustainability proclaimed by the code of conduct and the reality in the coffee producing regions of Mexico where Nestlé sources 4C certified coffee. It concludes that the application of this code is far from adhering to the values of economic, social, and environmental sustainability that it claims to defend.
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