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The speakers of the fourth BlackWaterCrunch (Coffee Symposium), Pak Gu Zhe and Zhao Jiabao

The speakers of the fourth BlackWaterCrunch (Coffee Symposium), Pak Gu Zhe and Zhao Jiabao

BlackWaterCrunch, a coffee seminar hosted by BlackWaterIssue, will be held at the LW Convention Center in Seoul, South Korea on August 4th. Two of the speakers are from overseas, namely 2016WBrC champion Sakatani (Tetsu Kasuya, Japan) and 2014WBC runner-up Zhao Jiabao (Capo Chui, Hong Kong). Before the seminar, we BlackWaterIssue conducted an interview in advance. q)

Starbucks closes all its 379 Teavana stores, not just to stop losses

Starbucks closes all its 379 Teavana stores, not just to stop losses

1 close 379 Teavana and still sell tea in Starbucks stores although Teavana's gorgeous rainbow display wall is still the object of many tea shops to emulate, it does not seem to bring it more popularity. ▲ Teavana's Rainbow Wall of Tea Last week, Starbucks revealed that it had spent a lot of money to acquire about 1300 Starbucks in Shanghai, Jiangsu and Zhejiang

Comprehensive excavation of quality characteristics of Pu'er Coffee

Comprehensive excavation of quality characteristics of Pu'er Coffee

In recent years, Yunnan Standardization Institute and Pu'er quality Supervision Bureau have comprehensively excavated the quality characteristics of Pu'er coffee. The relevant personnel visited the production, processing, testing, research and marketing departments and enterprises such as Pu'er entry-exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau, Pu'er Tea Coffee Bureau, National Coffee key Laboratory, Yunnan Simao Beigui Coffee Co., Ltd., visit local senior coffee experts and hold seminars.

There are many disadvantages for six kinds of people to drink coffee, and there are five taboos for drinking coffee

There are many disadvantages for six kinds of people to drink coffee, and there are five taboos for drinking coffee

Following Cafe (official Wechat account vdailycom) found that Beautiful Cafe opened a small shop of its own. Nowadays, more and more people like drinking coffee, some people drink coffee to refresh themselves; some people drink coffee to lose weight; some people drink coffee as part of their lifestyle, but do not drink too much coffee. If you drink too much coffee, it may have the same effect as taking medicine.

Circle money listed and run Coffee accompanied your founder Jiang Xun to commit suicide, why Korean Coffee lost

Circle money listed and run Coffee accompanied your founder Jiang Xun to commit suicide, why Korean Coffee lost

Following Cafe Review (official Wechat account vdailycom) found that Coffee accompanied your founder Jiang Xun to commit suicide at home a few days before the beautiful cafe opened a small shop of its own, as if implying that Korean coffee has been defeated almost entirely in China. Circle money, go public, run coffee accompany you is the largest local coffee chain brand in South Korea, entered China as a joint venture in 2012, only three years later

Sleepless night-Death Wish launches ultra-high caffeine canned cold brewed coffee

Sleepless night-Death Wish launches ultra-high caffeine canned cold brewed coffee

Exchange of professional baristas Please follow the coffee workshop (official Wechat account cafe_style). Do you think the refreshing effect of canned coffee on the market is always limited? This time, you might as well try the canned cold coffee featuring ultra-high caffeine, LOGO and even Death Wish, which is presented with the death logo. Unlike traditional iced coffee, which is made with hot coffee with ice cubes, cold coffee (Cold)

2017 Italian Coffee Championship China Finals Held in Guangzhou

2017 Italian Coffee Championship China Finals Held in Guangzhou

Professional barista exchanges, please pay attention to coffee workshop (Weixin Official Accounts cafe_style ) July 28,2017 Italian Coffee Championship China Finals was grandly staged in Guangzhou. According to the organizer, EIC has set up six competition areas in Shanghai, Guangzhou, Haikou, Jinan, Beijing and Chengdu this year. A total of 12 contestants have advanced. On the 28th, they gathered in Guangzhou to compete for the only ticket to Italy University.

2017 A new round of tax cuts in the China-South Korea Free Trade Agreement-- Coffee, Madai Tea and spices

2017 A new round of tax cuts in the China-South Korea Free Trade Agreement-- Coffee, Madai Tea and spices

Following Kaiping (official Wechat account vdailycom) found that Beautiful Cafe will open a small shop of its own from January 1, 2017, and a new round of tax cuts will be imposed on Chinese exports to South Korea under the China-ROK free trade agreement. This round of tax reduction includes a total of 18 categories of goods, involving 4915 tax numbers, including 38 tax numbers for coffee, Madai tea and spices. The specific adjustments are as follows:

Effect of Climate on Coffee Price and Flavor

Effect of Climate on Coffee Price and Flavor

We all believe that climate change affects the world, but few of us believe that climate change will affect us. We all believe that climate change affects the world, but few of us think that climate change will affect us. But when warm winters and severe storms hit, the effects of climate change will be understood. What will global warming bring to coffee? Climate warming will make bacteria and diseases

The business of selling tea in the United States failed, and Starbucks bet 8.8 billion on the Chinese market.

The business of selling tea in the United States failed, and Starbucks bet 8.8 billion on the Chinese market.

Starbucks spent a lot of money to control 8.8 billion of all the stores in China, and then wholly owned 1500 Starbucks stores in eastern China, making the largest acquisition in history. Although the news is a little sudden, it is reasonable. After the US market has entered a bottleneck period, the Chinese market is of great strategic significance to Starbucks, while taking back such a strong Chinese market.

After Sears, Starbucks tea shop also closed! Close all its Teavana tea stores

After Sears, Starbucks tea shop also closed! Close all its Teavana tea stores

Following Kaiping (Wechat official account vdailycom) found that Beautiful Cafe opened a small shop of its own, with 2800 stores all operating itself to 5000 in 2021. This is another growth story about the Chinese market. Starbucks spent 1.3 billion US dollars to take over the operation rights of all Starbucks stores in mainland China, which means that all Starbucks stores in mainland China will be owned by Starbucks.

Why does Starbucks prefer China? Open another 1.33 stores a day for the next five years.

Why does Starbucks prefer China? Open another 1.33 stores a day for the next five years.

Following Kaiping (Wechat official account vdailycom) found that Beautiful Cafe opened a small shop of its own, with 2800 stores all operating itself to 5000 in 2021. This is another growth story about the Chinese market. Starbucks spent 1.3 billion US dollars to take over the operation rights of all Starbucks stores in mainland China, which means that all Starbucks stores in mainland China will be owned by Starbucks.

How hard is it to sell a cup of tea? Starbucks closes all its 379 Teavana tea stores

How hard is it to sell a cup of tea? Starbucks closes all its 379 Teavana tea stores

Tea or coffee (Tea or Coffee)? This is the most common question asked by Westerners when entertaining guests. When coffee entered the Chinese market on a large scale, many beverage stores in China also began to offer consumers a choice of tea and coffee. Starbucks, the world's largest coffee chain, is naturally reluctant to let go of the tea business. However, only recently, Starbucks finally realized that selling tea and

Analyze the common taste and astringency of coffee

Analyze the common taste and astringency of coffee

Follow the caf é (Wechat official account vdailycom) found that the beautiful cafe opened its own shop, astringent taste, which is bound with persimmons and cucumbers, sometimes unfortunately also appears in the coffee. Once a good cup of coffee appears astringent taste, that is, the white jade is slightly flawed, and this astringent taste can easily become more intense as the temperature of the coffee drops, becoming sour and bitter.

Drink black coffee in moderation and live longer than no coffee at all.

Drink black coffee in moderation and live longer than no coffee at all.

Following Kaibei (official Wechat account vdailycom) found that the beautiful cafe opened a small shop of its own. Chinese people love to drink coffee, and many people even describe their addiction to coffee as "if you don't touch coffee, the day doesn't really start". Doctors say that according to foreign research, people who drink a moderate amount of coffee have a lower death rate than those who do not drink coffee. But to drink coffee healthily, it is actually knowledgeable.

The artist travels around the world, and the beauty in his eyes is painted on the coffee cup.

The artist travels around the world, and the beauty in his eyes is painted on the coffee cup.

Following Cafe Review (Wechat official account vdailycom) found that Beautiful Cafe opened a small shop of its own. According to the US Boredpanda website, many people will use their cameras to take pictures of the beautiful scenery during the trip as a souvenir. But if you are a master painter, you can also take a look at the practice of Turkish artist Berk Armagan. The 22-year-old artist is traveling around the world

College students start their own business: buy fruit and open a coffee shop

College students start their own business: buy fruit and open a coffee shop

Follow the comments (Wechat official account vdailycom) found that the beautiful cafe opened a small shop graduated, college students shouted that employment is difficult, professional dissatisfaction with the salary can not keep up with the benefits, graduation seems to mean unemployment, but the reporter visited the university campus found that there are still many college students choose to start a business, and established vividly, entrepreneurship has become a solution to college students

Refuse tobacco, alcohol and poison! The

Refuse tobacco, alcohol and poison! The "struggle" of a coffee shop in Taipei

Professional baristas follow the coffee workshop (official Wechat account cafe_style) walking into Future Coffee in an old alley on Songjiang Road in Taipei, where a board game called Anti-Tobacco, Alcohol and Drug Monopoly is attracting teenagers during the summer vacation. There used to be a special line for drug abstinence and smoking cessation. Said Xiao Bo, a teenager who was playing Monopoly board games. Xiao Bai, who lives in New Taipei City, said it was his first visit.

The Creative Market on Stark Street in Chinatown will hold the first iced coffee competition on the 29th.

The Creative Market on Stark Street in Chinatown will hold the first iced coffee competition on the 29th.

Chinatown Starwood Street Creative Market holds iced coffee competition on Saturday. Chinatown's Starstar Street Creative Market (Hester street fair) will hold its first iced coffee competition on the 29th. (Wechat Street Creative Market website) Professional baristas Exchange Please follow the Coffee Workshop (Starbucks official account cafe_style) would you like to judge? Comment on which of these coffee shops in Chinatown brewed iced coffee

The profit is 5.3 times that of Taiwan! There are two reasons for selling Starbucks in Shanghai.

The profit is 5.3 times that of Taiwan! There are two reasons for selling Starbucks in Shanghai.

Luo Zhixian announced on the evening of the 27th that Uni-President and Uni-President would sell 20% and 30% of Shanghai Uni-President Starbucks to Starbucks of the United States respectively, and buy back Taiwan's Uni-President Starbucks. For the exchange of professional baristas, please follow the coffee workshop (Wechat official account cafe_style). Luo Zhixian, chairman of Uni-President Group, announced a few days ago that Uni-President and Uni-President will sell 20% and 30% of Shanghai Starbucks shares respectively.

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