Melitta key account manager international Falko Pluckebaum believes the market is full of innovation at the moment. Melitta key account manager international Falko Pluckebaum believes the market is full of innovation at the moment.

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Sustainability in coffee

Many consumers now consider the ethics behind a product before making a purchasing decision and coffee is no exception.

Kalwani explains that Pantry Café’s house coffee is a single origin blend from Bolivia, which is both organic and Fairtrade, adding that the company sees climate changes in the region “as a possible threat in the future”.

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For Bean Machine’s Farrance, climate is also currently the biggest issue, especially for Arabica beans which are “quite fussy”.

“There are well documented issues in countries like Brazil who have had severe droughts this year, which may impact their coffee yield,” he continues.

Baker & Spice Dubai’s Mejia says one of the endemic problems with coffee worldwide is that the farmers “always suffer through the activity of global coffee behemoths”.

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