All Hot beverages articles – Page 49

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    Percol coffee goes all fruity

    2007-03-03T00:00:00Z

    A coffee with a sweet, fruity aroma is joining Percol's line-up of Fairtrade hot beverages in time for Easter.Honduras is made from Arabica beans and is suggested to be an ideal beverage to follow a meal of Easter lamb or to accompany...

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    Research Notes

    2007-02-24T00:00:00Z

    The fair trade market is worth more than £136m and has grown by 15% since last year.Markets that traditionally feature fair trade products - such as fruit, coffee, tea and chocolate - are still performing well and collectively...

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    Twinings breaks new ground with coffees

    2007-02-17T00:00:00Z

    Twinings is to pour its premium tea expertise into the coffee market with a four-strong range of ground and roast blends. Hitting shelves next month, the single-origin Intense, Rich, Mellow and Decaff coffees share their tea...

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    Meet the New Mr Bean

    2007-02-17T00:00:00Z

    Heinz is still big into beans. That much is clear when you visit its head office in Hayes and are confronted by two ­startlingly life-sized - as in human-sized - beans flanking a giant tin of the tea-time favourite . But times are...

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    Monkey was a real cover star

    2007-02-10T00:00:00Z

    Congratulations to Unilever, which has scooped The Grocer's sought-after award for the year's best front cover. Its PG Tips ad wowed our readers, who voted it their favourite cover of 2006. The ad was a latecomer, not appearing until the...

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    Acid test

    2007-01-27T00:00:00Z

    Expert's verdict:7/10. The packaging is not what you would associate with coffee, and the heritage of the brand is lost. The Colombian product delivered a rich aroma with a taste to match, but the Fairtrade organic failed on both...

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    Prior is a 'good fit' for Campina UK

    2007-01-20T00:00:00Z

    International dairy company Campina UK has brought in Alan Prior from the Nescafé Coffee Company as sales and marketing director. Campina said the new role had been created as a result of Campina's ongoing success in the UK market, with...

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    Buyer's View

    2006-12-21T00:00:00Z

    There are two major trends - ethical products carrying the Fairtrade logo, and indulgent lines such as Taste The Difference Dark Drinking Chocolate. Consumption of instant coffee and standard normal tea is declining, with customers...

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    Foreign focus

    2006-12-09T00:00:00Z

    Gold, silver and even platinum are words that commonly feature on food and beverage products, including tea, coffee, bread, low-fat spreads and, of course, more premium-positioned items such as wine and spirits. With the exception of...

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    Foreign focus

    2006-12-09T00:00:00Z

    Gold, silver and even platinum are words that commonly feature on food and beverage products, including tea, coffee, bread, low-fat spreads and, of course, more premium-positioned items such as wine and spirits. With the exception of...

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    Out go the chimps - in comes knitted monkey

    2006-12-09T00:00:00Z

    Comedian Johnny Vegas and Monkey, the knitted puppet with a cult following, have teamed up with PG Tips to front an £18m advertising campaign for the tea brand in the new year. Owner Unilever will be pouring out £1m a week for the first 12...

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    Out go the chimps - in comes knitted monkey

    2006-12-09T00:00:00Z

    Comedian Johnny Vegas and Monkey, the knitted puppet with a cult following, have teamed up with PG Tips to front an £18m advertising campaign for the tea brand in the new year. Owner Unilever will be pouring out £1m a week for the first 12...

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    Eureka

    2006-11-25T00:00:00Z

    Aimed at a gap in the market for "a more flavourful, healthy and convenient alternative to dry tea, infusions and coffee", according to company founder Martha Benedek, Go-Chai is a concentrate brewed from natural fine black tea and spices....

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    A virtuous circle as Cafédirect rebrands

    2006-11-25T00:00:00Z

    Cafédirect is revamping its packaging with a new corporate logo to reinforce its Fairtrade credentials and to unite its family of products. It is also adding new Intense and Special Selection products to its freeze-dried instant coffee...

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    "If you pop into Tesco in Hungary, you can find strawberries piled up in pyramids. You'll never find those here"

    2006-11-18T00:00:00Z

    I've got to admit I have a certain amount of sympathy with Ben Bradshaw's call to cut food and drink packaging. If it's not thick plastic wrapped around my broccoli, or pre-wrapped bananas, it's packets of tea with individually wrapped sachets....

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    Acid test

    2006-11-18T00:00:00Z

    Expert's verdict...13/25. This tipple has a most distinctive and unusual flavour and would fit into a niche category. The idea of a tea-based liqueur is both original and intriguing. However, with the tea market declining and fans...

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    Fry wit for Twinings speciality tea TV ad

    2006-11-11T00:00:00Z

    Stephen Fry is lending his erudite style of comedy to a new TV advert for Twinings speciality teas. The £2.3m campaign, which breaks next week, centres on three of Twinings' most popular blends - Earl Grey, Lady Grey and Chai. It shows...

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    In Brief: Candyking in mix; Campus coffee; Food miles slashed

    2006-11-04T00:00:00Z

    Candyking in mix Woolworths has signed a four-year deal with Swedish sweets firm Candyking to supply a new pick 'n' mix concept to its 821 high street stores between now and May 2007. Campus coffee Fairtrade...

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    Seaweed mix in Kusmi Tea

    2006-10-28T00:00:00Z

    A French company has brought out a new seaweed tea line, which could double as a bath additive. Kusmi Tea, which produces an extensive range of black and green tea blends baroque packaging, has launched a line combining seaweed and green...

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    Whisky prices set to soar as Chinese tipplers up demand

    2006-10-28T00:00:00Z

    Scotch whisky prices in the UK are set to soar due to rising demand from China, distillers have warned. Scotch whisky is increasingly drunk by the Chinese as a mixer with green tea. Demand has nearly doubled, reducing supply to such an...