Business / Taste for coffee

Barista reveals secret recipe for success

[2012-03-07 10:57]

Barista Gu Yuanren has developed a "secret coffee recipe" that he says consistently wins applause.

China joins coffee club

[2012-03-07 07:56]

Zhao Hui only drank tea throughout the 1980s and 1990s. But after deciding to become a coffee importer in 2002, he thought he should try the product and has been a fan ever since.

Getting a shot at the coffee market

[2012-03-02 11:09]

Starbucks china president buzzing about potential on mainland as it aims to open 1,500 by 2015.

Domestic coffee plan is brewing

[2012-02-29 11:08]

Officials from Fushan say they will set up representative agencies in major Chinese cities to promote local coffee throughout the country and the world.

No coffee mourning over expensive drinks in Starbucks

[2012-02-09 09:07]

Starbucks, the world's biggest coffee chain, raised the price of some products on Jan 31, due to what it said were rising operating costs.

Consumers brace for Starbucks price hike

[2012-02-01 16:12]

The rising price of Starbucks coffee in China has become a hot topic on the Internet, with the Seattle-based coffee chain increasing prices in its 500 Chinese mainland stores on Tuesday.

Price hikes brewing for Starbucks drinkers

[2012-02-01 08:58]

Starbucks Corp raised the prices of some of its products in China to offset higher costs, the coffee chain's first price hike in five years.

Starbucks raises coffee prices in China

[2012-01-31 17:06]

Seattle-based coffee chain Starbucks Corp. on Tuesday raised prices in its 500 Chinese mainland stores, the first price hike for its mainland stores in five years.

Coffee output in Yunnan grows by 11.33%

[2011-12-27 17:11]

The southwestern province of Yunnan, China's major coffee-growing base, is expected to produce 55,000 tonnes of coffee beans this year, up 11.33 percent from a year earlier, the provincial agriculture department reported Tuesday.

Coffee supply crunch spurs rally as poor weather damages crops

[2011-11-24 07:59]

NEW YORK - Coffee's biggest slump in three years may be ending as weather damages crops from Colombia to Indonesia, reducing US inventories to the lowest since 2000.

Nestle set to brew up Chinese expansion

[2011-11-18 09:37]

The global food and nutrition giant Nestle SA plans to double the scale of its investment in the Chinese coffee market during the next three years, said a top company executive.

Coffee outlets brew up a recipe for greater diversity

[2011-09-26 10:35]

Leading foreign coffee chain stores have seen great profits and potential in the maturing China market and plan to speed up their already rapid expansion in it.

Coffee outlets brew up a recipe for greater diversity

[2011-09-26 07:51]

BEIJING - Leading foreign coffee chain stores have seen great profits and potential in the maturing China market and plan to speed up their already rapid expansion in it.

Coffee outlets brew up a recipe for greater diversity

[2011-09-26 07:51]

Foreign coffee chains have seen great profits and potential in the maturing China market and plan to speed up their already rapid expansion in it.

Starbucks to triple outlets in China by '15

[2011-09-07 14:54]

Starbucks Corp plans to triple the number of coffee outlets it runs in China over the next four years.

Learning to make coffee is a growing trend

[2011-09-05 11:29]

A growing number of white collar workers in big Chinese cities like Beijing and Shanghai are learning to make coffee in barista training schools.

Judge has a case against Starbucks coffee mugs

[2011-08-11 14:37]

Starbucks recently drew protest over its latest marketing efforts in China - this time upsetting the descendants of one of the country's most renowned judges after seeing his face plastered on the chain's coffee mugs.

Largest coffee production line

[2011-06-03 09:00]

The most productive instant coffee production line in China was built on May 27 in Dehong prefecture, Southwest China’s Yunnan province.

Starbucks buys back control of stores

[2011-06-03 07:41]

The US-based coffee retailing giant Starbucks Coffee Company announced on Thursday that it is to acquire full ownership of all its stores in China from joint venture partner, Maxim's Caterers Ltd.

Starbucks in deal with JV partner in China

[2011-06-02 13:31]

Starbucks Corp said it signed an agreement with its joint venture partner in South China, Maxim's Caterers Ltd that gives the world's largest coffee chain full control of more than half of its retail stores in the Chinese mainland.

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