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STiR tea & coffee industry international 25 Coffee plant in Nepal All coffee photographs courtesy Wikimedia Commons Sarin added that this vision aligns with the global trend where "Tata Coffee has been consistently moving up the value chain in both its plantations business as well as its instant coffee busi- ness. And it's also looking to transform itself from being merely a commodity player to specialty coffee player in the market," Sarin added. Learn more: www. tatacoffee.com KOREA Grounds as Methane Trap Can you trap methane gas when you mix coffee grounds with lye (water and potassium)? The short answer is yes. A much longer answer was recently published in the September issue of Nanotechnology. Christian Kemp and colleagues at Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology reported on their experiment to do just that, trap methane gas in a stable, low-cost medium. Kemp wrote, "carbon-based materials are ideal candidates for methane and other gas capture/storage as they are light, durable, and relatively cheaper to produce. In fact, the cost of carbon-based materials used in methane absorption can be further reduced if the carbon source is readily available and of no inherent value, i.e. waste material." The team started with the grounds of a 100% Colombian coffee from Kirkland to perform their experiment. Their techniques and measurements utilized a much higher degree of precision than simply mixing coffee grounds with lye. For the full report: http://iopscience.iop.org/0957-4484 NEPAL Nepal joins hands with the EU A project has been launched recently by the Nepalese government to promote coffee in the international market. This is in collaboration with the European Union (EU) with the objective of improvement of quality of various commodities, including coffee. Accord- ing to the Ministry of Commerce and Supply (MoCS) the $6.7 million Coffee grinds speed up decomposition ROASTING AND GRINDING SOLUTIONS FOR EVERY REQUIREMENT As one of the world's leading companies NEUHAUS NEOTEC supply machines, plants and turnkey factories mainly for roasting, grinding and processing of coffee, cocoa, seeds and nuts. www.neuhaus-neotec.de