6 STiR coffee and tea / Issue 4, 2021 (August / September)
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14 Q|A : STiR's 10
th
Anniversary
Executive Forum
20 Brazil Frost Damage Worsens;
Supply Challenges Loom Until 2025
30 Reusables vs. Single-Use Cups
36 Getting to Know…. Worlée NaturProdukte
38 Decaf Coffee: Strong Consumer Growth;
New Health Focus
42 IMA Coffee: Sustainability as a Keyword
44 Labor vs. Machines in the Tea Fields
48 The Brainy Advantages of Coffee
50 Senzani's Customizable Cartoning
52 Perfecta 450: Perfecting the Packer
54 Tea Sales: Direct Buying, Wholesaling,
and Dropshipping
58 Africa Demands More Coffee Equipment
and Machinery
60 Russia: Lower Tea Consumption Drives
Growth in Exports
30 30
Reusables vs. Reusables vs.
Single-Use Single-Use
23 Coffee Report
Brits Livid Over Lids
Coffee Protection for Liver
25 Tea Report
Tea: Now for Kids
Unilever Brand Divestiture
Caffeine Warning in Taiwan
Nayuki IPO
Exporter Ranking Re-Shuffle
Pandemic Powers Organic
ON THE COVER
STiR's 10th Anniversary
*The "i" in STiR is the
Flavourtech Spinning
Cone Column that extracts
and recovers volatile compounds
using steam in a vacuum.
[www.flavourtech.com]
An ocean of single-use lids.
Study says: tea's for kids too.
