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6 STiR coffee and tea / Issue 2, 2022 (April / May) 16 NatureWorks and IMA Accelerate Testing Phase of the Compostable Coffee Pod 18 SPECIAL BREAKING REPORT: Tea Crisis Looming in Russia and Ukraine 20 Angola Aims to Stay in the Coffee Game – And Maybe Even Get Ahead 24 Japan: Government Boost Leads to Record Tea Exports 26 Reusable Pods: Eco-Consciousness at its Best 28 Ugandan Coffee Farmers Can't Bee- lieve Their Luck 32 Germany Sets Tea Consumption Record 34 Africa's Drive to Grow Domestic Coffee Consumption 32 Germans Set Tea Consumption Record 1 Inventor Erwin Meier having a little fun with his reusable mycoffeestar capsules. Credit: Kristoffer Finn 2 The Vertuo/Vertuoline-compatible "V-Multidisk" version of mycoffeestar pods. Credit: Swiss Innovation Products GmbH 12 Coffee Report ICO Pushback on Uganda's Stated Reasons for Withdrawal Brazil: Cold Weather on Top of Drought; Arabica Up 30% in February ILO and IWCA Join Partnership for Women Coffee Workers 14 Tea Report FAO: Tea Industry Can Transform Agri-Food Globally ISTA Announces New Protocols for Judging Specialty Tea ON THE COVER 16 16 IMA/Natureworks: IMA/Natureworks: Compostible Compostible Coffee Pods Coffee Pods © 2022 October Multimedia Co. Ltd., STiR coffee and tea is published bi-monthly in February, April, June, August, October, and December by October Multimedia Co. Ltd. Printing and distribution overseen by October Inter Co., Ltd., Interchange 21 Bldg. Fl 32, Rm 3225, 399 Sukhumvit Road, North Klong Toey, Wattana, Bangkok, 10110 THAILAND. Tel +66 2 660 3789. E-mail: info@octobermultimedia.com www.octobermultimedia.com. All rights reserved. By-lined or initialed articles represent the opinion of the author. All articles published in STiR coffee and tea or www.stir-tea-coffee.com are copyrighted. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording or any information storage and retrieval system, without written permission. Published by: October Multimedia Co. Ltd. ℅ October Inter Co. Ltd. Interchange 21 Bldg., Rm. 3225 399 Sukhumvit Road 32nd Fl. Bangkok, 10110, Thailand Tel +662 660 3789 Asia I Middle East I Africa Southern/Eastern Europe Glenn Anthony John October Inter Co Ltd Bangkok, Thailand WhatsApp/Mobile: +1 917 843 0000 or Mobile (Thailand): +66 818 299 409 gaj@octobermultimedia.com WeChat: STiRCoffeeTea Representation for STiR The Americas Northern Europe Emerson Leonard Cardinal Media LLC 2 Glenfield, Barrington RI 02806 United States Tel +1 917 680 1050 edl@octobermultimedia.com Printing/Distribution overseen by: October Inter Co. Ltd. Published by: October Multimedia Co., Ltd. Printed in Thailand 1 2