4 STiR coffee and tea | 2026 Quarter 1 Spring (Mar/Apr/May)
Contents
STiR Coffee and Tea Magazine
Vol. 15, No. 1, 2026
Quarter 1 Spring (Mar/Apr/May)
7 In This Issue
8 Coffee Report
EUDR Delays Elicit Relief and Regret
Climate Change Threatens Coffee
Production
New Packaging Reforms Challenge
Coffee Industry
Protein Boosts Coffee Sales
Ethiopia and China Forge Close Coffee
Ties
12 Tea Report
Unilever Sells Tea Subsidiary SariWangi
Hindustan Unilever Brews Success
Sparkling Tea in the No-Low Market
China Standardizes Its Tea Supply
Chain
TEASY: 24/7 AI Tea Consultant
India-EU FTA: Tariff Relief for Tea
30 30
How Decaf Coffee How Decaf Coffee
Went From Went From
Afterthought Afterthought
to Artisan to Artisan
FEATURE
T O P R E A D S
24 Convenience Coffee Takes Over
30 How Decaf Coffee Went From
Afterthought to Artisan
40 Gen Z: Reprogramming Tea Consumption
24 24
Convenience Coffee Convenience Coffee
Takes Over Takes Over
40 40
Gen Z: Gen Z:
Reprogramming Reprogramming
Tea Consumption Tea Consumption