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ments coffee drinkers around the world can expect in future, the challenges of production and processing, as well as the topic of sustainable packaging materials. Tea highlights and innovations The conference programme centred round the topic of tea con- centrates on the latest trends, innovative capsule solutions, the development of tea cultivation in East Africa and exceptional cultivation regions. If you want to discover more about this and further talks, be there at COTECA 2014! Another highlight included: the COTECA Party All attendees and participants who take advantage of the entire conference offer will receive free admission to the exclusive COTECA Party. At this popular event, you will meet up with other conference attendees, speakers and exhibitors for networking within a relaxed atmosphere. Profi t from networking with experts COTECA, the international meeting place for the coffee, tea and cocoa industry, will be accompanied by a high-calibre, two-day conference in 2014 too. Renowned experts, such as Dan Bol- ten, Ross Colbert, Maja Wallengren, Jane Pettigrew and David Foxwell, will be taking a look at global consump- tion developments, diffi culties in cultivation and future trends. Rapidly growing coffee trend "single serve" The worldwide sales of coffee capsules and pads are estimated to be 10.8 billion US dollars.* This means they are growing at a rate fi ve times faster than that of traditional coffee. At the same time, nearly every large-scale roasting company offers coffee pads and capsules. At the "single serve" conference, experts will discuss how this trend is currently developing, which develop- THE COTECA CONFERENCE: SPECIAL IMPULSES FOR YOUR BUSINESS! *Source: European stats from Rabobank (Euromonitor) 2013. H A M B U RG • G E R M A N Y Sept 24–26 2014 *Source: European stats from Rabobank (Euromonitor) 2013. discuss how this trend is currently developing, which develop- *Source: European stats from Rabobank (Euromonitor) 2013.