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10 STiR tea & coffee industry international Incorporating NEWS Advertising Representation: Global Glenn Anthony John (Thailand) Tel +66 22 55 66 25 Fax +66 26 55 22 11 Mobile +66 818 299 409 gaj@octobermultimedia.com The Americas / Northern Europe Emerson Leonard (United States) Tel/Mobile: +1 917 680 1050 edl@octobermultimedia.com Southeast Asia / Middle East Chris Michaelides (Hong Kong) Tel +66 22 55 66 25 Fax +66 26 55 22 11 Mobile +66 869 896 540 cam@octobermultimedia.com Spain / Italy Jonathan Wesley Bell (France) Tel: +33 563 414790 jwb@octobermultimedia.com Production/Distribution October Inter Co., Ltd. Bangkok, Thailand Tel +66 22 55 66 25 Fax +66 26 55 22 11 info@stir-tea-coffee.com Directors Glenn Anthony John Boonthin Tubsongkroh India's Fine Cup Award at COTECA The Coffee Board of India's Flavor of India - The Fine Cup Award Cupping Competition will occur in time for COTECA, the Coffee, Tea and Cocoa Show Sept. 24-26 in Hamburg, Germany. The annual competition showcases the fine coffees of India available in the international market, according to Dr. Aarti Dewan Gupta, the Coffee Board's director of finance. Entries are analyzed for physical/visual quality based on the color, smell, size and defects and they are cupped by an experienced panel of coffee cup tasters representing the Coffee Board as well as the Indian coffee industry. Those advancing to the national level are evaluated by an interna- tional jury consisting of eminent cup tasters from different countries. Judges will score the coffees just before the COTECA show with results announced during the event. Regional competitions are currently underway for both Arabica and robusta finalists. The top two coffees from each of 14 regions qualify for selection as the best Arabica and the best robusta. The International Jury names first- and second-place winners. Six specialty Arabica and six specialty robusta coffees are also evaluated for the designations Best Specialty Arabica and Best Specialty Robusta of the year. Presentation of the awards will be in India at a later date, said Gupta. Arabica Prices Sliding from Two-Year High Arabica prices ascended this spring from last winter's pricing trough to a two year high as harvest estimates decline. Prices have retreated 20% since an April spike but questionable weather in Brazil and a drawdown of stockpiles led all the major roasting companies to raise prices. J.M. Smucker (Folgers and Dunkin' Donuts) was the first major U.S. roaster in three years to hike prices. The average 9% increase was quickly followed by Kraft Food Group (Maxwell House and Yuban) which raised prices 10%. Supermarket brands have since risen 8% to 10%. Packaged coffee in grocery rose to $9.99 for a 12-oz. bag of Starbucks and drink prices in the chain's coffee shops will rise between a nickel and 20 cents. A venti-sized brewed coffee will cost $2.35. Not all drink prices were affected. Competitive categories including K-Cups, Via and Seattle's Best were unchanged. In June the USDA's mid-year crop report estimated coffee production will drop by 1.5 million bags in 2014-15. The revision is down an additional 400,000 bags from USDA's December estimate. Global production is estimated at 148.7 million bags in the year ahead. Estimates place the current crop at 150.1 million bags. Analysts predict coffee will be priced in a range from $1.50 to $1.75 a pound as the year ends provided the El Niño underway is not severe and Brazil avoids a severe frost. Prices remain below 2009 highs when Colombian milds averaged $1.77 lb. Central America and Mexico are recovering from coffee rust according to USDA which predicted 16.2 million bags from Central American and Mexican producers. John Harney Passes MILLERTON, NY – John D. Har ney, founder of Harney & Sons Fine Teas, died June 17. He was 83. The business he started in 1983 will continue under the direction of sons Michael and Paul, daughter-in-law Brigitte and grandsons Emeric and Alexander. Harney brought respectability to American tea blends far more sophisticated than single ingredient mixes dating to the 1830s. "In 1983 the tea world did not offer many great teas. And that was fine, because few people drank tea. How that has changed, and for the better," said Harney, a professional hotel manager who launched the company at the age of 53. Long-time friend Bruce Richardson said Harney was an effective ambassador for American's taste in tea, traveling to England frequently and eventually landing prized hotel and restaurant clients including the Dorchester Hotel in London. His teas are even sold in the gift shop in Buckingham Palace. Harney & Sons has grown to employ 170 and occupies 90,000 sq. ft. of warehouse space on 22 acres in Millerton, NY where a new bottling facility is under construction Garblers clean monsooned coffee at Mangalore coffee curing facility.