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STiR tea & coffee industry international 67 ROASTING AND GRINDING SOLUTIONS FOR EVERY REQUIREMENT As one of the world's leading companies NEUHAUS NEOTEC supply machines, plants and turnkey factories mainly for roasting, grinding and processing of coffee, cocoa, seeds and nuts. www.neuhaus-neotec.de The counter at Caffe Ti AMO, left, and downtown Ulaan- baatar, above. barista at Bossam House Korean Restaurant. He hopes to open a repair service in the near future to repair espresso coffee ma- chines. Ganbat criticizes some coffee shops as they serve their cli- ents instant coffee from a single serve packet with powdered milk or automatically pour milk and sugar into coffee without asking. Coffee market The total market for imported coffee is estimated at $360,000. Seventy percent of coffee is processed imports. No coffee is grown in the country and there are few roasters. Coffee and tea are popular consumer goods found in 40% of the city's house- holds. Office coffee is popular. Almost all private and public offices consume coffee widely and market surveys show that coffee consumption is increasing year to year. Agiimaa Ariunbold, the managing director of the Mandakh Gazar company says that it will cost MNT300 million ($150,000) to establish a coffee processing plant large enough to provide 50% of the total domestic coffee. She has initiated a project titled "To produce coffee in Mongolia". Her company has partnered with several Korean companies to import tea and coffees. Since 2012 they have studied cof- fee processing from JNFood of Korea while they were import- ing. Ariunbold plans to import equipment with a capacity to fill 50,000 packets per day from HS Pack of Korea. Pricing will depend on the cost of raw materials and quality of product. Her goal is to offer products at a lower price than imported coffees. In the capital city, anyone can easily see overcrowded small and medium sized supermarkets and groceries. The shelves of