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... new research suggests four to five cups of caffeinated coffee a day could help fight off alzheimer’s disease, due to a mystery coffee ingredient that interacts with the drink’s caffeine content ... the mouse study, published in the journal of alzheimer’s disease provides the first evidence that caffeinated coffee offers such protection, say the university of south florida (usf) researchers ... other caffeine-containing drinks or decaffeinated coffee do not offer this protection, according to the researchers, who said they would like to pinpoint the unidentified component so that other beverages can be enriched with the ingredient ... “hopefully, the coffee industry will soon become an active partner with alzheimer’s researchers to find the protective ingredient in coffee and concentrate it in dietary sources,” said lead author gary arendash ... methodology and results in the study, the effects of caffeinated and decaffeinated coffee were compared to those of caffeine alone on both alzheimer's mice and normal mice ... for both groups, treatment with caffeinated coffee greatly increased blood levels of gcsf; neither caffeine alone or decaffeinated coffee provided this effect, said the researchers ... however, the usf team said that, since they used only “drip” coffee in their studies, they do not know whether “instant” caffeinated coffee would provide the same gcsf response ... “caffeinated coffee provides a natural increase in blood gcsf levels,” said usf neuroscientist dr ... there is a synergistic interaction between caffeine and some mystery component of coffee that provides this beneficial increase in blood gcsf levels ... ” the usf researchers said they previously reported that four to five cups per day of coffee/caffeine is required to counteract the brain pathology and memory impairment in alzheimer’s mice ... no other therapy according to the researchers, no other alzheimer’s therapy being developed comes close to meeting all the criteria that coffee offers

... mahalia layzell, of mahalia coffee, in robe, south australia, scooped the top gong at the 2010 csr tm sugar golden bean roaster competition and conference held this weekend in port macquarie (nsw), roasting the opposition in the one of the biggest coffee roasting competitions in the world ... the introduction of two new categories also marked the exciting evolution of coffee in australia ... thrilled with mahalia coffee’s achievement after roasting coffee for over ten years, top roaster mahalia layzell stated that she wanted “to help educate the customer that you can have good coffee at home as well as in a café ... coffee is so important in everyone’s lives and when people drink it, they’re having their little moment in life, and i want to be a part of that ... coffee is a lifetime thing for me and i want to make it accessible to everyone ... ” the competition is now in it’s fifth year, attracting the crema of the coffee crop - the best in australian competitors as well as visitors hailing from new zealand, america and asia who attended the conference ... “the industry is getting more exciting and intense and you can see that reflected in the quality of entries this year ... it’s an industry that’s ever-changing, especially with the new third-wave coffee phenomenon,” said nick milat, csr sugar’s food service channel manager ... the competition puts the spotlight on coffee roasters, an integral part of the 8 ... 5 billion dollar coffee industry in australia ... two new categories were added to the competition in 2010 - a ‘single origin espresso’ category, adapting to the so-called ‘third-wave’ of coffee appreciation, and then at the diametric opposite end of the spectrum, a ‘decaffeinated’ category ... coffees were judged over two days via heats, under the guidelines of nine grams of coffee per single pour with a 25-30 second extraction per espresso, made by eight professional baristas behind the machines ... judging this year was overseen by justin metcalf, head judge for the world barista championships and head roaster for daily roast coffee in melbourne

... this week bosch held its third coffee symposium in waiblingen germany, bringing together more than 70 international customers, representatives and experts in the coffee industry ... bosch specialists and industry experts presented on trends and consumer demands that they claim are shaping coffee processing and packaging “by bringing coffee industry players to the table, our coffee symposium helps to encourage synergies, establish best practices and inspire innovation in the coffee industry”, said dr ulrich brief, vice president product group package makers, bosch packaging technology ... bosch said the conference included presentations highlighting changes in global coffee culture, indicating continued high growth in demand for single-serve portions such as coffee capsules and pods ... another trend identified, according to bosch was consumer demand for higher quality coffee, which is dependent on sourcing a high-quality raw product from the farm in addition to grinding and reliable packaging ... initiatives to support smallholder coffee production and corporate social responsibility were other key topics along with sustainability

... prices for arabica coffee, the type most commonly grown in the region, hit 13-year highs last week, following months of strong gains, as tight global supplies help push up the market ... the trickle-down effect has been a dramatic jump in thefts of freshly picked coffee cherries in el salvador and honduras, where farmers have been assaulted or kidnapped and trucks carrying coffee hijacked, industry and government officials say ... el salvador's police seized more than 460,000 60-kg bags of stolen coffee in the 2009/10 season, which ended last month, procafe, a producers' investigation fund, said ... 6 percent more coffee output this season ... in honduras, coffee producers have been kidnapped for ransom on the perception they are raking in healthy profits, coffee industry representatives say ... "coffee farmers are arming themselves to see how they can protect their crops ... the thieves are spurred on by high coffee prices," dagoberto suazo, head of honduras' coffee cooperatives association, said ... honduras, which produces slightly more coffee than it exports, sees 2010/11 exports rising 12 percent to 3 ... the honduran government said it planned to send additional security forces to coffee growing areas and el salvador president mauricio funes already has deployed 2,000 soldiers and 1,200 police to protect growers and exporters ... neighboring nicaragua, which produces less coffee, is also stepping up protections for farmers

... the vietnamese coffee industry's plan to retain up to 500,000 tonnes of beans for six months will significantly reduce the supply from the southeast asian country, already the world's top exporter of robusta variety used for making instant coffee ... "the plan has now won consensus at all ministries and sectors concerned," chairman luong van tu of the vietnam coffee and cocoa association, or vicofa, told reuters after the association met on friday to review production and assess the 2010/2011 crop harvesting ... "this work will now become regular each year," he said, referring to the plan which now still requires government approval before banks can start giving funds to coffee exporters for their domestic purchases ... global coffee prices are now at their highest in many years, with robusta coffee in sight of its two-year high of $1,975 a tonne and arabica coffee nearing its 13-year high of $2 ... traders said with vietnamese coffee prices hitting 25-month highs earlier this week, farmers were encouraged to speed early harvesting in the central highlands coffee belt, but the government may delay a final decision on the stockpiling plan ... earlier this year vietnam had planned to stockpile 200,000 tonnes of coffee but failed to reach the targeted volume, and domestic businesses only bought about 63,000 tonnes ... slow trade in vietnamese coffee in the past month, with sales totalling around 100,000 tonnes, or less than 10 percent of output, could lead to a buildup in stock when the harvest peaks from late november and prices could crash, an exporter said ... the country's coffee association has sought to boost prices by saying output from the upcoming harvest would fall 10 percent ... chairman tu said a 20 percent fall in output expected in the provinces of gia lai and kontum following a drought earlier this year coupled with smaller bean sizes and the fact that a third of coffee trees are nearing or exceeding their 25-year production life contributed to the decline

... nestlé, the world’s biggest buyer of coffee, will invest more than half a billion us dollars (chf 500 million) in a wide-ranging plan, endorsed by the rainforest alliance, that will address responsible farming, sourcing and consumption across its coffee supply chain ... nestlé, which purchases around 780,000 tonnes of green coffee a year, or 10 per cent of the world’s supply, unveiled the nescafé plan in mexico city today ... the nescafé plan is a global initiative and builds on the us$220 million (chf 200 million) the company has already invested in the coffee industry over the past 10 years ... double the amount of coffee nestlé buys directly from farmers to 180,000 tonnes over the next five years ... in addition 90,000 tonnes of nescafé coffee will be sourced according to rainforest alliance principles by 2020 ... ensure all directly purchased green coffee will meet 4c sustainability standards by 2015 ... reduce the environmental footprint of its coffee producing factories around the world ... increase the number of agronomists from 24 to 96 and field technicians to 350 who will provide technical assistance and advice on farming and harvesting to 10,000 coffee farmers a year ... “the nescafé plan is about looking ahead, to the future of coffee farming,” ms whelan said ... ” nestlé ceo paul bulcke who announced the plan in mexico city said: “we are proud that nescafé, the world’s leading coffee brand, gives its name to this global initiative which creates value across the supply chain, from farmers to consumers, to us

... with buhler’s stake in petroncini, the two companies are focusing their joint research and development resources on the development of novel, environmentally friendly coffee roasting systems and are thus contributing to sustainable coffee processing ... in this effort, buhler will act as a project management partner along the entire process chain – from handling, cleaning, and storage of the green coffee to roasting, blending, and grinding of the roasted coffee and packaging of the finished ground coffee ... in addition, buhler now is the exclusive global partner for the sale of petroncini products for industrial coffee processing ... stefan schenker has been appointed as the new head of the coffee market segment ... stefan schenker has a long and excellent track record from a large coffee corporation and will thus strengthen the specialist and leadership competence of this coffee unit ... petroncini specializes in the industrial-scale manufacture of drum roasting systems for the coffee industry and has to date installed over 2000 coffee roasters across the globe

... the chairman of the 2,700 member gikanda farmers' cooperative said unseasonal rains at the start of this year were likely to cut production by about 10-20 percent in the 2010/11 (oct-sept) coffee year from about 2 million kg this year ... those are the three months we expect coffee trees to be stressed so they produce good flowers ... "coffee did not blossom ... but i expect we will get good prices due to the lower volumes," gakuo said, standing among his 200 coffee bushes on a small plot, next to a busy highway, with the roar of passing vehicles in the background ... sought after kenyan beans from farms in the area and in the neighbouring eastern province, which is equally fertile, are sought after by global roasters who blend it with coffee from other nations ... the benchmark aa grade of kenyan coffee is at its highest since 1998 ... loise njeru, managing director of regulator coffee board of kenya, said the high quality of the coffee supported overall revenues ... total earnings for the coffee year ending next month has already hit 10 ... 09 shillings per kg of coffee for their 2009/10 crop year, up from 33 ... in the late 1990s and early 2000s the coffee industry suffered from mismanagement, prompting farmers who were fed up with non-payment for their crop to neglect their bushes or cut them down ... "earnings will get better, those farmers who had abandoned coffee have started tending to their trees because they realised there was a change

... rodolfo trampe, the head of mexico's coffee producers association amecafe, said on thursday that exports for the 2009/10 cycle will be between 2 ... 8 million bags of coffee in the 2008/09 harvest ... the country, which produces mostly arabica coffee, was hit early in the season by a cold snap which led in part to a dip of about 4 percent in production to 4 ... arabica coffee prices scaled 12-year highs on thursday and some traders attributed the run-up to tightening physical supplies of high-quality coffee beans over the last 18 months as colombia, central america and mexico have all seen drops in production ... coffee jumped as much as 10 percent during thursday's session before retracing half of those gains as trading progressed ... but trampe agreed with some who see coffee prices falling in coming months when a bumper crop is harvested from the world's top grower brazil ... he said prices staying at record highs could distort the market if producers try to grow more coffee, swelling supplies and in turn pushing prices down ... trampe said mexico had joined efforts to block brazil to deliver its coffee to the "c" futures contract and has submitted a letter of complaint to ice futures u ... one worry is brazilian coffee is of lower quality than coffees delivered to the contract from countries like mexico and colombia ... "brazilian coffee is not the same as the coffee from this region," trampe said ... mexico, which has a large instant coffee industry and a deficit of cheaper robusta coffee beans to supply it, will likely import 500,000 bags of robusta this year, trampe said

... 1 percent growth of the organic coffee market this past year is an important achievement for a higher priced product during a recession and when much of the conventional coffee industry has been stagnant," giovannucci said ... in 2009, the north american organic coffee market topped $1 ... giovannucci has been officially recording organic coffee data for more than 10 years and said that, up until 2009, annual demand increases have been in the double digits ... giovannucci released the north american organic coffee industry report 2010 on tuesday, showing more than 93 million pounds of organic coffee were imported to the u