Issue Q3, 2007

Saturday, 01 August 2009 02:24 Alex

It’s a grind

Switzerland

The Swiss grinder manufacturer Ditting boasts a complete range of built-in and stand-alone coffee grinders designed to fulfill every and any customer wish.
In addition to its known wide product range of commercial and industrial grinders, Ditting offers innumerable solutions for built-in grinders, grinding machines and various brewing units for espresso and filter coffee up to pad and capsule systems in collaboration with its new partner, Eldom Coffee Technologies AG.
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Linx for Clipper

UK

Fairtrade tea manufacturer Clipper Tea has installed four more printers from coding and marking specialist Linx Printing Technologies.
Clipper says it chose the Linx 7300 Continuous Ink Jet (CIJ) printers due to their low cost, ease of use, minimised downtime and extensive features including a USB backup facility.
Clipper used Linx Printing Technologies’ CompleteCode leasing method, which covers all costs within one easy monthly payment. It brings to eight the total number of Linx printers operated by Clipper.
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Communicative coffee grinders

Germany

Mahlkönig has announced new and further developments for its popular gastronomy grinder K30 and the semi-professional models VARIO home and ProM.
The RFID version (RFID= Radio Frequency Identification) of the popular K30 espresso grinder has been developed for the specific requirements of specialty coffee roasters and, above all, coffee bars. This technology enables a data exchange between the beans` reservoir and the grinder, meaning that control and recording functions are possible way above the counting and logging of portions ground per day.
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Coffee Prime

Switzerland

Schaerer, Switzerland’s innovative coffee equipment manufacturer, has introduced its Schaerer Coffee Prime machine, featuring an impressive environmentally-friendly disposable concept for the fresh milk system and a modular design that permits on-site expansion in incremental stages.
The new Schaerer coffee machine is ideal for anyone who seeks high quality beverages but wishes to keep initial investment costs low.
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Features

Wuyi Rock Tea: Dark Oolong Grown Among Rocks

By Helen Xu Fei

Oolong tea is gaining in popularity as more gourmet choices are introduced to tea lovers worldwide. The semi-oxidized tea originated from Fujian province in China some 300 to 400 years ago. Over time, Fujian, Taiwan and Guangdong became leading producers boasting of distinctive gourmet origin oolongs respectively. In northern Fujian, Wuyi rock tea (wu yi yan cha) is a signature origin oolong. The tea grows in gaps and cracks of rocks on Mount Wuyi, hence the name. It is an intensely oxidized and heavily roasted dark oolong in long curly shapes with amber or reddish brown liquid.