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The Red Cup Returns

SALES SUCCESS AT WELCOME BREAK

Sheringham’s status as a

Fairtrade town.

DNA Linked to How Much Coffee

You Drink

Editor: Jay Cee jaycee@coffee-magazine.co.uk

Design: The Coffee Bean Team jaycee@coffee-magazine.co.uk

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Contributors: Briancee - Poet

EditorialWell here we are at another Christmas but with the sad news of the death of Bruno Dalla Corte one of the coffee gurus of this world and he will be greatly missed. I am not going to rabbit on this year, I am just going to mention Welcome Break’s new look format at Birchanger Green has cemented the motorway service provider’s plan to roll out this next generation service station. Steeton coffee morning

raises £1,000 for Martin House children’s hospice, just shows you what our coffee drinkers can do for local charities in their areas.Man working at the Nestle coffee factory at Hatton collapsed at its South Derbyshire factory and later died.

Have a good Christmas and a happy New Year.

The Editor

Vietnam and the coffee world

From Across The PondVietnam was looking in the 19th century for something to give the country growth so coffee was introduced to by the French in the late 19th century then Vietnam quickly became a strong exporter, as they gave up large areas of the highlands for the growth of coffee.

Now the Vietnamese have taken coffee to new levels of almost gastronomical – even medicinal – heights.

As we look at the coffee shops of Vietnam one of them stands out Trung Nguyen Coffee this is one of the most popular in the

country’s capitol.

At Trung Nguyen Coffee – the Vietnamese equivalent of Starbucks, with a chain of cafés across the city. Coffee is taken seriously at this popular coffee shop, with beans from Italy, Japan, Turkey and Ethiopia, but it is the varieties of Vietnamese coffee that deserves more exploration. they have coffee blends with different beans and recipes, and they have been given names such as “Success”, “Creation”, “Discover” and “Thought”.

The coffee I can imagine has it’s own flavor I have tried Vietnamese blends but could

not really say if I liked it or not. Anyway as I look at getting different articles for Coffee Bean magazine it is always good to get some history of how companies and countries got involved with the coffee bean story.

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Vietnam and the coffee world

For the seventh year in a row, La Marzocco awards a member of its network with the title “La Marzocco Collaborator of the Year.” Criteria include overall interaction with all departments at the factory, performance in sales in proportion to a specific market, commitment to technical service as well as being in-line with the culture and philosophy that lies behind the La Marzocco brand.

The La Marzocco staff had to choose from 9 candidates for the 2014 “Collaborator of the Year” award. What pride to have chosen from so many worthy candidates as each one brings so much value to all that is La Marzocco. Our congratulations

this year go to Paul Kelly of La Marzocco UK. Please feel free to contact Paul at paul@lamarzocco.co.uk.

For the second year in a row, La Marzocco awarded one of its suppliers with the “La Marzocco Supplier of the Year” award. Criteria in this case included quality of the product and/or service, timely delivery, and proactive spirit. La Marzocco is pleased to announce that this year’s winner is Sirio srl.This year, like in previous years, the FIRST PLACE award, for both “collaborator” and “supplier”, includes a one week stay on the Songwa Estate in south western Tanzania during 1 of 3 educational trips scheduled the

following year.

On behalf of the entire LM staff, congratulations to Paul and the team at Sirio!

La Marzocco awards a member of its network with the title “La Marzocco Collaborator of the Year”

The Red Cup ReturnsThe anticipation began in October, when the cups’ arrival began to generate buzz on social media and websites count down the minutes and seconds until their return. Once they arrive, Starbucks® red holiday cups begin to dot city streets and shopping malls, and customers tweet and share photos of their first Peppermint Mochas and Caramel Brulée Lattes on social newsfeeds.

How did a coffee cup become a cultural icon? In 1997, when Starbucks had 1,400 stores and was just beginning to expand into Japan and Singapore,

the first two countries outside the United States and Canada, the Starbucks Creative team tried a new design for its cups to generate excitement during the holiday season. The theme for holiday was “Give in to the Rhythm,” and the red festive cups punctuated the jewel-toned palate of deep reds, greens, blues and yellows and a jazzy Santa with a profile that evoked the Starbucks siren.

Now, 17 holiday seasons later, Starbucks holiday comes to life with hand-painted graphics and type. Whimsical brushstrokes in bold colors ignite the spirit of the season, and visually showcase the inner spark that shines brightest during the holidays.

Marisa Crane is one of the many Starbucks artists who contributed to the hand-rendered art on the cups, packaging and merchandise.

“To give each element in the design its own unique personality, we all fanned

out to our cubicles and painted starbursts, trees and other elements that we later collaged together,” Crane said.

The idea for the theme of this year’s holiday, “Let there be bright,” came from Stephanie Vandenack, a writer on Starbucks Creative team and copy manager for holiday.

“The big idea is that when we all come together, we are stronger and brighter,” Vandenack said. “You can see that notion expressed in the vitality and movement in the holiday cup design. It captures the brilliance of the holidays.” Vandenack said she’s excited to see her words on pieces this holiday.

“When you are working on a project, it’s usually on a flat piece of paper, you don’t really have a sense of the size or the shape,” she said. “It’s amazing to see something in stores that you wrote, and to realize that it’s all over the world.”

A 15% year-on-year increase in sales at Welcome Break’s new look format at Birchanger Green has cemented the motorway service provider’s plan to roll out this next generation service station to its other sites across the country.

The refurbishment at Birchanger Green cost £1.2million, and saw the creation of an open, more welcoming environment, with the use of large glass windows and a striking triangular glass roof which lets in lots of natural light. The site, which originally opened in 1995 and cost £10million, now features a premium food court, welcoming established brands such as Tossed, Starbucks, Papa Johns, Waitrose and Subway alongside favourites Burger King and KFC.

Customers can enjoy a rest from the stresses of the road on the comfortable ‘S’ shaped seating which creates a relaxed, sociable atmosphere, while watching TV on the large, multi-screen video wall. New iconic soft seating at the entrance and stripy design

feature pillars along with lighting and booth seating reinforce the Welcome Break brand values of creating a warmer welcome.

The decision to make Birchanger Green the flagship of Welcome Break’s new look came after the company saw a 20% upturn in business at its new food courts and significant like-for-like non-fuel sales growth of around 10 per cent across all sites. After the success of the new Birchanger Green, which saw visitor numbers increase by more than 2,000 vehicles in the month after its opening, this new format will be launched at other sites around the country.

The Oxford services on the M40 is now also complete with the new line up of brands and design features and South Mimms is next on the list. Over £8million has already been set aside for this project for 2015.

Rod McKie, CEO of Welcome Break commented: “We see Birchanger Green as the future

of the motorway service station and are thrilled with its success so far. It offers a far more relaxed, comfortable environment with a host of great brands for the customer to enjoy and the growth in sales demonstrates this is what the customer wants. We’re now in the process of rolling this out to other Welcome Break sites and plan for these to be similarly successful.”

Thank You Welcome Break Media Team.

SALES SUCCESS AT WELCOME BREAK

BIRCHANGER GREEN PAVES THE WAY FOR NEW FORMAT

“My work has always been my passion a love that started very early, when I began to work as a trainee, and has been going on ever since. My enthusiasm is still strong” this is how Bruno Dalla Corte introduced himself in the biography that was dedicated to his family and to the new generations, and that provided a quick and effective picture of his life, marked by a great passion: coffee.

He was born in Novara in 1929. At the end of World War II, he had to find a job and was ready to accept any job to be able to help his family overcome sacrifice and financial difficulties. Serious, curious and eager to learn, he committed to any task he had to carry out with great rigour which he had inherited by his severe, military father ever since he started assembling and fixing radios and, later, as technician at Cimbali.

And a radio a rare, precious object in those times made him meet Pinuccia, the love of his life.

Bruno Dalla Corte was very proud of his work in those days. At night, the big cafés in the heart of Milan which served a black and bitter coffee produced with the first steam machines closed and needed to have their machines’ boilers cleaned. His colleague and he arrived by

Goodbye Bruno Dalla Corte A life marked by a great passion for coffee.

bicycle and had to disassemble the machines to remove lime scale from the boiler, under the watchful eye of a guardian. It was a hard job: they had to open the boiler, clean it, close it again, wrap it in an asbestos insulating layer and then cover everything with another fabric case.

Self-sacrifice, few sleeping hours and intense work he never stopped made him soon gain great experience. That is how he got to Faema: the market of coffee machines was dramatically expanding and experienced technicians were rather difficult to find.

This new job was followed by his marriage, the birth of his first son, Paolo “a beautiful baby who made us so happy” and a lot of work (according to his payslips, he worked an average of 300 hours per month). Due to his reliability, he won the trust of Faema’s owner, Carlo Ernesto Valente. At Faema, Bruno was in charge of reorganizing the workshop in Milan, opening various branches all over Italy and starting the company’s customer care / technical service. In 1961 he witnessed the creation of the E61 the machine that would revolutionize the espresso market and, two years later, the production of the first vending machine which was first “opposed by the owners of mayor companies because, in their opinion, it distracted employees from their work.” In that same period, espresso machine manufacturing companies started to compete in creating models based on increasingly advanced technologies. These improvements spurred Bruno to experiment something new on his own.

He resigned from Faema and just a few days later, his second child Elsa was born. That is when he started to sell espresso machines and provide his customers with technical service he was finally self-employed. Besides this main activity, he soon started to dedicate to the design of espresso machines. In 1966 he started a study to create an innovative machine. The first production consisted in 50 pieces, manufactured in co-operation with the Milanese Company Cosmo. In 1969, in co-operation with other partners, he founded a new company, ABA, in Bologna. That same year, the whole world’s attention was caught by the first human landing on the Moon that is why the machine was eventually named la Spaziale (Spatial). The new device was equipped with an innovative heating system, capable of keeping the boiler clean by means of a heat exchanger with steam circulation. Meanwhile, Paolo started to work and follow his father’s steps. La Spaziale was a hit, but father and son were already focused on their future and came up with the idea of a further evolved machine, which could become a new benchmark for technology in the espresso machine sector. For this reason, they left their partners after 31 years of collaboration and faced a new challenge.

Paolo convinced Bruno and Elsa to join him in this new venture. Evolution, the new machine, carried Bruno’s name and logo and boasted an innovative technology an independent boiler espresso machine was entering the market for the first time. It was an actual revolution for the espresso machine industry. Their

dream was starting to come true the opening of a new plant in 2001 and the creation of the new machine in 2002 “made me feel younger,” Bruno commented.

Paolo dealt with machine design and became the company’s manager, but his father Bruno was always present they debated, discussed and defined every detail in a constant search of perfection. Bruno oversaw everything and each single detail of Dalla Corte’s machines was extremely clear in his mind.

The joy brought by his grandchildren Valentina, Pietro, Kenyi and Freddy was followed by his wife’s death and by the aches and pains of aging. His presence at the company became rarer. He preferred to spend his time cooking one of his greatest passions and to keep his daily habit of going to the café, where he would taste a coffee the passion of his life. Although his visits to the plant became increasingly infrequent, he would not miss special occasions. He was present at every single dc campus and at Host 2013, where many affectionate baristas ‘invaded’ Dalla Corte’s booth and surrounded him to reward and thank him for all he had done. On 13 December at the age of 85 he passed away, after a long struggle with disease.

Thank you, Bruno, for all you did for your proud, yet discreet presence and for your precious contribution to the espresso machine industry and to all of us. Your echo is resounding all over the world and your signature will keep spreading through Dalla Corte’s espresso machines.

R.I.P Bruno Dalla Corte

Shoppers, traders and campaigners tucked in to ethically-traded coffee and cakes, at a celebration marking Sheringham’s newly-won status as a Fairtrade town.

Retired teacher Brenda Smith, led a seven-strong committee and spent the last few months working on meeting a range of criteria set out by the Fairtrade Foundation, including getting local shops to stock Fairtrade goods, Visiting schools to raise awareness of the campaign, also churches community groups and other organisations , and when possible passing

on the Fairtrade message to local people.

The group also carried out a survey of local shops and businesses and had to gain the support of the town council, which now uses Fairtrade coffee and tea at meetings.

As a result of their efforts, more than 50 businesses and organisations, ranging from supermarkets, restaurants and churches, to guest houses, tourist attractions and local schools, have since pledged to support the initiative.

Mrs Smith, who, before retiring 15 years ago, worked at Sidestrand Hall School and Holt Primary School, is a long-term supporter of the development charity Traidcraft Exchange, to which she has donated the proceeds of a Fairtrade stall she runs, as well as part of the proceeds of a book she wrote for her grandchildren and published

herself last year.

She decided to look in to gaining Fairtrade status for Sheringham after visiting Wells-next-the-sea, which won the accolade in 2007 and, after campaigning tirelessly for months, was delighted when the town’s bid was accepted first time.

For more information about Fairtrade towns, visit www.fairtrade.org.uk

Steeton coffee morning serves up more than £1,000 for Martin House children’s hospice

A COFFEE morning at Steeton in aid of a local children’s hospice was a huge success.

The event raised £826, with a further £280 coined-

in through the sale of Hospice Christmas cards.

“To take more than £1,000 in just two hours was absolutely fantastic,” said Lynda Corser a local villager and organizer of the event – at St Stephen’s Church Hall “I’m so pleased with the amount and I’d like to thank everyone who gave their support.

Mrs Corser started fund raising for the hospice – through coffee mornings and other activities – in tribute to the care received there by her late nephew, Andrew Pratt, who died in 1998 at the age of 12.

Over the years she has helped raise thousands of pounds.

Mrs Corser also held an event on the 21st of November at a Crossflatts Over-50s Club where she hosted a coffee morning.and raised more funds selling cakes and Martin House hospice Christmas cards and staging a raffle at the event, at St Aidan’s Square, Crossflatts, from 10am to noon.

Thank you all for your generous and kind donations.

Thank you also from the coffee bean team...

DNA Linked to How Much Coffee You DrinkHow much coffee do you drink every day? One cup in the morning? Or do you gulp it all day?

Scientists have long known that your DNA influences how much java you consume. Now a huge study has identified some genes that may play a role.

Their apparent effect is quite small. But variations in such genes may modify coffee’s effect on a person’s health, and so genetic research may help scientists explore that, said Marilyn Cornelis of the Harvard School of Public Health. She led the research.

The project analyzed the results of about two dozen previous studies with a combined total of more than 120,000 participants. Those participants had described how much coffee they drink

a day, and allowed their DNA to be scanned. The new work looked for minute differences in their DNA that were associated with drinking more or less coffee.

Researchers found eight such variants, two of which had already been linked to coffee consumption.

Four of the six new variants implicate genes that are involved with caffeine, either in how the body breaks it down or in its stimulating effects, the researchers said in a paper released Tuesday by the journal Molecular Psychiatry.

The two other newly implicated genes were a surprise because there’s no clear biological link to coffee or caffeine, Cornelis said. They are instead involved with cholesterol levels and

blood sugar.

Marian Neuhouser, a nutrition researcher at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle and study co-author, said identifying genes related to consumption may one day help doctors identify patients who need extra help in cutting down on coffee if recommended. For example, pregnant women are advised to consume only moderate amounts of caffeine because of risk of miscarriage and preterm birth, she said.None of the identified genetic variants was related to how intensely a person tastes coffee, and Cornelis said that surprised her.

She doesn’t drink coffee, she said, because she can’t stand the stuff.

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Nestle coffee factory in Hatton has paid tribute to a man working at the site who collapsed at its South Derbyshire factory and later died.

The contractor is believed to

have collapsed at the Hatton factory late November.

A spokesman said: “We can confirm a contractor passed away after collapsing while on site.

He was taken to the Royal Derby Hospital, but sadly died later in hospital. Our deepest sympathies are with the family, friends and colleagues at this sad time.”

Man collapses at Nestle coffee factory in Hatton

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Originally built in 1890, the former Victorian men’s toilet was closed for more than fifty years before it was restored and opened as a small café and kitchen last year. Several original features have been retained, including its cast iron entrance and porcelain urinals which have been converted into small booths with stool seats that match the original Victorian floor tiles.

Biscuit lovers can try their hands at icing a biscuit or two while browsing a selection of sweet treats at this boutique and icing café in Notting Hill. The boutique also hosts themed icing classes and workshops teaching piping and decorating techniques.

This relaxed food and drink café comes with a fully functioning workshop with mechanics for any bike repairs and maintenance. The bicycle-themed café also hosts various events, from film and cycle sport screenings to knitting classes and speed dating nights.lookmumnohands.com

Nanasfoods prepared by a community of elderly women in Hackney.

The café, which opened last year, is housed in an old public women’s toilet on Chatsworth Road which was restored with a roof terrace and stairs while retaining many of its original features such as the tiling on the walls. wearenana.com

This alternative Clapham institution has a chequered history (it is Landor Road, after all) having burnt down at one point. But it’s back, a tiny nook of dimly-lit Arabian exoticism, with a garden set aside for shisha pipes and a tented lounge stuffed with cushions. Sweet teas and even sweeter pastries are sold before the casual crowd makes way for

DJs and live musicians at night.

This Fifties-style milkshake bar in Shoreditch is furnished with retro American diner booths, vintage lamps and an arcade machine as well as US car license plates and vintage posters on the walls. The café offers both traditional and alcoholic milkshakes as well as hot dogs and free coffee refills all day. theloveshake.co.uk

The dog-friendly café in Muswell Hill offers a selection of “dogilicious” treats including cheese bone biscuits and roast chicken muffins as well as “dog-gestives, flap jack russells and puppacinos” for its four-legged friends, in addition to fresh coffee, cakes and biscuits forits human customers

Ziferblat

The Russian café charging customers according to how long they stay but offering unlimited free tea and biscuits opened its first UK branch in Shoreditch this year. Customers must take an alarm clock from a cupboard upon arrival, note the time, and then keep it with them until they leave. A flat fee of three pence per minute means that an hour-long stay will set you back just £1.80. There is no minimum time requirement, meaning a hastily drunk coffee can be had for mere pennies.london.ziferblat.net

Christmas Crackers Coffee Shops With a Difference

The Attendant

Biscuiteers

Look Mum No Hands!

Scooby’s Boutique

The Love Shake

Cafe Cairo

Kiss under the mistletoe Drink coffee at the tree

Make espresso while you cook the veg spuds and turkey

Make Irish coffee For your guests who want it

Then capuchinos For the rest

So you can have a Christmas where your coffee is the best

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PINK LANE COFFEE OWNERS TO OPEN NEW SHOP IN SANDYFORDColour Coffee Company, the group that has managed city centre coffee shop Pink Lane Coffee since 2012, will be opening a branch in Sandyford called Colour Coffee Roastery in the new year apparently, according to our sources the new shop will be located in a currently vacant premises on Back Goldspink Lane.

Opened in May 2012, some of the UK’s top speciality coffee is brewed at Pink Lane Coffee coffee shop.

“We get a lot of our customers coming to us because of the quality of our coffee,” said Anth Atkinson, one of

the owners of Colour Coffee Company. “It’s what really separates us from other coffee shops nearby.

“Coffee is a seasonal product and so changes with the season,” said Atkinson. “But we tend to have on five coffees at a time from different origins – two espressos and three filter coffees.”

According to the company, the way they serve coffee will not really change in the new Sandyford branch, due to open in January.

“We care about serving excellent speciality coffee in a very cosy environment and we take our coffee very seriously,” Atkinson said.

Colour Coffee Company is owned by Anth Atkinson and

Alan Ramsay. Both of them have extensive business experience. Atkinson comes from a coffee background and has worked in the coffee industry for a number of years. Ramsay, a Jesmond resident, runs Roots and Wings, a social enterprise design company based in the Ouseburn.

“Except Colour Coffee Roastery which will be opened in January, we currently have another coffee shop named Colour Coffee Quayside which is open now inside Whosit and Whatsit [a newly-opened shop in a Grade II listed building on the Quayside],” said Atkinson.

“Both are going to be different in their own ways, fitting their surroundings and offering a different coffee experience.”

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ESPRESSO ON THE GOWhether you plan to go hiking, camping, boating, or stay in a hotel, Minipresso compactness makes it the ideal

espresso machine to slide into your bag, backpack.

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Minipresso ease of use lies in its conception. With the help of the semi-automatic piston, small quantities of water

are injected into the coffee adapter. After few pushes, the optimal extraction pressure is achieved. A rich and bold espresso is extracted. Minipresso is available for coffee grind or Caffitaly capsules.Convenient and Evolutive

Minipresso doesn’t require compressed air, N2O cartridges or electricity for its operation. Hand operated, you are free to prepare coffee drinks that you love. Different water tanks capacity are available so you can enjoy multiple quality espresso, going from

ristretto to café lungo.

Efficient and Easy to use

Besides being aesthetically pleasant with its modern and slick design, Minipresso contains an ingenious core, the

semi-automatic piston. Unlock it from its carrying position and press it at will to control the amount of extracted coffee. A few strokes and you master a perfectly smooth espresso full of savours.

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