United Arab Emirates

Dubai International Coffee Championship announces US$40,000 prize

A top prize of US$40,000 (about $56,000) has been announced for the Dubai International Coffee Championship. The runner-up will receive a prize of US$5000. The competition will take place at the Dubai International Coffee and Tea Festival from 5 to 7 December. The Dubai International Coffee Championship is one consolidated event to test its competitors across aspects of coffee making incorporating barista, latte art and brewing skills. 
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Meet With A Poem on World Coffee Day

Julius Meinl is set to launch its annual Meet With A Poem campaign in cafés, restaurants and hotels globally on World Coffee Day, 1 October.  “We are proud to once again demonstrate the positive power of poetry through these creative initiatives,” Julius Meinl CEO Marcel Löffler says. “To have our café, restaurant and hotel partners throughout the world join us is fantastic, with the shared aim of providing coffee and tea drinkers a space in which they can reconnect with friends, share a moment and draw inspiration, with coffee serving as creative fuel.”
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