SEOUL, Jan. 20 (Korea Bizwire) - Eight out of 10 adult Koreans drink at least two cups of coffee a day, and many of them make their own coffee at home in addition to visiting cafes, a poll showed Wednesday. According to the survey conducted on 1,076 respondents who attended a global cafe exhibition in November, [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – Lee Seo-yeon buys freshly brewed coffee at GS 25, a convenience store chain, twice a day — on her way to work and during lunch time. There’s neither a barista nor ice caramel macchiatos. The part-time cashier at a department store in downtown Seoul gets Americanos at 1,000 won [...]
SEOUL, Nov.25 (Korea Bizwire) – Coffee houses furnished with tables and lamps made of coffee waste are receiving positive reactions from consumers. Starbucks Korea opened a store in the Gwanghwamun area that is furnished with furniture made out of used coffee grounds on November 8. The company announced on November 24 that will increase the [...]
SEOUL, Nov.19 (Korea Bizwire) – A new study shows that people who drink between three and five cups of coffee every day live longer than those who don’t. According to a paper published in ‘Circulation’, an international medical journal, by a research team at Harvard University’s School of Public Health, those who drink three to [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s coffee imports are expected to set a new annual record in 2015, the customs office said Sunday, driven by soaring demand from local consumers. Asia’s fourth-largest economy imported a record 102,500 tons of coffee in the January-September period, up 3.2 percent from the same period last year, [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Vietnam is attracting attention from international processed-coffee makers for its potential to be a significant player in the processed-coffee export market. The Vietnamese government is determined to increase, before 2030, the nation’s share of processed coffee production among its coffee products to 25 percent, according to a KOTRA trade [...]
SEOUL, April 21 (Korea Bizwire) – As more Koreans are starting to enjoy homemade coffee at reasonable prices, coffee machine sales are steadily increasing. Popular models include capsule-type machines, which stand out for their simple operation. Lotte Department Store has six brands of coffee machines on offer since 2009, including Nespresso, Dolce Gusto, illy, Cremesso, [...]
WATERBURY, Vt., Jan. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – In a recent survey office workers say coffee plays an important part in success in the workplace. Coffee was identified as key in securing some of offices’ best business deals, networking, and important to office workers being their best. In fact, coffee drinkers are more likely to identify themselves [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – When you take a stroll along the main streets or countless back alleys of sprawling Seoul, you inevitably run across an endless array of stores and and restaurants — and many coffee stores. And you might be overwhelmed by the countless number of coffee branches, such as Starbucks, TOM N TOMS, [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – According to industry statistics, Koreans drank 24.2 billion cups of coffee last year, approximately 484 cups of coffee a year and 1.3 cups per person. As more Koreans enjoy drinking coffee, it is expected to set a record this year in terms of the amount of coffee imports. A [...]