SEOUL, Feb. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Sales of iced Americanos at coffee shops nationwide turned out to be higher than those of hot Americanos last month despite freezing temperatures. South Korean coffee shop chain Hollys Coffee analyzed sales data from customers with a Hollys membership and found that iced Americanos made up 55 percent of [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s largest mobile carrier, said Thursday it is launching an unmanned coffee robot service in collaboration with local collaborative robot manufacturer Doosan Robotics Co. The robot, dubbed AI (artificial intelligence) Barista Robot, can make about 20 different types of coffee and drinks, and offers coffee [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s imports of coffee soared nearly 45.1 percent in the first 11 months of 2022 from a year earlier on its growing popularity here, data showed Monday. The value of the country’s coffee imports came to US$1.19 billion in the January-November period, up 45.1 percent from the previous [...]
HWACHEON, Dec. 30 (Korea Bizwire) – The descendants of Ethiopian veterans who fought in the Korean War are coming to South Korea to introduce coffee from the world’s largest coffee-producing country. Gangwon Province’s Hwacheon County announced Thursday that an Ethiopia promotional hall and cafe will be set up at the Hwacheon Mountain Trout Festival from Jan. 7-29 [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — More than 7 in 10 South Korean adults drink more than one cup of coffee per day, a civic group said Sunday. The YWCA Seoul conducted a survey of 500 adults between 20 and 59 years of age, 75.8 percent of whom said they drank more than one cup [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Coffee consumers were most satisfied with Starbucks Korea among all cafe franchises in the country, a poll showed Monday. The Korea Consumer Agency conducted a survey of 1,400 consumers over 20 years of age who had visited a coffee shop in the previous three months, with Starbucks receiving the [...]
SEOUL, July 8 (Korea Bizwire) — South Koreans are known for their coffee craze that has made the country the third-largest coffee market in the world after the United States and China. Trendy espresso bars dot Seoul and other major cities, and some shops offer drip coffee brewed by robot baristas. The explosive growth, coupled [...]
SEOUL, March 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s imports of coffee surged more than 24 percent to hit a new all-time high in 2021 on its growing popularity here, data showed Monday. The value of the country’s coffee imports stood at US$916.5 million last year, up 24.2 percent from the previous year, according to the [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Franchise coffee chains in South Korea are going beyond desserts to sell full meals. Angel-in-us Coffee, the cafe chain operated by South Korean retail giant Lotte, sold 500,000 Vietnamese banh mi sandwiches in the second quarter of this year, with sales increasing steadily since the sandwich was first introduced [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s market for convenient coffee beverages expanded nearly 6 percent in the first half of the year amid the coronavirus pandemic, a market tracker said Tuesday. The size of the local ready-to-drink coffee market stood at 672.9 billion won (US$574 million) in the January-June period, up 5.9 percent [...]