SEOUL, June 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Despite the disruptions to daily life caused by the COVID-19 pandemic crisis, South Koreans’ love of coffee remains unchanged. The nation’s imports of raw coffee beans totaled 52,285 tons in the first four months of this year, up 14.8 percent from a year ago, according to the Korean Customs [...]
CHUNCHEON, April 15 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean scholar has succeeded in growing coffee trees in an unheated greenhouse in Gangwon Province. Coffee trees typically grow in tropical and subtropical climates. Thus far, it has been believed that it would be impossible to cultivate coffee trees in Gangwon Province, which is situated above the [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Starbucks Korea presented ‘HOPE’ as this year’s major coffee trend on the basis of big data it collected from the stores it operates across the country. HOPE refers to four major coffee trends: ‘Home,’ non-face-to-face ‘Order & Pay,’ ‘Personalized’ and ‘Emotional Well-being.’ The local unit of the U.S. coffee [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. said Sunday its barista robot acquired ‘Robot Brewing Master’ certification from the Korea Coffee Association. The Brewing Master Certification Program certifies professionals for brewing high-quality coffee based on the knowledge of various tools and methods used for coffee-making. The Korea Coffee Association has issued the certification [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s imports of coffee expanded more than 5 percent in the first seven months of the year despite the coronavirus outbreak, data showed Tuesday. Imports of coffee stood at 90,355 tons in the January-July period, up 5.37 percent from a year earlier, according to the data from the [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — It is no secret that South Koreans love drinking coffee at cafes. Sitting with an iced latte in an air-conditioned cafe can be luxuriously comfortable. But when it comes to fighting the coronavirus, the country’s coffee craze could be a hurdle, as coffee shops are emerging as a hotbed [...]
SEOUL, June 23 (Korea Bizwire) – Coffee delivery services are not an unfamiliar concept in South Korea. Serving persons at tea houses, or “dabang” in Korean, used to deliver cups of coffee filled with sugar and cream on foot. Big-name coffee chains such as Starbucks and small independent cafes replaced such tea houses by offering [...]
SEOUL, June 4 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s food and beverage industry has fallen in deep love with the traditional Korean snack “dalgona.” The coffee industry, in particularly, is releasing a series of dalgona coffee products, which are enjoying rising popularity, especially among young people. Dalgona is increasingly being used in a variety of forms, [...]
SEOUL, May 25 (Korea Bizwire) – A year has passed since South Korea’s first Blue Bottle Coffee shop opened in Seoul’s eastern Seongsu neighborhood – a trendy hangout spot where young artists and designers renovated existing buildings into art spaces, fine restaurants and cafes to woo customers. What impact has this American coffee freanchise had [...]
SEOUL, May 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Starbucks Coffee Korea said on Thursday that sales of packaged coffee beans and “VIA” stick-type instant coffee at Starbucks stores nationwide from January to April this year rose 26 percent and 20 percent, respectively, from the same period last year. Among coffee beans, Espresso Roast was the most popular, [...]