SEOUL, May 12 (Korea Bizwire) – The Seoul Metropolitan Government is teaming up with major coffeehouse chains in South Korea for a new recycling project that will see a weekly dose of coffee grounds reused as fertilizer and disposable cups collected for recycling, as part of a new environmental initiative set to kick off next month. [...]
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, May 19 (Korea Bizwire) — It is no news that Koreans love coffee, and they have currently found a new love for more diversified, exotic coffees, like Viennese coffee. According to industry representatives on May 17, more and more major coffee chains in Korea are newly offering Viennese coffee at their shops. Julius Meinl, [...]