This Week in Coffee; Tuesday 29th of August '23
For many of you, the great Summer close down is beginning. Mother Nature wiping down the great steam rod in the sky and switching off the lights before she goes home.
Obviously I live in the UK so the steam rod is luke-warm at best and the light bulbs need replacing.
The news.
Equipment
This is a very interesting product for anyone looking to compare and contrast grinders or burrs. I doubt it's that useful for dialling in a grinder only because there are so many other variables.
Nice to see another grinder on the commercial market which can do single-dose.
Industry
In 2022, 80 billion individual single-serve coffee pods where used in the global market, a substantial fraction comprising 27 billion pods fashioned from aluminium amenable to recycling, while 4% being compostable. Notably, Europe, a force commanding three quarters of this caffeinated arena, widened its regulatory net by redefining pods as packaging within the revised Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive (PPWD). This means stringent recycling benchmarks, composting obligations, and the challenge of lid material selection now confront the industry.
Summarised by ChatGPT with input edits from me. Is this type of summary useful?
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UK's Pret takes coffee subscription service to US and France via Reuters
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Korea Marks First Drop in Coffee Imports in 5 Years via Business Korea
Competitions
Honestly, she's absolutely killing it right now and coming off winning the Aeropress competition in 2022.
Miscellaneous
Nanny state telling me how many cubic meters of coffee pods I can temporarily store.