coffee
We are Viennese if you please: coffee house culture hailed
On 10 November 2011, Viennese coffee houses were included on Unesco's annual ‘intangible cultural heritage' list, described as places where ‘time and place are consumed but only the coffee is found on the bill’. We celebrate at the Wiener Kaffeehaus, a veritable institution in the Austrian capital
Hunting that coffee taste between Romania, Slovakia and German-Austrian border
In Romania, coffee has a special value to citizens since it was in short supply during the communist era. Therefore finding products like German coffee brand 'Jacobs Krönung’ or Nescafé in the shops is still a treat for many. Too bad that they don’t like the taste of the coffee
A Spaniard orders milky coffee in France
You don’t have to head for the French capital to have problems at the café counter. In Malaga in southern Spain, you can order a 'cloud', a 'shadow' or a 'half', whereas in France you order a 'nut' ... anecdote
Fair trade with Germany's 'Sukuma initiative'
What do mobile phones have to do with the war in Congo? Why do we, when thinking about coffee, think Starbucks before Colombia? The Germany-based Sukuma initiative is campaigning at an EU level to enforce targets for developing countries, as set out by theUN
coffee, berlin, fair trade, international trade, prenzlauer berg, germany, poverty
EU bans Chinese milk and serves toxic coffee
After banning milk and dairy-products in September, the EU decided to extend restrictions on food imports from the Middle Kingdom on 3 December. High levels of the toxic chemical melamine were also found in Chinese eggs and soya products
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