The booth of Amigos International radiated a special party atmosphere during Germany’s organic tradefair Biofach 2010, which ran from 17 to February 20. After all, after two years of hard labour, Ananda Chocolate was now finally born and presented to the international public. To groovy music, three beautiful “Ananda’s” – dressed in fair-trade-organic cotton – served the [...]
Read the article / Lea el artículo / Lees het artikel7. January 2010
Ananda Chocolate was introduced in the week before Christmas to the Dutch public at Ekoplaza The Hague, the largest Dutch organic supermarkets. Despite the delay of the boat that brought the chocolate, which was 100% produced in Ecuador, to the Netherlands and despite the snow storms during that week in the Netherlands, the launch was [...]
Read the article / Lea el artículo / Lees het artikel7. December 2009
It is a great pleasure to announce that Escoffee has won the Taza Dorada Competition 2009 in Ecuador, for the second year in a row! Like in 2008, it was voted again to have the best fragrance, aroma, flavor, acidity, body, uniformity and cleanliness (cupping criteria) in the entire country. (In 2007, Escoffee came in [...]
Continue / Continuar / Verder5. November 2009
Escoffee farmers received the first prize in a competition organized by the National Association of Coffee Exporters ANECAFÉ. The competition was held on home-turf, in the southern province of Loja. Escoffee farmers harvest organic, shade-grown and hand-picked Arabica coffee. Proper wet-processing of the coffee is of supreme importance to its quality; a method which requires professional skills and passionate commitment. [...]
Continue / Continuar / Verder7. August 2009
In Kerala, South of India, Amigos International is initiating an organic farming coffee project. This project concerns a gourmet Robusta coffee, which is often, unjustly, seen as inferior to the Arabica coffee plant. The Robusta plant is – as its name suggests – more robust than the Arabica plant and produces a coffee that has a [...]
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25. February 2010