For paid subscribers: Coffee is increasingly used to burnish the United Arab Emirates’ international image. Now it is being supercharged by merging with the popularity of the Dubai chocolate trend.
The coffee scene in Dubai is thriving, and the city is set to welcome the Specialty Coffee Association’s World of Coffee event next month. But underneath the glitzy facade and marketing buzz lies a moral quagmire.
EU regulators agree a new law to prohibit the purchase of deforestation-linked coffee, Dublin’s 3FE launches the “KeepCup but for beans”, and new research shows that coffee wakes you up. Incredible, I know. Plus, it’s a year since the Starbucks union launched.
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