Concha Borrás was born in Ceuta and raised in Seville. She directs Catunambú, a coffee company, along with her brothers. More than 30 years ago, her family bought this emblematic business that was founded in 1897. When her family took control of the company, it only sold in Seville and Cádiz, however, the started an […]
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Fresh coffee for weddings and events served in a van from the 70’s
A couple from Puerto Real, Cádiz, have taken the plunge and have tried to fulfil a dream: start a business. And so started Coffeeneta, a van from the seventies restored and converted into a traveling coffee stand. An innovative idea in Spain which is already succeeding throughout Europe. Their idea is to offer quality fresh […]
Researchers discover antioxidant properties in coffee dregs more powerful than vitamin C
Researchers at the University of Granada have discovered that coffee dregs, which are usually thrown out, contain antioxidant levels 500 times greater than Vitamin C. This can be achieved by recycling the dregs and converting them into new healthy foods, as natural preservatives of other food, and even applying them to agriculture to produce food […]
Cars fuelled by coffee with a system that converts dregs into biofuel
Every year, 4 million tonnes of coffee grounds end up in the rubbish. A researcher at the University of Jaén has devised a method for speeding up the drying of the dregs to make using them profitable for use as biofuel or biomass, converting them into pellets to generate thermal and electric energy.