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International Coffee Day 2023

International Coffee Day 2023

Already on Saturday, October 1st, the entire coffee industry will celebrate International Coffee Day, established on this day by 49 countries affiliated with the International Coffee Organization (ICO). As always, at Single Origin, you can expect many delights on this occasion!

Poland, as a member of the European Union, also belongs to the ICO (which includes 49 countries, including the entire European Union). Nevertheless, in Polish media, we can still see that Coffee Day is on September 29th – it’s not clear to me, but what can you do? The International Coffee Day designated by the ICO falls on October 1st every year – and for me, that settles it.

You can find more information about the ICO here, but it’s worth knowing that this organization has existed since 1963 and practically encompasses all coffee exporters and importers worldwide.

International Coffee Day 2023 – the theme

This year’s edition of International Coffee Day is themed around safe and healthy work at all stages of the coffee chain.

Here you can see the leaflet for the current edition, and here is the official International Coffee Day website.

 

 

Enjoy your coffee – changes are ahead of us!

The past two years, led by the famous frost in Brazil in 2021, have shown how suddenly the coffee market situation can change – its quality and availability depend on many factors. And although humans have influence over almost all of them, it is usually a decidedly negative influence.

Progressive climate change (by the way, when was the last time you remember 28 degrees in October…?), political and geopolitical factors, as well as local (and global) economic conflicts can lead to us being cut off from coffee, and it may become a luxury good.

Therefore, it is all the more worthwhile to enjoy good-quality coffee while it is still readily available and at a normal price.

And during our celebration of International Coffee Days, you can even reduce the purchase price by up to 25%! Such and even more promotions have been prepared for you at Single Origin Roastery (all special offers and the competition is available only on polish website).

We start on Monday, September 25th, and celebrate throughout the week.

May coffee be with you!

25-09-2023
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