Lavazza launches Tablì in the US — 'the most significant reinvention of single-serve coffee in a generation'
Lavazza North America introduced Tablì on 8 June — a 100% coffee tab with no capsule, wrapping, or coating, following its launch in Italy. The product is the result of Lavazza's 2020 acquisition of Italian startup Caffemotive, five years of development, 15+ patents, and a new facility in Gattinara, Italy. It enters a US market dominated by Keurig (~50%) and Nespresso (~7%), positioning on a packaging-free claim neither incumbent matches.
A 20-strong jury from Harrods, Union, and Dark Woods will judge 34 microlots from DRC producers; the 2024 edition set a world record for Congolese coffee.
Running 6–8 March, the event aims to connect producers, chocolatiers, and bakeries with coffee shops, restaurants, and distributors.
Central European fans face 71 kick-offs after midnight and UK fans face 60 — JDE Peet's is building a campaign specifically around this.
Colombia's harvest finally finds momentum — production jumps 50% month-on-month
Colombia's May production jumped over 50% versus April to 1.05 million bags, up 29% year-on-year and ending seven consecutive monthly declines. Exports fell 2% to 894,000 bags, and Jan–May cumulative production remains down 19% at 4.27 million bags. For European buyers who absorbed Colombian shortfalls through 2024–25, this is the first positive signal in over half a year — though the cumulative deficit means the recovery has a long way to go.
Forecaster Vaisala predicts moderate to heavy rainfall across Brazil's coffee regions through the week and beyond — a sharp reversal after weeks of dry-weather harvest progress.
Certified stocks fell to 398,940 bags on Friday — a reminder that inventory tightness and harvest-size forecasts can move in opposite directions.
Prices fell Tuesday to multi-month lows — arabica's lowest in 19 months, robusta's lowest in 2 months — on Brazil's record crop forecast and a higher Rabobank surplus estimate. By Friday both grades rallied sharply (arabica +1.28%, robusta +3.78%) as persistent Brazilian rain raised fresh harvest-delay concerns. The whiplash is the story: a record-crop narrative and a weather-delay rally coexisted in the same week.
CEO Antonio Baravalle confirmed Lavazza is 'strongly investing in the USA' with a long-term €1bn target. Group revenue reached €3.9bn in 2025 (+15.7%), with North American turnover up 26.9% in 2025. A meaningfully aggressive reallocation of growth ambition for a family-owned, 130-year-old Turin company.
With Central European fans facing 71 post-midnight kick-offs and UK fans 60, JDE Peet's is running a campaign aimed at sleep-deprived supporters — sharp seasonal marketing logic from one of Europe's largest coffee groups.
Two weeks to World of Coffee Brussels — and EUDR compliance is already on the programme
World of Coffee Europe returns to Brussels Expo on 25–27 June, and the session schedule already includes a dedicated workshop — 'Navigating the EUDR: A Step-by-Step Compliance Guide for Agricultural Producers' — alongside an ECF roundtable on the strategic economic importance of coffee for EU policymaking. With the EUDR Information System reopening this month and the 30 December deadline confirmed, Brussels looks less like a product showcase and more like a working session for an industry with six months to get its due diligence statements in order. For roasters who haven't started supply chain mapping, those floor sessions may be the most consequential two hours of the year.
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