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Did you know that there are tea tasting competitions? There are various types of competitions, such as the one to be held in London on October 2nd during Caffe Culture, organized by the European Speciality Tea Association (European Tea Society). Participants are presented with 5 sets, each consisting of 3 cups. In these cups, 2 contain the same tea, while 1 contains a different tea. The goal is to identify the different tea in each set. The more you recognize, the better your chances of winning. And this year Teatips will be there! How important is to connect with other people in the tea world, to talk, discuss the industry, exchange ideas, understand trends and potential innovations? To do so, we're stepping out Italy, because human connection often makes the difference. #teaworld #competition #teatasting #cupping #london #caffeculture #specialtyteaassociation #teanetwork #networking

The World Beer Cup is over and that was a blast to judge with so many experts! Here are some stats worth sharing:   - 329 medals awarded out of 9300 entries gives you 3.5% chances of success. - 19 countries out of 50 got medals - 66 medals were awarded to countries outside of USA. That’s 79.9% of the medals for USA. - Only 1 of the 110  categories had no gold: Belgian style Ale or French Style Ale - The Juicy/Hazy IPA category had 326 entries giving you a probably for medal of 0.92% - The South German-Style Bernsteinfarbenes Weizen category only had 14 entries giving you 21% chances of medal. - Germany collected 12 medals, all in German classic styles - Italy brews the best English Ale, Netherland brews the best Belgian Dubbel and Mexico brews the best Kolsch - Medal split: Asia: 14 Europe: 18 South America: 9 Middle America: 4 North America: 280  Oceania: 4 Africa: 0   Bottom line and beyond statistics, if you want to win: #1. You must participate #2. You must send a fantastic beer with the highest freshness potential #3. You need to put it in the right category  

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How often do you think about Golf? How often do you think about taking that fiver off your buddy at the end of a game? Its definitely not about the fiver! What's better than €5? A wine voucher. If you are in a golf society, talk to us about vouchers for your society prizes. If you other half is in a society, talk to them about wine vouchers as prizes. You could both be enjoying a nice glass as a reward! Tag someone who plays golf! #golf #golfsociety #golfprizes

Euro’24 success for the Dutch and Belgium …..... leading brewers Although it feels to me that the summer has not yet started, we have come to the end of the European Championships football. For brewers the weather in Northern Europe could have been slightly better, but at least the results on the pitch generally went the right way. We looked at publicly available data from the Oxford Partnership about the number of pints sold in UK pubs during match days, as well as at comments from UK retailers about sales leading up to yesterday’s game, and extrapolated this to overall beer volumes. The effect on countries playing three games at the group stages is a 0.25% volume increase for 2024 (just shy of an extra trading day). Making progress throughout the knock-out stages adds a further 0.09%, 0.17%, 0.24% and eventually 0.54% for reaching the final. When we multiply beer consumption in the 24 participating countries with these percentages, we calculate an additional beer volume of 225 million litres. In the most ideal scenario (which includes a Germany – Spain final), volumes would have increased by 260 million litres, while in a worst scenario for the beer industry (and an Albania – Georgia final), volumes would have grown by only 100 million litres. When we look at individual brewers (and assume stable market shares), Heineken comes out on top, followed by AB InBev and Mahou-San Miguel. For Heineken, the final was between two of its largest EURO’24 countries. Only drawback was that its no.1 market by volume, Poland, got eliminated at the group stages. AB InBev benefitted from the strong performance of England, which helped them leapfrog some larger European competitors. For Mahou San-Miguel (and its slightly smaller compatriot Damm) the tournament could not have gone any better. Apart from the actual result on the pitch, these companies also celebrated that the final was contested between their two largest beer markets. Asahi (and to a lesser extent Carlsberg) might have wished for different score lines in Germany, although the pre-tournament odds for a ‘Poland – Czech Republic’ final were probably fairly similar as those for a heatwave here in England 😉. #Euro24 #Beer #Heineken #ABInbev #MahouSanMiguel #Damm #Carlsberg #Asahi PS. Calculations are for illustrative purposes only and do not take e.g. differences in regional weather conditions, value of beer sales or football tourism into account

The Euro Cup is coming to an end but that doesn’t mean that we’re slowing down with orders! 🚲While we were sad to see the Croatian team 🇭🇷 get knocked out at the group stage, we found some interesting data around consumption habits and match days. ⚽ 🛒On average, grocery orders increased by 55% in the hour leading up to matches. 🍺 Beer was the most ordered grocery item, with a +180% compared to the average in 2024 so far. 🍽️ We’ve seen an +25% average increase in restaurant orders 🍝 Italian cuisine saw a 111% increase in orders during the Italy vs. Croatia Match. On game days, the favorite foods to enjoy were: 🍔Burgers 🍕Pizza Ready for the finals? More data to come soon! 👀 #EuroCup2024 #ConsumerBehavior #GlovoInsights #Croatia #GlovoCroatia

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