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EAT DRINK DESIGN AWARDS REVEAL AUSTRALIA’S BEST CAFÉ DESIGN
Industry Beans Brisbane has won Best Café Design in the 2021 Eat Drink Design Awards.
Industry Beans Brisbane by Platform by DesignOffice in Queensland has won Best Café Design in the 2021 Eat Drink Design Awards. A Newstead café just north of Brisbane’s James Street, Industry Beans has completely transformed an old brick warehouse space into the quintessential Queensland daytime eatery. “The treatment serves Industry Beans Brisbane’s multilayered offering. This is a place as appropriate for long brunches as it is meetings or informal work sessions,
while an eye-catching retail zone in the centre of the venue naturally draws in takeaway customers,” the jury citation reads. Commendations were given to Valentinas by How High in New South Wales, Bloom-Sans by Arc Studio in South Australia, Midi by Sans-Arc, Prior Thornbury by Ritz & Ghougassian, and Ona Coffee by Breathe Architecture in Victoria. Cassie Hansen, editor of Artichoke and Eat Drink Design Award jury
chair, says that the Awards analyse the influences and shifting design narratives in the always evolving, and competitive hospitality industry. “Finally, Brisbane’s rise as a formidable food destination was reflected in this year’s awards,” says Cassie. “The Queensland capital’s booming restaurant, bar, and café scene was underrepresented, with just four entries across the entire awards, but two won their respective categories and a third was shortlisted.” The Eat Drink Design Awards, which recognise excellence and innovation in the design of restaurants, bars, cafés, hotels, temporary venues and retail spaces, come after an immensely challenging two years for the industry. Restrictions have meant added strain or even mandated closures for our beloved venues, and now more than ever, it feels important to celebrate the spaces where we come together as a community. In addition to the category awards, each year one landmark venue is honoured with induction into the Hall of Fame. The 2021 entry into the Eat Drink Design Awards Hall of Fame is Bill’s Darlinghurst, a café which the jury citation says is the Darlinghurst icon that has arguably acted as the blueprint for modern cafés the world over.
COFFEE PRICES END 2021 ON DECADE-LONG HIGH In December 2021, coffee prices reached a new multi-year high as the monthly average of the International Coffee Organization (ICO) composite indicator price broke through the 200 US cents per pound mark, averaging 203.06 US cents per pound. This is an increase of 4 per cent compared to 195.17 US cents per pound in November 2021. The price levels during coffee year 2021/22 so far mark a return to the higher levels experienced in 2011. Compared to when the ICO Composite Indicator was at 115.73 US cents per pound in January 2021, the ICO says an increase of 75.5 per cent has been recorded to December 2021. The ICO says the steady and consistent upward trend observed since the start of coffee year 2020/21 shows how after 10 consecutive years of low-price levels a remarkable recovery of coffee prices has occurred. 12
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Exports of all forms of coffee in November 2021 totalled 9.25 million 60-kilogram bags, down 12.4 per cent in comparison to 10.56 million bags in November 2020. In the first two month of coffee year 2021/22, exports of South America decreased significantly by 24.4 per cent to 9.67 million 60-kilogram bags as compared to 12.79 million bags in OctoberNovember 2020.
Shipments from Asia and Oceania over the first two month of coffee year 2021/22 was 6.21 million bags versus 5.08 million bags in OctoberNovember 2020. Estimates of total production for coffee year 2020/21 has been revised up marginally to 169.66 million 60-kilogram bags, representing a 0.4 per cent increase compared to 169.00 million bags during the previous coffee year. International coffee prices have been on an upwards trajectory the past two years.
