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Coffee enjoyment at 1,763 meters

Surrounded by Europe’s largest pine forest, Hochschober Hotel is located 1,763 meters above sea-level on the southern shore of Lake Turrach. Guests here are treated to luxurious four-star accommodation and food. In 2016, the hotel in the Austrian Alps of Styria and Carinthia was voted one of Europe’s top 100 hotels by the highly respected travel magazine “Geo Saison”. And of course such a distinguished environment calls for the ultimate in coffee enjoyment – which guests can enjoy in the new Crystal Spa featuring a Melitta® Cafina® XT4.

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Magic ice settling

With the aid of liquid nitrogen (-196 °C), physicist Boris King and business graduate Philipp Niegisch conjure up the freshest creations (photo) in front of their guests within seconds.

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Coffee enjoyment on the MS Koningsdam

Largest vessel of the Holland America Line cruising in Europe and the Caribbean equipped with top machines from Melitta Professional / Royal dedication ceremony

Rotterdam. When the new ship of the Holland America Line was royally named by Her Majesty Queen Máxima of the Netherlands on May 20, Henk-Jan Gerridzen had already enjoyed his first cruise on the ms Koningsdam. The Technical Support Manager of Melitta Professional was on board for the ship’s first voyage from Venice to Rome.

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Coffee in the “Craft Bier Bar”

Michael Solms has 24 beer taps and two Melitta® Cafina® XT4s in operation at his bar in Hanover

Beer and coffee, do they really go together? “Perfectly” says Michael Solms, whose “Craft Bier Bar” in Hanover (Ballhofplatz) has 24 rare beers constantly on tap and a further 90 specialties from around the world in bottled form. Next to the long row of beer taps, there’s not much room for coffee, but the boss uses what space there is in the best possible way: with two slim Melitta® Cafina® XT4s.

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Coffee tasting

Sensory analysis is a widely underestimated and grossly neglected topic in the coffee business. There are several reasons for this. On the face it, it seems like anyone can assess or describe taste: as they say “There’s no accounting for taste” or “it’s just a matter of taste”. As a result, every self-anointed “expert” feels they have the right to express an opinion without having the faintest idea of what they’re talking about.

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Giant leap in Australia

From 5 cups of coffee per day each shop to 200 within just six years: the retail chain 7-Eleven has made a giant leap in its sales of coffee in Australia since 2009. Melitta manager Justin Rejske knows just how they did it.

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