{"id":267951,"date":"2020-02-19T00:01:51","date_gmt":"2020-02-19T03:01:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/?p=267951"},"modified":"2020-02-19T14:17:19","modified_gmt":"2020-02-19T17:17:19","slug":"uae-coffee-brand-an-expo-2020-licensee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/uae-coffee-brand-an-expo-2020-licensee\/","title":{"rendered":"UAE coffee brand an Expo 2020 licensee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dubai \u2013 Emirati company Karam Coffee is a licensed coffee brand in Expo 2020, a multi-sectorial world exhibition to run for six months starting in October in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.karamcoffee.ae\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">company<\/a> has a stand <em>(pictured above)<\/em> in the beverage pavilion of Gulfood, a food trade show that runs in Dubai, and talked to ANBA about the Expo collectable products, the types of coffee and their history.<\/p>\n<p>Expo 2020 licensed products use the exhibition brand and are the show&#8217;s souvenirs. For Expo 2020, Karam Coffee is selling Arabic and Turkish coffee, both medium roasted, in exclusive 250-grams packets. \u201cThe medium roast is more pleasing to Emirati buyers&#8217; tastes,\u201d said Mughis Ahmed, marketing manager at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.al-ghurair.com\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Essa Al-Ghurair Insvestment LLC<\/a> group, which runs the company. He explained that Karam Food Industries, which owns the Karam Coffee brand, is doing the roasting and packing for Expo 2020, and that the product was ordered under licensing from the exhibition. \u201cThe package design, the colors, the font, everything was decided on by the Expo. Our logo only shows on the back of the package,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The 250-grams packet&#8217; price for the final consumer is AED 22 for the Turkish coffee and AED 25 for the Arabic coffee \u2013 around USD 6 and USD 7, respectively. Al-Ghurair group is known for having the UAE\u2019s first wheat flour mill \u2013 the National Flour Mill.<\/p>\n<p>Karam Coffee was founded in 2013 and sells both coffee beans and ground coffee of Arab, Turkish, Arab with cardamom, Italian espresso, Yemeni and other varieties. The company is entirely Emirati and has one of the highest coffee roasting capacities in the region. \u201cWe can roast around 16-20 tons of coffee a day,\u201d Ahmed said.<\/p>\n<p><em>(Story continues after photo gallery)<\/em><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-267951 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/uae-coffee-brand-an-expo-2020-licensee\/karam-2-2\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/karam-2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-267938\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-267938\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-267938'>\n\t\t\t\tMughis Ahmed, the group\u2019s marketing manager\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/uae-coffee-brand-an-expo-2020-licensee\/expoarabiccoffee_1-2-2\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/expoarabiccoffee_1-1-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-267932\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-267932\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-267932'>\n\t\t\t\tExpo 2020 Arabic coffee packet\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/uae-coffee-brand-an-expo-2020-licensee\/expoturkishcoffee_1-2\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/expoturkishcoffee_1-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-267935\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-267935\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-267935'>\n\t\t\t\tExpo 2020 Turkish coffee packet\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>The Yemeni coffee comes from a mountain region called Haraz. \u201cIn addition to the war factor, which complicates the logistics, they have a small output, and coffee growers can\u2019t promise they\u2019ll have a production next year, so we have this limited edition of this origin coffee, which we bought a limited amount of,\u201d the manager said. A 250-gram packet costs AED 125 (USD 34).<\/p>\n<p>Ahmed says that coffee is much like wine, as the harvest, weather, cultivation and blend must be balanced. \u201cSo, it\u2019s not all written on stone. We must continuously innovate and adapt to the market,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The company doesn\u2019t work with Brazilian beans because of logistics, cost and time, Ahmed says. Its green coffee come from Kenya, Uganda and Ethiopia in Africa and two Asian countries. The company buys the green coffee and does the roasting, blending and packaging in Dubai.<\/p>\n<p>In 2016, an Expo 2020 representation approached Karam Coffee to be the event\u2019s official coffee supplier. For six months, the company has sold the coffee <a href=\"https:\/\/www.expo2020dubai.com\/en\/shop\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">online<\/a> on both Karam and Expo 2020 website. \u201cWe won\u2019t have espresso and we\u2019re still negotiating if we\u2019ll offer it during the event,\u201d Ahmed said.<\/p>\n<p>Expo 2020 licensed products are limited and could finish by the end of the event in April 2021. Ahmed said that there\u2019s no prospection about the licensed products production and sales, as the event is a first in the country. Karam is selling the product on demand. \u201cWe don\u2019t know how to predict, since forecasts rely on historic figures, and this is an unprecedent event here,\u201d the executive said. He preferred not to report which are the prices to be an Expo licensee but said that there are fixed royalties and percentages.<\/p>\n<p>The manager said that Expo 2020 Dubai is concerned in supporting UAE companies and requested only the Arabic and Turkish coffees as they best represent the country\u2019s flavors. The coffee is one of Expo collectables but doesn\u2019t have exclusive rights to the event, which will feature pavilions and companies from around the globe.<\/p>\n<p>Other collectables include a camel milk soap by The Camel Soap Factory, which received ANBA in his factory in Dubai last week. The story will be published soon.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Translated by Guilherme Miranda<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"credits-overlay\" data-target=\".wp-image-267929\">Bruna Garcia\/ANBA<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karam Coffee is one of the event\u2019s collectables and produced exclusive Arabic and Turkish coffee packets for Expo 2020. 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