Those who manage to gather 100 points within the most esteemed education system in the coffee business are few. Anna Nordström at the coffee roaster Löfbergs is now one of them. And she has the piece of paper to show for it in her office in Karlstad, Sweden: a unique diploma from The Speciality Coffee Association (SCA).
Löfbergs continues to grow outside Sweden's borders. The family-owned coffee roaster is now taking the step into the North American market and forms a subsidiary in Canada.
Löfbergs was the first to remove aluminium from the coffee packaging in Sweden in 1993. The company now wants to replace the oil-based plastic with a plant-based alternative. The family-owned coffee roaster is therefore trying a new packaging mainly made of sugar canes. If the tests are successful, Löfbergs hopes to be able to replace all fossil plastic in their packaging by 2020.
The world's coffee farmers are getting older and older. At the same time, fewer young people see a future in coffee. That makes one of the greatest challenges of the business is to get more young women & men to grow coffee. The Swedish coffee roaster Löfbergs takes this as a starting point in an investment that will improve the conditions and the development opportunities for young coffee farmers.
It is strong as an elephant, quiet as a mouse, and it reduces carbon emissions with up to 92 per cent. Scania's new hybrid made its first appearance in Sweden today. The maiden journey took place in Karlstad, where it transports coffee between Löfbergs's roasting house in central Karlstad and the new warehouse in Välsviken.
More certified coffee, reduced energy consumption, increased gender equality. That's a way to summarize the sustainability development 2015/2016 for the Löfbergs Group. Of course, much more happened, this you read about in our new sustainability report.
The coffee roaster Löfberg´s ready to drink concept ICE and their plant based Nespresso® compatible capsules have been selected to be a part of the SIAL Innovation Selection 2016 - the world's largest food innovation exhibition.
Consumers in Sweden will in a few days meet a new product on the shop shelves: Löfbergs's new plant-based coffee capsule that can be used in the Nespresso® system and thrown away together with food waste. And that naturally contains really good, selected certified coffee.
Anna Nordström, specialty coffee manager at Löfbergs, is now the first trainer in Sweden in coffee sensory as she recently was authorized as Sensory Professional by the Speciality Coffee Association of Europe (SCAE).
On 16 June will Kathrine Löfberg, chairman of the coffee roaster Löfbergs and a fourth-generation Löfberg, be awarded with H.M. The King's Medal for exceptional contributions within Swedish industry.
A year ago, Kathrine Löfberg was appointed chairman of the board of the 110-year-old family company Löfbergs. She is now taking over the chairman's gavel of International Coffee Partners. From the start in 2001,ICP, has worked together with more than 30,000 farmers to make smallholder coffee farming more competitive and to improve livelihoods for coffee farmers all over the world.
Now everyone can enjoy good capsule coffee with a clear conscious. The coffee roaster Löfbergs launches a longed-for environmental innovation: a completely plant-based and compostable capsule that turns to compost after twelve weeks.The capsules fit all Nespresso® machines and come in five different flavours.
Now it´s Finland and the Finnish National Culinary Team's turn to match the 899 flavours that can be found in one cup of coffee, and they have decided to outclass the Swedes' menu.
The Swedish Federation of Business Owners, in Karlstad has announced the winner of this year's Business Leader of the Year in Karlstad. The Löfberg family is awarded for its long-term and strategic work of being in the forefront and push the sustainability work of its line of business forward, from bean to cup, at home in Värmland as well as in the producing countries with the coffee farmer.
Löfbergs is the winner of the Environment and Climate Innovation of the Year, a newly instituted award presented by the municipality of Karlstad. The family-owned coffee roaster is awarded for its long-term climate work and for building a unique solar panel facility in central Karlstad.
The coffee roaster Löfbergs is one of Sweden's most sustainable companies as reported by one of the best-ranked influencers in the country within the field. This according to a new study that was presented today.
The coffee roaster Löfbergs is one of Sweden's most attractive employers according to Universum and Metrojobb's annual ranking in which the employees evaluate their current employer. Löfbergs came third in the Large Employers category.
Match the 899 flavours of coffee with a tasting menu in ten servings. That was the challenge that the coffee roaster Löfbergs gave to the Swedish National Culinary Team. Pi Le and Fredrik Juhlin accepted the challenge. On 15 October it is time to show what they got as Löfbergs is offering a unique tasting experience in its concept store in Stockholm.
It will be even easier for cafés and restaurants to serve really good coffee. Löfbergs is launching two of its most popular speciality coffees as capsules this autumn - a filter coffee and an espresso.
The sales of coffee capsules continue to increase in Sweden. The coffee roaster Löfbergs is now widening its assortment with a number of new tasty capsules for filter coffee and espresso.