Fashionable coffee-drinks for young people produced a 20 percent rose in Germany

Germany's coffee sales rose by 7,140 tonnes on the year in 2008 to 519,160 tonnes, Germany's coffee industry association pointed out.

New, fashionable coffee drinks and an expanding coffee shop culture helped increase sales especially to young people, the association said. Production of espresso rose 20 percent on the year to 26,000 tonnes partly because of increased popularity of drinks such as latte macchiato and cappuccino in cafes and coffee shops for which espresso is the basis. Germany's coffee roasters and producers of instant coffee achieved sales of 4.4 billion euros in 2008, up from 4.25 billion in 2007, the association said.