The National’s Sport cover for the Saturday, October 11 issue, features Glenn Maxwell, the Australian batsman, as he plays a shot during his 181-ball, 76-run knock against Pakistan in the second one-day international at Dubai on Friday night. The tourists won by five runs.
The Australia all-rounder made his debut in international cricket two years ago, here in the UAE. Read Paul Radley's report from the match.
“It is always nice to come back here and play my cricket,” Maxwell said after his innings of 76 from 81 deliveries gave Australia a five-wicket win, and an unassailable 2-0 lead in the series ahead of Sunday’s final game in Abu Dhabi.
“It was important to put some strong performances on the board in the UAE, and hopefully it gets me recognised when the Test matches come around.”
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The more serious side of specialty coffee
While the taste of beans and freshness of roast is paramount to the specialty coffee scene, so is sustainability and workers’ rights.
The bulk of genuine specialty coffee companies aim to improve on these elements in every stage of production via direct relationships with farmers. For instance, Mokha 1450 on Al Wasl Road strives to work predominantly with women-owned and -operated coffee organisations, including female farmers in the Sabree mountains of Yemen.
Because, as the boutique’s owner, Garfield Kerr, points out: “women represent over 90 per cent of the coffee value chain, but are woefully underrepresented in less than 10 per cent of ownership and management throughout the global coffee industry.”
One of the UAE’s largest suppliers of green (meaning not-yet-roasted) beans, Raw Coffee, is a founding member of the Partnership of Gender Equity, which aims to empower female coffee farmers and harvesters.
Also, globally, many companies have found the perfect way to recycle old coffee grounds: they create the perfect fertile soil in which to grow mushrooms.
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