Tevez may stay in Manchester - but with City

Carlos Tevez's adviser said yesterday that Manchester City were favourites to sign the goal-poaching Argentina international. Tevez is considering offers from City, English Premier League rivals Chelsea and one other club, according to Kia Joorabchian. After Tevez decided not to renew his contract with Manchester United, Joorabchian said the Argentine's future could be decided in "about 10 days" and hinted that Abu Dhabi-owned City were in pole position to sign the player.

"Right now we are evaluating the proposals from Manchester City, Chelsea and one other team," he said. "In the next two weeks, Carlos, Adrian [Rouco, Tevez's agent] and I will meet to sort this out. City are a club with most of the chances because they are building a big squad, but it is not a decisive point. "The contract with United officially runs to until June 31 and we'll respect that. After July 1, we'll see. We may be defined in 10 days."

Tevez turned down a lucrative five-year offer to stay at Old Trafford last weekend, with Joorabchian saying the player, a huge favourite with Manchester United fans, was upset by the delay in offering a contract. "Carlitos has never asked United for money, he has never complained about his contract. It is not a problem regarding money, we never talked about that in two years," added Joorab-chian. "In two years, [United manager Sir Alex] Ferguson always said we were going to sit down to negotiate but we never did so. He sent an offer, but it was too late because they had not offered anything in two years."

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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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