Coffee consumption bucks crisis. According to economists' latest forecasts, coffee consumption will only fall by 1.2% in the period 2008-09 (mid September) due to a decline in demand from emerging countries, particularly those in Eastern Europe. In developed countries, which account for 58% of consumption worldwide, coffee has become an ordinary consumer product and it is unlikely that demand there will fall, although consumption in cafés and product quality has fallen slightly. In coffee...