30 Jul, 2025 | Admin | No Comments
MPE Rolls Deeper Into Smaller Roasteries with the SRM.MAX Grinder
Industrial grinding and processing equipment company Modern Process Equipment (MPE) recently introduced the SRM.MAX, a roller-style grinder that’s also suitable for medium and smaller roasters. Preceding the SRM.MAX in…
29 Jul, 2025 | Admin | No Comments
What is a ‘Light Roast?’ Researchers Outline Vision for a Universal Standard
Researchers affiliated with the UC Davis Coffee Center published groundbreaking findings that may be used by the Specialty Coffee Association to codify how coffee roasters and retailers measure and communicate…
Nestlé-owned coffee giant Nespresso is pledging a minimum of $500,000 for the expansion of Café Joyeux in the United States. The French-born coffee shop brand, founded in 2017, promotes…
28 Jul, 2025 | Admin | No Comments
Second Best of Congo Cooperatives Competition and Auction Coming to U.S.
Green coffee buyers in the United States will have the rare opportunity next month to taste and potentially buy high-quality, fully traceable microlots of green coffee from the Democratic Republic…
A recent study from a team at the University of Pennsylvania proposes a small tweak to pourover brewing that maintains optimal extraction yield and flavor while requiring less coffee. In…
Global coffee giant Starbucks just opened the Starbucks Reserve Dream Plaza Taipei, an approximately 21,000-square-foot coffee retail destination. In addition to offering a broad range of coffee and culinary…
Central Arkansas-based Westrock Coffee Company just expanded its manufacturing footprint with the opening of a 525,000-square-foot facility in Conway devoted to coffee pod production. With 130,000 square feet dedicated…
24 Jul, 2025 | Admin | No Comments
Placer Roasting Opens a Place for Tasting in California Gold Country
There’s gold in them thar beans, and a new Northern California roaster called Placer Roasting Company is extracting it for guests inside its new roastery tasting room. About a half…
Longtime quick-service food and coffee executive Felipe Athayde was recently tapped by the UK-based chain Pret A Manger to lead operations in the U.S. as president. Athayde, who formerly led…
23 Jul, 2025 | Admin | No Comments
Bipartisan Letter From U.S. Reps Urges Coffee’s Exemption from Tariffs
The chairs of the recently inaugurated United States Congressional Coffee Caucus issued a letter with bipartisan support to the head of the U.S. trade agency urging coffee to be…