Influential specialty coffee roasting company Counter Culture Coffee recently named Joe Prewett as CEO, replacing founder Brett Smith in the position. With the change, which came into effect Aug. 1,…

  The NFL’s Denver Broncos and affiliate organization Stadium Mgmt Co LLC filed a civil suit last week alleging that the team’s now-defunct official coffee partner is infringing on intellectual…

  In the restful heart of the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia, a young coffee venture called Cat Nap Coffee Roasting is up and at ’em with its first brick-and-mortar cafe…

Fast-growing Texas specialty coffee roaster and retailer White Rhino Coffee named Sara Escamilla as president and CEO, replacing the company’s founder Chris Parvin. Escamilla has been with the company for…

  Golden Hour Coffee opened this spring on Portland’s bustling Southeast Hawthorne Boulevard, bringing a warm, sunny and culturally inspired approach to specialty coffee. The airy cafe glows with soft…

  Swiss super-automatic coffee machine maker Thermoplan recently acquired Mikafi, a novel electric coffee roasting machine brand for commercial applications.  Thermoplan, which has produced many thousands of Starbucks store coffee…

Fast food franchise specialist Craveworthy Brands has made an undisclosed investment in New York City-born coffee chain Gregorys Coffee, becoming the managing partner with ambitious expansion plans. Craveworthy said it…

After launching eight years ago in a roastery so small it was affectionately named “the closet,” Rock Hill, South Carolina-based Knowledge Perk recently swelled to 10 coffee shop locations, with…

  When universal 10% tariffs on imports were introduced in April as part of sweeping trade policy changes in the United States, I anticipated disruption. What I did not anticipate…

In a first-of-its-kind study using artificial intelligence and brainwave analysis, researchers from the University of Montreal said caffeine can make the sleeping brain more active and less restful — particularly…