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University of Hawaii to Lead New Federal Coffee and Cacao Research Lab
The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa will lead a new federally funded research program focused on coffee and cacao, with an initial $8 million obligation for its first year under...
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Three Questions with Esther Singer of Segara Coffee
For Esther Singer, a career in coffee grew out of a classic scientific impulse: Start digging and see what turns up. The German-Indonesian-Californian scientist spent more than a decade researching...
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Citing Quality, Nespresso Discontinues Compostable Capsules
Nestlé-owned coffee giant Nespresso is discontinuing its paper-based, home-compostable coffee capsules, abandoning a packaging innovation rolled out in 2023 as an alternative to the company’s aluminum...
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Lawsuit Targets Starbucks ‘Sugar-Free’ Protein Drinks Over Milk Sugar
Starbucks is facing a proposed class-action lawsuit alleging that eight of its protein lattes and matchas are falsely marketed as “Sugar-Free” despite containing 13 to 21 grams of sugar per...
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Today is the First Official UN International Coffee Day. Guess Which One...
Today, Oct. 1, marks the first International Coffee Day officially recognized by the United Nations. On March 10, the UN General Assembly formally designated Oct. 1 as International Coffee Day...
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ICO Puts Global Coffee Market Data in One Interactive Place
The International Coffee Organization (ICO) has launched an interactive data platform giving people free access to a range of global market information spanning prices, trade, production, consumption...
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Cafe Imports Now 100% Employee-Owned Through a Stock Plan
Minneapolis-based green coffee importer Cafe Imports has become 100% employee-owned through an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP), the company announced today. The 33-year-old company did not...
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New Mexico Experiment Brings Solar Heat to the Roasting Drum
A state-funded solar-powered coffee roasting experiment in New Mexico is pointing toward a novel possibility in commercial roasting: retrofitting existing drum roasters to use stored solar energy for...
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Furthers & Betters Goes Beyond the Cup for Specialty Coffee Consumer...
A new specialty coffee research and consulting firm called Furthers & Betters is launching with a focus on the people actually buying and drinking the coffee. Co-founded by longtime consumer...
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Smart Care Unifies Five Coffee Equipment Service Brands as Turbo Tech
Commercial equipment service company Smart Care is consolidating five regional coffee and speed-oven service businesses under a single national brand called Turbo Tech. The new brand incorporates Turbo...
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Labor Department Sues Oklahoma Nonprofit Not Your Average Joe
The U.S. Department of Labor has sued Oklahoma nonprofit coffee company Not Your Average Joe and founder and executive director Tim Herbel, alleging violations involving employee tips, minimum wages,...
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In Louisville, Please & Thank You Sold to Owners of Coffee Supplier Good Folks
Louisville coffee-and-cookie company Please & Thank You has changed hands through a Chapter 11 asset sale with a new ownership group that includes the owners of longtime coffee supplier Good...
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Mubadala Plans Minority Stake in Luckin in $1 Billion Deal
Abu Dhabi state-owned investor Mubadala Investment Company announced an agreement to take a significant minority stake in Chinese coffee giant Luckin Coffee as part of a transaction valued at...
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Report Traces Global Coffee Exports and Imports by Company
A new global coffee supply chain analysis from the nonprofit Trase gives fresh numerical weight to the fact that a relatively small group of companies accounts for a large share...
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Hawaii Coffee Farms Face Long Recovery After Hurricane Lala
Coffee farms across southern Hawaii Island are assessing crop, tree and infrastructure losses following Hurricane Lala, which brought damaging winds and extreme rainfall to some of the state’s key...
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Pennsylvania Coffee Shop Latest to Close Following ICE Detention
The owner of a two-location Pennsylvania coffee company called City Watch Coffee announced that she plans to sell the business and eventually relocate her family to Cambodia after her husband...
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Blank Street Raises $105 Million, Expands to LA
New York-born coffee and matcha chain Blank Street has closed an approximately $105 million equity deal, including $75 million in new financing, as it begins expanding onto the West Coast....
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Damage Assessments Underway in Colombia Following Deadly Earthquake
A magnitude 7.4 earthquake shook coffee-growing regions of western Colombia on Monday, killing at least 250 people, while damage assessments are ongoing. The quake hit at 7:34 a.m. local time...
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Eight Arrested in Fun Coffee Fraud Investigation
A purported Vietnam-based company that marketed itself as a health-conscious coffee investment brand is at the center of a cross-border cryptocurrency fraud investigation. The operation, known as Fun...
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Dutch Bros Pursues Dozens of Recently Closed Salad and Go Sites
U.S. coffee chain Dutch Bros is pursuing a $105 million acquisition of dozens of former locations of Salad and Go, a fast-salad chain born in Arizona currently engaged in Chapter...
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