16 Hectares and 16 Grandchildren: The Coffee Journey of Dona Concepção
by Miguel Zamora of Coffee Gente “60 years. I have been working in coffee my whole life,” responded Dona Concepção when I asked her how long [...]
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SF Bay Area Roastery Equator Coffees Opening its First Retail Shop
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Ohio’s The Fine Grind Moves Back to Indiana
An Indiana couple has purchased Kettering, Ohio-based roastery and retailer The Fine Grind, and moved the business to Greensburg, Indiana, a small city between Indianapolis [...]
Starbucks to Post Calorie Counts on Menus Nationwide
Starbucks today announced plans to include calorie count information on menu boards and pastry cases in all its company-operated stores in the United States beginning [...]
Producers Struggle to Break Even as Coffee Prices Drop, ICO Says
Coffee prices continued their decline in May, causing the ICO composite indicator price to fall to its lowest monthly average since April 2010. The London-based [...]
S&D Coffee and Tea Launches New Site to Build Brand
Accompanying an investment of millions of dollars in facilities upgrades and staff additions, North Carolina-based S&D Coffee and Tea has unveiled a new website as [...]
A Look Inside Jack Dorsey’s Office Coffee Bar
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New Jamaican Coffee Leader Introduces Plan for Industry Growth
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Column: Independent Smallholder Farmers are the Silent Majority
by Miguel Zamora of Coffee Gente This past spring, during the Specialty Coffee Association of America conference in Boston, I had the privilege of organizing [...]
New U.S. Food Processing Requirements Affecting Roasteries Abroad
A Jamaican coffee roastery that earns significant revenue through exports to the United States is hoping to stay ahead of the curve regarding new federal [...]
Tennessee Shop Strives to Provide Safe Haven for Military Veterans
Inspired by a stunning sunset in Eastern Afghanistan combined with a crappy cup of instant coffee during his days in the U.S. Marine Corps, a [...]
First Look: The Bright Green Slayer and Provocative Pastry of Perq
The founders of the Sarasota, Fla., specialty bakery The Lollicake Queen have opened their much-anticipated adjacent coffee shop, the Perq Coffee Bar. Naturally, the shop has [...]
Specialty Coffee Succumbs to Collective Bacon Craze
From bacon-flavored condoms to squeezable bacon cake frosting to bacon breath mints, our collective obsession with bacon seems to know no bounds. Late to the party — [...]
