Coffee Holding Co., Inc. has announced the launch of a new gourmet brand, Superior Selections, the result of a joint venture with Generations Coffee Co. and Associated Wholesale Grocers, based in Kansas City, Kansas. “As one of the leading private wholesale [...]
A market report from the investment analysis firm Paragon Financial Limited suggests that coffee prices may soon begin to climb again as the expected record arabica harvest in Brazil may fall short of originally predicted levels. “Brazil, home to roughly [...]
Marley Coffee has announced plans to develop branded, self-service coffee vending kiosks for locations such as college campuses, retail locations, theaters, hotels and other high-traffic areas. The coffee company has signed an agreement with vending machine developer AVT, Inc. The [...]
Durham, N.C.-based Counter Culture Coffee has launched a new awareness campaign designed to promote organic agriculture. The Save Our Soil campaign aims to reverse a trend in agriculture that threatens coffee quality and sustainability, while also raising awareness of the [...]
Aerosmith drummer and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame member Joey Kramer has launched a coffee company, Rockin & Roastin’. Offering three different single-origin roasts from Ethiopia, Guatemala and Sumatra online at www.rockinandroastin.com, the company derives its inspiration from Kramer’s “love for [...]
Graduate students at the UC Berkeley School of Information have designed information-management tools designed specifically for coffee farm managers in developing countries. Ariel Chait and Paul Goodman, both second-year Master of Information Management Systems students, along with Berkeley MBA student [...]
After consecutive years of selling out Camp-Pull-A-Shot, the Barista Guild of America has expanded the popular program to the East Coast. Camp-Pull-A-Shot east will take place June 4-7 at the Mountain Lake Conservancy in Pembroke, Va. Camp-Pull-A-Shot West, which has [...]
Working with Intelligentsia, Maps & Atlases is the latest in a series of indie musicians to delve into specialty coffee. The band is offering 12-ounce bags of single-origin Rwandan coffee with pre-orders of their second full-length album, Beware and Be Grateful, [...]
Requests for proposals to host the 2013 World Barista Championship, the World Brewers Cup and the World Cup Tasters Championship are now available on the World Coffee Events (WCE) website. “World Coffee Events competitions receive worldwide attention and draw thousands [...]
Premium coffee consumption is 12 percentage points higher among Hispanic Americans than it is among non Hispanic Americans, according to a new study from the National Coffee Association. Research shows that 74 percent of Hispanic Americans drink coffee on a [...]
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