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Compact Coffee Gets Roomy with New Cafe in Salida, Colorado

Handy with wrenches and portafilters alike, coffee and equipment service company Compact Coffee has opened its first brick-and-mortar coffee shop in Salida, Colorado. Situated in an alley between an...

2025.12.08

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Starbucks to Pay Hourly Workers $35.5 Million in NYC Labor Settlement

Starbucks has agreed to pay nearly $39 million to settle New York City claims that it routinely violated local scheduling rules at hundreds of stores, marking the largest worker-protection settlement...

2025.12.03

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Blue Bottle Workers Strike Over Thanksgiving Weekend

Unionized baristas at Blue Bottle Coffee staged a multi-day strike over the Thanksgiving shopping weekend, intensifying a year-long contract fight with the Nestle-owned company. Roughly 120 workers across nine unionized...

2025.12.02

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From The Philippines, The Better Vessel Frees Espresso from Crema

A new device for removing crema from fresh espresso shots is hitting the market after launching on the competition stage at the 2025 World Barista Championship in Milan, Italy, last...

2025.11.11

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Hedge Coffee Plants a Permanent Shop in San Francisco

An expertly manicured garden of coffee roasts and brews awaits customers in San Francisco’s Mission District, where pop-up and event-focused Hedge Coffee this month put down roots with an...

2025.11.05

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Wonderstate Coffee Questions Norms through Profit-Sharing Program

While coffee roasters and retailers everywhere are feeling financial strains, a new profit-sharing program from Viroqua, Wisconsin-based Wonderstate Coffee appears to have produced favorable returns all around, boosting financial health...

2025.10.30

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Jack Simpson of Australia is the 2025 World Barista Champion

Australia’s Jack Simpson was crowned the 2025 World Barista Champion today, capping a remarkable competition run that included a runner-up WBC finish in 2024 and a third-place finish in...

2025.10.21

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Nucleus Coffee Tools Unfurls the Bloom Distribution Tool for Drip Coffee

Australia-based coffee equipment company Nucleus Coffee Tools is introducing the Bloom, a device for preparing dry pourover and drip coffee beds before brewing. Essentially a WDT tool built for...

2025.10.08

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Starbucks Cutting 900 Non-Retail Jobs and Closing More Stores

Seattle-based coffee giant Starbucks is planning to lay off 900 U.S. corporate staff members tomorrow morning, according to an open letter from CEO Brian Niccol. “Unless your job specifically requires...

2025.09.26

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Missouri AG’s Sues Starbucks, Cites ‘More Female and Less White’ Workforce

Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey filed suit against Starbucks Coffee Company last week, alleging unlawful hiring practices tied to diversity and inclusion. In one particularly coarse assertion of fact in...

2025.02.18

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