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Vessel Coffee Collaborative Cruises Into Cleveland Cafe

A new cafe called Vessel Coffee Collaborative opened this month in Cleveland’s Gordon Square, carrying roasts from throughout the country. Cleveland coffee pros Austin Fedor and Jacob Digman collaborated on...

2026.03.17

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Spin the Wheel at Counter Culture Coffee’s New Brewing Competition Brewlette

North Carolina-based Counter Culture Coffee is launching a free manual brewing competition series called Brewlette, designed to remove some common barriers to participation among coffee pros and home enthusiasts...

2026.02.11

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Spin the Wheel at Counter Culture Coffee’s New Brewing Competition Brewlette

North Carolina-based Counter Culture Coffee is launching a free manual brewing competition series called Brewlette, designed to remove some common barriers to participation among coffee pros and home enthusiasts...

2026.02.11

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Mariam Erin’s Binocular Dripper Focuses on Wet Blending

A new dual-cone manual pourover brewer called the Binocular Dripper is launching for sale this week through Dubai-based retailer Brewing Gadgets. The dripper, which officially launched at last weekend’s...

2026.01.21

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Three Questions with Dilshan “Arty” Ranaweera of Cafe Secret Alley in Sri Lanka

When Dilshan “Arty” Ranaweera opened Cafe Secret Alley in Kandy, Sri Lanka, in 2017, he knew next to nothing about coffee. “Sri Lanka didn’t have a coffee culture,” Ranaweera said....

2025.12.20

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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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