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Ryan Wilbur and Laila Ghambari Buy Portland’s Guilder and Junior’s Roasted Coffee

Portland, Oregon-area coffee professionals Ryan Wilbur and Laila Ghambari have purchased the progressive and influential sibling coffee businesses, Guilder and Junior’s Roasted Coffee. The married couple plans to maintain existing...

2024.04.27

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Here Are the Newest 2024 World and US Coffee Champions

The world has two new coffee champions for 2024: World Brewers Cup Champion Martin Wölfl of Austria; and World Cup Tasters Champion Dionatan Almeida of Brazil. Both champions were anointed...

2024.04.17

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Boston-Area Blue Bottle Coffee Workers Seek Unionization

Workers from five Boston-area locations of Blue Bottle Coffee today launched a union campaign described as more than a year in the making. A group by the name of Blue...

2024.04.04

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Starbucks Unveils Framework and Model for More Inclusive Coffee Shops

Starbucks Coffee Company late last week introduced a new framework for making its stores more inclusive for guests and staff with disabilities. The first real-life manifestation of the new design...

2024.02.20

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Slow Pour Supply Unveils the Kimera Tri-Spout Pitcher

Barista-focused coffee equipment seller Slow Pour Supply has launched pre-orders of its first original product, the Kimera tri-spout handleless latte art pitcher. The company has also relocated all operations to...

2024.02.14

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In Tampa, Buddy Brew’s Flagship Cafe is Now a Victoria Arduino Showroom

Tampa, Florida-based Buddy Brew Coffee has partnered with Simonelli Group, the parent organization of Italian coffee equipment brand Victoria Arduino, to create a showroom and coffee training center. Called the...

2024.02.13

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Go Fund Bean to Dissolve, Offers Final Round of Grants

The United States-based coffee worker support nonprofit Go Fund Bean is ceasing operations, citing a lack of funding. “Earlier this month the board of Go Fund Bean voted to dissolve...

2024.01.18

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The Barista League is Coming to These 12 Cities in 2024

Coffee competition series The Barista League has released its 2024 season schedule, including 12 competitions on four continents. The series kicks off in February in Gothenburg, Sweden, coinciding with the...

2024.01.10

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Starbucks Asks for New Year’s Resolution to Reboot Union Talks

Following months of legal posturing from parties on both sides of the Starbucks unionization push, the coffee giant today sent a letter to the union organizer asking for a reboot...

2023.12.09

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The Time Has Come for Century Coffee in St. Louis

A craft-oriented multiroaster cafe called Century Coffee Company is now serving customers in the City Foundry food hall in St. Louis, Missouri. At the helm is 2019 United States Coffee...

2023.12.05

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