Business Operations

Pinup Coffee Takes Off with Standalone Cafe in Virginia Beach

Virginia Beach, Virginia-based coffee roaster Pinup Coffee Co. recently landed its biggest project to date with the opening of its first standalone cafe, including a full kitchen. With approximately 2,500...

2026.07.30

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Victoria Arduino Introduces Record, a New Take on Undercounter Espresso

Italian espresso machine brand Victoria Arduino has introduced Record, a commercial espresso machine that can sit fully on a cafe counter or be partially embedded below it. Record’s group heads...

2026.07.29

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Monolith Coffee is Building Something Different in Los Angeles

Husband-and-wife co-founders Nikki Jin and Eli Wang opened Monolith Coffee earlier this year in Alhambra, California, bringing house-roasted coffees and an elaborate seasonal drink concept into a space built around...

2026.07.28

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Session Room Brings Equipment, Training and Coffee Together in Portland

A new Portland, Oregon, showroom and training space called Session Room is bringing specialty coffee equipment demonstrations, in-person education and fresh roasts under one roof. Located in two connected rooms...

2026.07.27

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This is How You Get Coffee Shoppers to Follow Through on Ethical Purchasing

According to an oft-cited United Nations estimate, 40% of consumers say they’re willing to buy ethically produced goods, but only 4% actually do. Nearly two decades after that figure was...

2026.07.24

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Three Questions with Deandra Gauci of Coffee&strangers in Malta

When educator and Coffee&strangers founder Deandra Gauci opened her first espresso bar in Sliema, Malta, in 2022, many of her early guests were literally strangers to specialty coffee. Some came in...

2026.07.22

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A Second Camellia Coffee Roasters Cafe Blooms in Northern California

The floral pink tile of Camellia Coffee Roasters has spread in Northern California with the opening of the Sacramento-based company’s second cafe in Davis. The company quietly opened the 2,100-square-foot...

2026.07.22

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Dynamic Coffee Steadies Focus on Producers at New Pittsburgh Shop

Pittsburgh-based Dynamic Coffee Roasters is in continuous action with the opening of its second cafe, La Galeria, designed to put coffee producers front and center. Large framed photos of the...

2026.07.20

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Houston’s Della Coffee Pours Another One in Richmond, Texas

Houston-based roaster Della Coffee is continuing to combine some of life’s finer things — fresh coffee, food and wine — with the opening of its second cafe, Della Coffee +...

2026.07.17

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Vixxo Launches Café Solutions Platform Pairing Techs with Cafe Operators

Nationwide facilities management company Vixxo Facility Solutions has launched Vixxo Café Solutions, a coffee-focused service for equipment repair and maintenance for cafe owners and operators. The platform also onboards and...

2026.07.15

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