Billie EilishBlack Beach Coffee is Making Waves in Minneapolis
A former Nike global brand director is embarking on a new creative voyage, opening a company called Black Beach Coffee in Minneapolis. The coffee roasting brand is looking to pop...
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acquisitionsFutura Coffee Expands to Corvallis with Tried & True Acquisition
Portland, Oregon-based coffee roasting and retail company Futura Coffee Roasters has acquired the two coffee shop locations of Tried & True Coffee in Corvallis, plus Tried & True sibling company...
bakeriesWith Donuts, Take Two Coffee Doubles the Joy in Fort Myers
Now offering dual delights in Southwest Florida is Take Two Coffee, a specialty coffee roasting and baking company founded by a pair of influential coffee pros. Caleb MacPherson and Hunter...
8th and Roast8th and Roast Acquires Roaster Good Citizen Coffee in Nashville
Nashville, Tennessee-based specialty coffee roaster and retailer 8th and Roast has acquired award-winning Nashville roasting company Good Citizen Coffee Co. In an announcement of the acquisition today, 8th & Roast...
11W BuildingStumptown Coffee Opens Anew in Downtown Portland
As it turns 25 years old this year, pioneering Portland, Oregon-based Stumptown Coffee Roasters has renewed its commitment to its home city with the opening of a downtown Portland cafe....
ArizonaKlatch Coffee Opening Five New Shops Inside Sprouts Stores
Southern California-based specialty coffee roaster and retailer Klatch Coffee plans to exponentially increase its retail footprint in 2024, with the first of five new stores soon to open inside a...
ACODIHUEThis World Bee Day, a Touch of Honey Could Help Coffee Producers
If you like coffee, you’d better dang well like bees, too. Study after study after study has highlighted the symbiotic relationships between bees and coffee ecosystems, particularly as they translate...
Barista NewsBlue Bottle Coffee Workers Vote 38-4 to Unionize in Boston
Workers at all six of the Boston-area locations of specialty coffee roaster/retailer Blue Bottle Coffee voted 38-4 to unionize following a successful petition to the National Labor Relations Board. Should...
AustraliaThrough Sound, Scientists Transform Espresso Machine Into Quick Cold Brewer
Researchers in Australia have successfully converted a home espresso machine into a sonic reactor that they say can produce desirable cold brew in mere minutes, as opposed to a period...
automationMundo Novo Enters the World of Automatic Pourovers
A new coffee equipment maker called Mundo Novo launched at this month’s SCA Expo in Chicago, offering an automated manual-style pourover brewing machine for cafes and offices. [See DCN’s complete 2024...