Business Operations

Underwood Coffee Overjoyed to Open in Downtown Duluth

On the ground floor of a historic building in downtown Duluth, Minnesota, Underwood Coffee overcame the odds to transform a dormant retail corner into a lively new cafe. After funding...

2026.06.29

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DOJ Investigating New York Coffee Chain After Ban of Pro-Israel Congressman

The U.S. Department of Justice has opened a civil rights investigation into New York-based independent coffee shop chain Poetica Coffee after the company took to social media to refuse future...

2026.06.23

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Arizona’s Cartel Roasting Co. Expands Into Los Angeles

Arizona-based Cartel Roasting Co. celebrated the grand opening of its first Los Angeles cafe this month as it expands further into California. The 1,370-square-foot, 40-seat shop in Beverly Grove opens...

2026.06.23

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Tim Hortons Outlines CA$400 Million Investment in Canadian Stores

Tim Hortons and 340 of its Canadian shop owners have a combined CA$400 million investment — approximately US$290 million at the time of this writing — to build 80 new...

2026.05.27

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The Portable Automatic Tamper Era is At Hand

The steady rise of automatic tamping machines over the past decade has transformed the equipment landscape on specialty coffee espresso bars. Now that landscape appears to be evolving further as...

2026.05.27

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Sibarist Launches Immersion Filters, B2B Services and a Brewer of Its Own

Spanish paper coffee filter company Sibarist has rolled out Sibarist Professional, a category of products and services aimed at commercial customers, while introducing a new paper developed for immersion brewing....

2026.05.25

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Florida Coffee Shop Owner Sues New York Real Estate Giant, Alleges Fraud

The owner of Drip Coffee, a single independent coffee shop in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, has accused commercial real estate giant Kimco Realty of fraudulently inducing the business to sign a...

2026.05.21

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Wanderlust Coffee Turns a Corner with Second Indiana Cafe

Wanderlust Coffee has opened its second cafe in West Lafayette, Indiana, offering elements that may be be familiar to fans of Wanderlust’s original location in Lafayette while venturing into some...

2026.05.20

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The DiFluid Moment Offers a Digital Tasting Experience for Cafe Guests

Expanding upon its existing array of data-gathering and analytical tools, Chinese coffee equipment maker DiFluid is turning toward service with its latest product, a beverage thermometer called the Moment that...

2026.05.19

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Nestlé Confirms Blue Bottle Sale to Luckin’s Largest Shareholder

Nestlé has confirmed that it is selling Blue Bottle Coffee to Chinese private equity firm Centurium Capital, the majority shareholder of Luckin Coffee, marking the first direct confirmation from any...

2026.04.25

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