Assad BaragzaiSeattle-Area Bikini Barista Chain Owner Pleads Guilty to Tax Fraud
The owner of a chain of Seattle-area bikini barista coffee stands pleaded guilty last week to tax fraud and faces up to three years in prison. In a plea agreement,...
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Ally CoffeeDripolator Coffee Flows Into Fourth Cafe in East Asheville
Like water through a bed of coffee grounds, North Carolina-based Dripolator Coffee has produced something warm and comforting in East Asheville: a new neighborhood coffee shop. The stretched out fourth...
Business OperationsConsciousness Coffee Awakens in Lemoyne, Pennsylvania
Awareness of specialty coffee is newly heightened in South Central Pennsylvania with the opening of Consciousness Coffee. In the borough of Lemoyne, just across the Susquehanna River from Harrisburg, Consciousness...
acquisitionsQima Coffee Parent Company Buys UK’s The Gentlemen Baristas
Origins 1450, the UK-based parent company of green coffee trader Qima Coffee, has acquired London’s The Gentlemen Baristas for an undisclosed sum. In an announcement this week, Origins 1450 said...
Business OperationsGood Sense Coffee Makes Great Return to Bricks and Mortar in Howell, MI
Five years after untethering from its standalone coffee shop in favor of mobile retail operations, Southeast Michigan’s Good Sense Coffee is returning to brick-and mortar with a new shop in...
Benjamin PatesGermany’s Concierge Coffee Makes Permanent Arrangements in LA
A neighborhood coffee shop and roasting business in Berlin, Germany, called Concierge Coffee has taken a big step across the pond with its third retail cafe, now open in Los...
bankruptcyColorado Specialty Coffee Company Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
An influential player in the specialty coffee scene of Colorado Springs, Colorado, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy earlier this month. Switchback Coffee Roasters, which was founded in 2010, filed the...
Blank Slate CoffeeMission Coffee Reopens Right Where the Quest Began in Columbus
Four years after shuttering its original Columbus, Ohio, cafe during the COVID-19 pandemic, Mission Coffee has returned to the space, continuing a quest for quality. “Welcome Back” reads the mural...
April NettMenagerie Coffee Sets a New Scene in Philadelphia’s Northern Liberties
After 11 years of satisfying customers with a range of roasts in Philadelphia’s Old City, Menagerie Coffee recently headed north for a second brick-and-mortar cafe, in the Northern Liberties neighborhood....
Anastasia ChovanVivreau North America Wades Into Cafe Waters with Purity C Advanced Filters
Water purification and dispensing equipment company Vivreau is plumbing the depths of coffee with a new filter system designed specifically for cafes and coffee shops. Part of a broader food-and-beverage-focused...