AlamedaCarlo Di Ruocco, the Original Mr. Espresso, Dies at 90
Carlo Di Ruocco, the Italian-born founder of the California roasting company Mr. Espresso who helped introduce espresso to a generation of Americans, died in his sleep on Jan. 17 at...
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Academic Coffee RoastersOffbeat Coffee is On Point in Sacramento
The tempo is running fast at the first brick-and-mortar location of Sacramento, California’s Offbeat Coffee, which held a soft opening last week. In a long, 3,000-square-foot space, wooden furniture, concrete...
Annie LanglandsIt’s Always Full Bloom at Tselia Coffee in Greenville, SC
The cherry blossoms never fade at a new family-run cafe and roastery in downtown Greenville, South Carolina, called Tselia Coffee, where two life-size replica cherry blossom trees set an otherworldly...
AFC TruckingCoffee Holding Co. Sues Texas Broker Over Missing Coffee Shipment
New York-based green coffee trading and roasting company Coffee Holding Co. filed a lawsuit accusing a Texas-based logistics broker of contract and negligence after a coffee shipment worth more than...
Alex EllienCreature’s Plants & Coffee Offers Multiple Comforts in LA
A hybrid plant nursery and coffee shop named Creature’s Plants & Coffee opened in the Eagle Rock neighborhood of Los Angeles last fall, creating connections between plants, people and coffee. ...
AsiaEm Coffee House Brings Modern Vietnam to San Diego
The owners of the San Diego-based Ding Tea bubble tea chain expanded earlier this fall with a cafe concept that celebrates Vietnamese coffee called Em Coffee House. Opened Nov. 18,...
Awaken Cafe & RoastingInaugural Oakland Coffee Market Happening December 14
It’s well established that coffee stuff is the only gift worth giving. Luckily for people in the Bay Area, a new in-person popup market called the Oakland Coffee Market is...
Bould DesignVerve Coffee Roasters’ Latest Fixation is the Dwell Dripper
It’s rare for a coffee roasting company to get into equipment development, yet Colby Barr and a team at California’s Verve Coffee Roasters kept ruminating on the concept that a...
Arrow CoffeehouseThree Questions with Coffee and Bakery Consultant Erica Escalante
Erica Escalante has always been motivated by curiosity, a desire to know why things work the way they do. She started in coffee at Starbucks in 2008, leaving two years...
Asip CoffeeAsip Coffee Focused on Flavor at The Sensory Lab in Merced, CA
In California’s Central Valley city of Merced, roasting company Asip Coffee is encouraging sips galore with a second cafe location called The Sensory Lab. Asip Coffee Founder Justin Shen, a...