Chicago

RocketCup Coffee is Fuel for Revitalization in Western NY

After months of counting down, RocketCup Coffee is taking off with a new roastery and “speakeasy” concept at its home in the small Western New York village of Cattaraugus. Downstairs...

2024.11.19

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Chicago

Roast Summit Chicago Served a Deep Dish of Roasting Education

Roasters from throughout the United States recently convened at the first Roast Summit Chicago, presented by Roast Magazine, sponsored by Diedrich Roasters and hosted by Firedancer Coffee Consultants. While Roast...

2024.11.01

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Sputnik Coffee Goes Supernova with Huge New Roastery Cafe in Chicago

Chicago-based Sputnik Coffee Company opened a spacious second cafe earlier this month with views into an enormous new color-coordinated roasting facility. Less than half a mile from Sputnik’s original roastery...

2024.10.30

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Three Questions with Vikram Patel of PNG-Focused Benchmark Coffee Traders

After passing the Illinois state bar, Vikram Patel practiced law for two years. During that time, he was also sowing the seeds of a green coffee business that has since...

2024.06.20

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Coffee and Grocery Chain Foxtrot Abruptly Closes All 33 US Stores

Specialty coffee shop and boutique grocery chain Foxtrot abruptly closed all 33 of its locations throughout the United States yesterday, giving little notice to hundreds of employees who are now...

2024.04.25

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Ukraine’s Soloway Coffee Opens First US Shop in Chicago

A specialty coffee roasting company based in western Ukraine called Soloway Coffee (Instagram link) this week opened its first location in the United States. Beans roasted in Ternopil, Ukraine, using...

2024.01.29

Artur YuzvikBusiness OperationsChicagoCraft/OperationsIllinoisIryna YuzvikKarma KavaLincoln ParkMarketingMicroMidwestOpeningsRetailRoastingSofia HupalovskaSoloway CoffeeSoloway RoasteryTernopilUkraineコーヒー

Oro Chocolate & Coffee is a Gold Mine of Flavor In Chicago

The owner of a Nicaraguan farm and ecotourism business has carved a sweet path back into his home city of Chicago with the opening of Oro Chocolate & Coffee. Production...

2024.01.11

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With Media and Marketplace, Startup U3 Coffee Builds Consumer Connections

A Chicago-area coffee company called U3 Coffee launched this month with ambitious plans to connect consumers more deeply to the coffees in their daily cups. Coming out of the gate...

2023.11.20

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New Chicagoland Roaster Angora Coffee Keeps it Clean

A Chicagoland startup roastery called Angora Coffee has opened its doors to the public, sharing a passion for high-quality, single-origin coffees and offering tightly packaged fresh bags to-go. In the...

2023.09.18

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With Huge New Roastery, Conscious Cup Coffee Has Growth in Mind

Illinois-based Conscious Cup Coffee Roasters is intently focused on refining its operations through a new coffee roastery and training facility in Crystal Lake. Approximately 45 miles northwest of Chicago, Conscious...

2023.08.23

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