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Electric Roasting Equipment Surged in 2024

Last year’s trend towards electric roasting equipment for commercial coffee operations picked up even more steam this year. It’s now starting to feel like a full-on paradigm shift. Still relatively...

2024.12.31

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Prices, EUDR and Value Inequity Defined the Year in Green Coffee

Sustained relatively high prices and the looming enforcement of the European deforestation-free law known as EUDR captured headlines throughout the green coffee world this year. We say “relatively” high prices...

2024.12.31

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25 New Coffee Roasters to Support in 2025

This year, dozens of new facilities dedicated to roasting specialty coffee opened across the United States. While some are led by seasoned industry veterans and others by newcomers, nearly all...

2024.12.31

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Weekly Coffee News: Traders Find Alternatives + What Does ‘Forest’ Mean in EUDR

Welcome to DCN’s Weekly Coffee News! Subscribe here for all the latest coffee industry news. Also, check out the latest career opportunities at CoffeeIndustryJobs.com. Bloomberg: Traders Explore Alternative Hedging Strategies Bloomberg t...

2024.12.27

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Home Coffee Grinders Broke New Ground in 2024

Coffee grinders for home use advanced from all angles in 2024, from the purely manual Ousia grinder to the technologically complex Geimori grinder. Meanwhile, motorization kits from the likes of...

2024.12.27

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Home Drip And Espresso Brewing Got Simpler, Smarter and More Stylish in 2024

In the endless quest to please all of the people all of the time, new coffee systems such as the Aiden drip brewer by Fellow, the xBloom Studio, Meraki espresso...

2024.12.27

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The Biggest Coffee Business News Stories of 2024

Historically high coffee prices, new regulations such as EUDR, climate change and increased demand of high-quality coffees squeezed coffee businesses of all sizes this year, creating what many characterized as...

2024.12.25

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Best of ‘Three Questions’ 2024: Conversations with Coffee Leaders

Continuing our 2024 Year in Review, here are some highlights from our ongoing “Three Questions With” series, which features people doing amazing work in all corners of the coffee world. ...

2024.12.25

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2024 Year In Review: 10 New Coffee Shops in the US Rockies, Plains and Southwest

Continuing DCN’s 2024 Year in Review, here are 10 exciting new coffee shops that opened throughout the inland American West in 2024. For all the latest coffee shop openings and specialty...

2024.12.25

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2024 Year In Review: 10 New Coffee Shops on the US West Coast

Continuing DCN’s 2024 Year in Review, here are 10 exciting new coffee shops that opened up in the U.S. West Coas states in 2024. For all the latest coffee shop openings...

2024.12.25

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