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Westrock Coffee Opens Massive Beverage Factory in Arkansas

Arkansas-based Westrock Coffee unveiled a massive coffee roasting and ready-to-drink (RTD) beverage factory and development lab last week. Representing a $315 million investment in manufacturing, according to the company, the...

2024.06.18

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Cafe Imports Launches Groundbreaking Interactive Cupping Form, The Coffee Rose

A new Coffee Rose came to bloom this summer, courtesy of Minneapolis-based green coffee company Cafe Imports. The company officially rolled out the groundbreaking professional digital coffee cupping form —...

2024.06.17

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DiFluid Unveils Omix, a Green and Roasted Coffee Analyzer

Chinese coffee equipment and technology company DiFluid recently launched a portable green and roasted coffee analysis system called The Omix, intended for use at coffee farms, roasteries or other points...

2024.06.17

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ICO and UNIDO Outline an Unprecedented Global Coffee Fund

The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and the International Coffee Organization (ICO) today unveiled a major building block in a potentially transformational global fund to support the coffee sector....

2024.06.14

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Coffee Giant Switzerland Launches the Swiss Sustainable Coffee Platform

A new multi-stakeholder initiative (MSI) called the Swiss Sustainable Coffee Platform (SSCP) just launched as the global coffee industry continues to grapple with sustainability challenges. Heralded by its founders as...

2024.06.13

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Instant Coffee Paste in a Tube is Here

Instant coffee in a tube has arrived, courtesy of a Zurich, Switzerland-based startup called No Normal Coffee. While toothpaste-like coffee dispensing may seem novel to much of the coffee-drinking world,...

2024.06.12

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Sovda Adds Blending to the Roastery Product Mix

Oregon-based coffee roastery equipment maker Sovda recently launched sales of a new commercial coffee blending machine called the Sovda Blend. Priced at $12,950, the machine is designed to streamline the...

2024.06.12

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Brazil and China’s Luckin Coffee Signal $500 Million Trade Deal

Brazil’s Vice President Geraldo Alckmin and Chinese coffee roasting and retail giant Luckin Coffee signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) this week for a trade deal involving the purchase of...

2024.06.07

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European Roasters Call for Delay in EU Deforestation Rules (EUDR)

A consortium of large European green coffee purchasing and roasting companies is asking EU lawmakers to delay implementation of Europe’s new anti-deforestation law. The 23-year-old nonprofit group International Coffee Partners...

2024.06.07

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Sustainable Harvest Inks Sustainability-Linked $20 Million Credit Deal

Seattle-based green coffee importing company Sustainable Harvest recently closed a $20 million credit agreement with Brown Brothers Harriman. The sustainability-linked loan agreement, which closed in April, represents the first standalone...

2024.06.05

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