Craft/Operations

FairWave Acquires Milwaukee’s Fiddleheads Coffee

FairWave Specialty Coffee Collective has acquired Wisconsin roaster-retailer Fiddleheads Coffee, adding another Midwest brand to its portfolio of specialty coffee companies. Financial terms were not disclosed. Based in Thiensville, Wisconsin,...

2026.01.06

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2025 Year In Review: New Coffee Roasting Equipment and Tech

Roasteries large and small grew increasingly full of hot air this year, with multiple innovations emerging from makers of fluid-bed coffee roasting equipment. Artificial intelligence also continued its unrelenting flood...

2025.12.26

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Here Are 26 New Roasters to Support in 2026

2025 was an exceptionally weird year to start a coffee roasting business in the United States. Coffee prices were already elevated, pushed by climate change, labor constraints, higher production costs...

2025.12.26

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Coffee From Burundi Finds a Welcoming Home in Detroit at Soko by Baobab Fare

Former asylum seekers turned restaurateurs are extending a Burundi-to-Detroit pipeline of food, culture and coffee through Soko by Baobab Fare. Hamissi Mamba and his wife, Nadia Nijimbere, arrived in...

2025.12.17

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Fable Roasters Comes to Life in St. Cloud, Minnesota

St. Cloud, Minnesota-based Kinder Coffee Lab spun off its roasting operation into a standalone company earlier this year under the name Fable Roasters, with a new production roastery now...

2025.12.16

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Bill Kennedy, San Franciscan Roaster Owner and Educator, Dies

San Franciscan Roaster Co. announced the death of owner, president and CEO Bill Kennedy, a former school principal who later championed small roasters and U.S. manufacturing. “The loss of Bill...

2025.12.12

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Standing Wave Coffee Aims to Beat the Rush in Pittsburgh

Paddling into Pittsburgh with fresh roasts and quality brews is Standing Wave Coffee, a new cafe with a Probat P12 machine humming on site and a strong connection to the...

2025.12.09

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Dear Green Coffee Roasters Grows in Glasgow

Dear Green Coffee Roasters, the 2025 Micro Roaster of the Year, has gotten substantially less micro with the opening of a new 13,500-square-foot production headquarters in its home city of...

2025.12.08

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Caffe Luxxe Acquired by Sugarfina in $24.5 Million Stock Deal

Premium candy chain Sugarfina has acquired Los Angeles-based specialty coffee company Caffe Luxxe in a deal valued at approximately $24.5 million. The 100% common stock deal involves a reverse triangular...

2025.12.08

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Diedrich Unveils DR-280, its Upgraded Four-Bag Roaster

Idaho-based equipment maker Diedrich Roasters recently introduced a substantially upgraded version of its four-bag industrial roaster, the Diedrich DR-280, as part of a new line of four- and six-bag machines...

2025.12.03

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