Craft/Operations

Adee’s Coffee Roasters Stems From Ethiopia, Blooms in Baltimore

Ethiopia-focused Adee’s Coffee Roasters (Instagram) is in full bloom in Baltimore’s Fells Point neighborhood. The company just opened a roastery cafe shares roots with sibling shop Adee’s Tulips. Connected through...

2023.10.24

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Seattle’s Cafe Avole Opens Inside the Ethiopian Community Center

The second retail location of Ethiopia-focused and Seattle-based roasting company Cafe Avole (IG) recently opened on the ground floor of Ethiopian Village, an apartment building and expanded wing of the...

2023.10.19

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Nespresso and Peet’s Agree to Settle Capsule Trademark Suit

Lawyers on behalf of Nestlé-owned Nespresso and California-based Peet’s Coffee say they have come to a settlement agreement in a 19-month copyright infringement case regarding coffee pods. In a joint...

2023.10.19

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Roast Magazine Announces 2024 Roaster of the Year Winners

Bridge City Coffee and Verve Coffee Roasters have won Roast magazine’s 20th annual Roaster of the Year award. The two coffee roasting companies will be featured in the trade publication’s...

2023.10.19

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Slow & Steady Reaches the Finish Line in Dallas

In a converted midcentury ranch house, a new cafe called Slow & Steady Coffee is offering homey coffee experiences in Dallas. Within the approximately 1,235-square-foot space on quiet corner lot...

2023.10.18

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Save the Date: Roast Summit 2024 Coming to Portland in February

Registration is now open for Roast Summit 2024, a gathering of coffee roasting professionals taking place in the coffee oasis of Portland, Oregon. Produced by Roast magazine, the two day event will...

2023.10.16

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Telescope Coffee Stretches Out with New San Francisco Cafe

Founded by two childhood friends in San Francisco, the two-year-old independent coffee shop Telescope Coffee has broadened its horizons through a move into a new, larger location in the SoMa...

2023.10.12

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Presenting the 2024 Roaster of the Year Finalists

Roast magazine is thrilled to announce the six finalists for the 20th Annual Roaster of the Year awards! Roast recognizes winners from two categories: Micro Roaster (companies roasting less than 100,000 pounds...

2023.10.12

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Atomic Coffee Roasters Energized by Sibling Spirits Company

Massachusetts coffee roasting company Atomic Coffee Roasters is fully charged and ready to expand through new production equipment and the launch of a sibling company called Atomic Black Coffee Spirits....

2023.10.11

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Whole Foods Rebrands House Coffee Line, Drops Allegro Name

Amazon subsidiary Whole Foods Market this week introduced a rebranding to its core in-house bagged coffee lineup, moving away from the Allegro Coffee name in favor of the Whole Foods...

2023.10.04

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