Craft/Operations

Nice Coffee is All Smiles with New Roasting Operation in LA

A new brand called Nice Coffee Roasters is cheering up coffee drinkers throughout Los Angeles and farther afield through quality-focused sourcing and roasting. The concept comes from a trio of...

2024.03.20

Benjamin PazBusiness OperationsCaliforniaCalifornia/PacificChris OwensCounter Culture CoffeeCraft/OperationsDoug MeilsElliott LauHandsome Coffee RoastersIntelligentsia CoffeeLos AngelesMarketingMicroNadine RaschNice CoffeeNice Coffee RoastersRetailRitual CoffeeRoastingTectonic Coffeeコーヒー

With RI5, Cropster Updates Signature Roast Profiling System

Coffee business solutions provider Cropster ushered in 2024 with the launch of Roasting Intelligence 5 (shortened as RI5), the fifth iteration of its signature profiling system for coffee roasters. The...

2024.03.19

Craft/OperationsCropsterCropster Roasting IntelligenceIndustryMicroProductsRoastingSCA Expo 2024softwareUnited Statesコーヒー

Roasting Meets Cocktails in Beaverton at the Roastery by Ava

Beaverton, Oregon-based coffee company Ava Roasteria has hit first crack on the cocktail scene with a downtown bar fully devoted to coffee-focused libations called Roastery by Ava. Lit entirely with...

2024.03.19

Amirali KhosravaniAmy SaberiyanAva RoasteriabarsBeavertonBusiness OperationscocktailsCraft/OperationsGiuliano CavazosHomayoon HaddadMarketingMicroNathan BuellNorthwestOpeningsOregonPortlandRetailRoastery By AvaRoastingコーヒー

Look Alive Coffee Springs to Life in St. Petersburg, Florida

Heads up, coffee drinkers in St. Petersburg, Florida: A new roasting company called Look Alive Coffee is kicking out fresh roasts with a dash of surf and punk attitude. Founded...

2024.03.18

brandingCraft/OperationsFloridaKelly PackardLook Alive CoffeeMarketingMicroMikey PritchardRoastingSouth/SouthwestSt. Petersburgコーヒー

Broad Porch Coffee Swings Into Flagship Bakery and Cafe in VA

A former dive bar has transformed into a Broad Porch in Harrisonburg, Virginia, with the opening of the flagship cafe of Broad Porch Coffee. Featuring a full commercial kitchen and...

2024.03.14

bakeriesBroad Porch CoffeeBusiness OperationsCraft/OperationsHarrisonburgJill McMullanKat MartinLurayMaria CooperMicroOpeningsRetailRoastingRyanne HodsonShenandoah ValleySouth/SouthwestVirginiaコーヒー

NCA Speaks Up Against Proposed Bans on Decaf Chemical

The National Coffee Association (NCA) of the United States last week announced its opposition to two proposed rules that would prohibit the use of the chemical methylene chloride in coffee...

2024.03.14

Bill MurrayCalifornia State AssemblyClean Label ProjectCorporateCraft/OperationsdecaffeinateddecaffeinationEloise ReyesEnvironmental Defense FundhealthIndustrylegal issueslegislationMacroMarket NewsMarketingmethylene chlorideresearchRoastingsciencesolventsUnited Statesコーヒー

Farmer Brothers Taps Matthew Swenson to Lead Coffee Operations

Texas-based full-service coffee roasting and wholesale company Farmer Brothers has named Matthew Swenson vice president of coffee operations. The appointment follows the recent ascension of John Moore as president and...

2024.03.13

Chameleon Cold BrewCorporateCraft/OperationsDallasFarmer BrothersIndustryJohn MooreMacroMarketingMatthew SwensonNestleNorthlakePeopleprivate labelRoastingSouth/SouthwestTexasUnited Statesコーヒー

Caribou Coffee

JDE Peet’s Names Luc Vandevelde Interim CEO

The board of JDE Peet’s has elected longtime retail and packaged food industries executive Luc Vandevelde as interim CEO, effective April 1. Vandevelde, who has also been nominated as chairman...

2024.03.13

Caribou CoffeeCorporateCraft/OperationsEnveritasFabien SimonIndustryInternationalJABJAB Holding CompanyJDE Peet'sJoachim CreusKraft FoodsLuc VandeveldeMacroMarks and Spencer Group.Olivier GoudetPeopleRoastingUnited Statesコーヒー

Roaster Cloud Picker is Offering a Golden Ticket to Dublin

Anyone drinking a carefully sourced and expertly roasted specialty-grade coffee has ample reason to thank their lucky stars. Yet one coffee drinker will soon be thanking their lucky clouds for...

2024.03.12

Business OperationsCloud PickerCraft/OperationsDublinDustin KhanFrank KavanaghGuinessIrelandMarketingMicroPeter SztalpromotionsRadisson Blu Royal HotelRetailRoastingTeelingコーヒー

DC-Area Chain Call Your Mother Answers the Call to Roasting

Washington, D.C.-area fresh bagel and deli chain Call Your Mother has been dialing in a coffee roasting operation to supply the brand’s 13 cafes. Serving eight shops in D.C., two...

2024.03.11

AlexandriaAndrew DanabagelsbakeriesBusiness OperationsCall Your MotherCraft/OperationsDaniela MoreiradelisDenverFazenda CotrimHuckleberry RoastersMatas de MinasMicroNortheastPlains/RockiesRetailRoastingSergio D’AlessandroSouth/SouthwestVirginiaWashington D.C.コーヒー