Industry

2025 Year In Review: New Professional Coffee Grinders

Commercial coffee grinder makers this year sure gave them something to talk about, and by “them,” we mean the grinders. Brand after brand rolled out new wired and wireless platforms...

2025.12.23

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2025 Year In Review: New Commercial Espresso and Brewing Equipment

Communication is key. In commercial cafe equipment, that axiom applies now more than ever as espresso machines and coffee grinders grow increasingly intertwined. This year, multiple major manufacturers unveiled new...

2025.12.23

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Sanremo Rolls Out a Bunch of New Espresso Machine Tech

Italian commercial coffee equipment maker Sanremo Coffee Machines took a big step into the cloud this fall with the launch of Sanremo IoT, an internet-based platform that gives users...

2025.12.19

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Coffee Protects Against Liver Diseases, and Scientists Have Figured Out How

A major academic literature review underscores coffee’s protective effects against liver diseases while outlining numerous potential underlying mechanisms. A research team affiliated with two public health institutions in Mexico pored...

2025.12.18

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acquisitions

Coffee and Pie Together in Dallas as White Rhino Acquires Emporium Pies

Dallas-based specialty coffee company White Rhino Coffee announced it has acquired fellow DFW business Emporium Pies, bringing two majority-women-owned chains together. The terms of the acquisition have not been...

2025.12.17

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Reflections on 1 Million Coffee Farmers Trained with TechnoServe Coffee Head Paul Stewart (Part 2)

This is part two of a two-part interview with Paul Stewart, the global coffee director for TechnoServe. The nonprofit recently announced it has helped train more than 1 million smallholder...

2025.12.17

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Colombia Coffee Report: Production and Prices Remain Historically High

Colombia’s coffee production is projected to ease back from record highs but remain historically strong in the 2025/26 market year (October to September), according to the latest semi-annual coffee...

2025.12.15

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Hermetheus Coffee Acquires Roaster Maker Coffee Crafters

Idaho-based fluid-bed roasting equipment company Coffee Crafters is changing ownership, with Jason Scott, founder of roasting company Hermetheus Coffee, taking the helm. Based in Olathe, Kansas, Scott is the...

2025.12.15

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India Coffee Report: Production Down Slightly as Brazil Competition Picks Up

India’s coffee production is expected to hold near 6 million 60-kilogram bags in the 2025/26 market year (October-September), even as excessive monsoon rains hurt yields, according to the latest semi-annual...

2025.12.12

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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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