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Roast Magazine Announces 2026 Roaster of the Year Winners

Kafiex Roasters and Driftaway Coffee have been honored with Roast magazine’s 22nd annual Roaster of the Year award in the Micro and Macro roaster categories, respectively. The two coffee roasting companies...

2025.10.20

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UK Study Associates ‘Very Hot’ Coffee and Tea with Cancer Risk

A recent study tracking nearly half a million people has delivered sobering news for people who prefer their morning brew piping hot: drinking very hot beverages may significantly increase...

2025.10.20

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La Marzocco Launches Modbar Pour-Over Tap and Modbar Tea

Counter-mounted coffee brewing equipment brand Modbar revealed two new systems last week, including a redesigned Modbar Pour-Over tap and module and a new Modbar tea solution. Both were demonstrated...

2025.10.20

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Brazil Study Promotes Closed Fermentation to Boost Quality of Unripe Coffees

New research from Brazil suggests that highly controlled anaerobic fermentation can improve the quality of unripe coffees to the point that they meet specialty coffee standards. Published in the...

2025.10.17

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FreshBrew Acquires White Coffee’s Licenced Coffee Business

Houston-based private-label coffee company FreshBrew acquired the licensed-branded coffee division of New York-based White Coffee, a move that the private companies say gives FreshBrew “the nation’s largest portfolio of licensed...

2025.10.16

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JDE Peet’s Opens Revamped Innovation Lab at Utrecht Factory

JDE Peet’s this week unveiled its revamped innovational laboratory in Utrecht, the Netherlands, designed to accelerate development and global scale-up of new coffee products, manufacturing processes and packaging. The opening...

2025.10.15

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Finding Coffee in Chaos: Strategies for Roasters as US Tariffs Sink In

In a room full of coffee roasters last week, longtime green coffee trader Mark Inman asked for a show of hands. How many people started buying green coffee professionally...

2025.10.14

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Cropster Acquires Korean Roaster Software Maker Firescope

Austria-based coffee software company Cropster has acquired South Korean roaster software maker Firescope. The acquisition advances a strategy outlined when European growth investor Verdane took a majority stake in...

2025.10.14

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Presenting the 2026 Roaster of the Year Finalists

Roast magazine is thrilled to announce the six finalists for the 22nd Annual Roaster of the Year awards! The Micro Roaster category includes companies roasting less than 100,000 pounds of coffee each...

2025.10.13

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Death Wish Coffee Alleges Trademark Infringement Against Liquid Death

New York-based Death Wish Coffee filed a lawsuit this week against the beverage company Liquid Death, alleging trademark infringement related to yet-to-be-released coffee products. Liquid Death, meanwhile, said on social...

2025.10.11

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