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UC Davis-Developed Roastpic Promises Low-Cost Tool for Coffee QC

Scientists at the UC Davis Coffee Center have teamed up with Probat subsidiary Fabscale to launch Roastpic, a new app-based image analysis tool for coffee quality control. Launching as...

2024.03.26

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BLK & Bold Founders Launch Nonprofit to Expand Youth Impact

The founders of Des Moines, Iowa-based coffee company BLK & Bold have launched a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, making way for direct donations while outlining a 20-year plan for social impact....

2024.03.19

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Probat Extends Reach with Two Equipment Manufacturer Acquisitions

German coffee roasting equipment giant Probat is on something of a buying streak, acquiring two separate food processing equipment companies within a two-week span. The companies add to the Probat...

2024.03.14

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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

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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

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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

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Primo Enters 2024 with New Roasting Equipment and Trade-In Program

Southern California-based Primo Roasting Equipment has launched the largest machine in its flagship Xr line of commercial coffee roasters, the 70-kilo-capacity Americano-Xr70. The 30-year-old equipment company, which was acquired by...

2024.02.29

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Intelligentsia Coffee Opening First International Shop in Seoul

The winged logo of Chicago-born Intelligentsia Coffee is taking permanent flight in Seoul, South Korea, inside the coffee company’s first international location. Occupying a renovated historic building in one of...

2024.02.21

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Café William Opens Monumental All-Electric Roaster in Quebec

With support from numerous government agencies, Quebec, Canada-based coffee company Café William has opened what it claims is the world’s “first 100% electric industrial roaster.” The roasting system, which was...

2024.02.21

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Scooter’s Coffee Opening Huge Indiana Distribution Center

Fast-growing coffee chain Scooter’s Coffee and coffee supply partner company Harvest Roasting plan to open a new 183,000-square-foot distribution center in suburban Indianapolis. To be located along I-65 in Whitestown,...

2024.02.16

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