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Luckin Coffee Opens China’s Largest Coffee Roastery

Chinese coffee roasting and retail giant Luckin Coffee this week opened a massive $120 million roasting plant in Kunshan. Located between the cities of Shanghai and Suzhou, the new roastery...

2024.04.25

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From the 2024 SCA Expo: New Professional Roasting Equipment

While robot baristas tend to get a lot of attention, mechanical automation and artificial intelligence may be making faster inroads to the coffee industry through roasting equipment. Many of the...

2024.04.24

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Editorial: Shame on the Coffee Industry’s Earth Day PR

The coffee industry, an inherently environmental-resource-intensive entity, has tamped down its publicly stated enthusiasm for the Earth Day holiday in recent years. This may be due to some measure of...

2024.04.24

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New From the 2024 SCA Expo: Tools, Accessories and Gadgets

The world of equipment designed for the betterment of specialty coffee preparation and service has been rapidly expanding far beyond the categorical boundaries of roasters, grinders and brewers. A multitude...

2024.04.23

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New From the 2024 SCA Expo: Home Brewers and Grinders

Reflecting growing demand for higher-quality brews at home, a wide variety of new consumer-focused brewing and grinding equipment debuted at the recent Specialty Coffee Expo in Chicago. [See DCN’s complete 2024...

2024.04.23

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From the 2024 SCA Expo: Commercial Brewing, Espresso and Grinding Equipment

Single boilers and single streams: These sum up two respective mechanical trends in commercial espresso and drip coffee that appeared at last week’s Specialty Coffee Expo in Chicago. [See DCN’s complete...

2024.04.20

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Atomo ‘Beanless Espresso’ Drinks Are Coming to Bluestone Lane

Popular New York-based specialty coffee chain Bluestone Lane is placing a bet on the emerging coffee-free coffee movement, partnering with Seattle-based startup Atomo for “beanless espresso” drinks. Atomo’s proprietary blend...

2024.04.19

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Harder Day Coffee is Making it Look Easy in Portland

The co-founders of Portland, Oregon-based craft brewery Steeplejack Brewing have plunged headlong into coffee with the Harder Day Coffee Company. Founded by Dustin Harder and Brody Day, the new coffee...

2024.04.18

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SF’s Sightglass Coffee Names New CEO as Founders Step Down

San Francisco-born roaster and retailer Sightglass Coffee has named former Starbucks national sales executive Sharon Healy as CEO. Healy, who most recently held multiple sales executive positions with ready-to-eat meal...

2024.04.18

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Coffee Coalition for Racial Equity Gives Inaugural ‘First Sip’ Awards

The Coffee Coalition for Racial Equity (CCRE) held its inaugural “First Sip” awards ceremony last week in Chicago, honoring trailblazers in coffee who have contributed to equity, inclusion and diversity....

2024.04.18

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