Marketing

Report: Matcha, Oat Milk and ‘Functional’ Ingredients on the Rise in US and Canada

Payment and business technology giant Square recently analyzed millions of transactions across the United States and Canada to discover coffee consumer trends. Prominent findings included increases in out-of-home coffee purchasing,...

2024.10.10

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BestCup Spins The Hi-Fi Coffee Pod, a Specialty K-Cup Reinvention

Salt Lake City-based coffee co-packing startup BestCup is offering a new approach to Keurig-style brewing with a compostable pod product called the Hi-Fi Coffee Pod. Featuring an open-bottom filter design,...

2024.10.09

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Let’s Talk Coffee is Back, Heading to Peru in 2025

Seattle-based green coffee trading company Sustainable Harvest is reprising its long-running Let’s Talk Coffee event, with plans for Peru in September of 2025. Held in coffee-producing countries, and convening a...

2024.10.08

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In Brooklyn, Lucienne Coffee is Serving Coffees Roasted in Japan

A new coffee company called Lucienne Coffee in Brooklyn, New York, is specializing in the brewing and sales of high-quality specialty coffees roasted in, and imported from, Japan. Selling whole...

2024.10.07

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Arizona’s Press Coffee Buys 70-Hectare Farm in Panama

Phoenix-based specialty coffee roaster and retailer Press Coffee recently acquired a 70-acre coffee farm in Western Panama. With the farm purchase, the company plans to launch an “Estate” line of...

2024.10.04

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Starbucks Expands Research-Focused Coffee Farm Operations

Starbucks today announced an expansion of its in-house coffee farming and sustainability research activities, including new coffee farms in Costa Rica and Guatemala, plus planned investments for farms in Africa...

2024.10.04

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Empirical Water Aims for Observable Improvements in Coffee Brewing

A new product aimed at improving and controlling the mineral content of water called Empirical Water swims somewhat against the current, drawing inspiration more from nature than from the chemistry...

2024.10.03

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Avanza Cafe

JDE Peet’s and TechnoServe Launch $15.3 Million Avanza Café Project

Coffee roasting conglomerate JDE Peet’s and the nonprofit TechnoServe announced the launch of a wide-ranging new sustainability initiative focused on the Central American coffee sector called Avanza Café. The initiative,...

2024.10.02

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Coffee and Content Creation Combined at NYC’s Coffee Check

A Brooklyn, New York-based consumer tech vlogger went from shooting videos inside coffee shops to opening a coffee shop of his own called Coffee Check. The approximately 2,500-square-foot cafe that...

2024.09.27

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ProfilePrint Signs AI Analysis Deal with Major Brazilian Coffee Exporters

Singapore-based coffee analysis provider ProfilePrint says it has signed agreements with two of the largest coffee exporters in Brazil, Cooxupé and Minasul. The group also rolled out its newest green...

2024.09.26

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