BridgetonDear Green Coffee Roasters Grows in Glasgow
Dear Green Coffee Roasters, the 2025 Micro Roaster of the Year, has gotten substantially less micro with the opening of a new 13,500-square-foot production headquarters in its home city of...
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acquisitionsCaffe Luxxe Acquired by Sugarfina in $24.5 Million Stock Deal
Premium candy chain Sugarfina has acquired Los Angeles-based specialty coffee company Caffe Luxxe in a deal valued at approximately $24.5 million. The 100% common stock deal involves a reverse triangular...
British ColumbiaHappy Belly Group Expanding Smile Tiger Coffee Throughout Ontario
Canada’s Happy Belly Food Group is planning a major push for its Smile Tiger Coffee Roasters specialty coffee brand, with a new area development agreement for 20 franchise locations...
Ada LovelaceFiorenzato Adds Ring Nut and ‘Ada’ Connection to All New Grinders
Italian coffee grinder maker Fiorenzato recently rolled out two features it is adding to all new machines: a connected platform called Ada, and a manual grind adjustment system with...
Business OperationsSilverbird Roasting Touches Down with First Cafe in Minneapolis
Landing in the Kingfield neighborhood of south Minneapolis is the first brick-and-mortar cafe of the champion-piloted roasting company Silverbird Roasting. Coffees roasted by 2016 U.S. Coffee Roasting Champion and...
Anthony SanfilippoPinewood Coffee Co. Branches Out from Nashville’s Pinewood Social
From the people behind Nashville restaurant, bar and recreational space Pinewood Social, a new coffee roasting company called Pinewood Coffee Co. is launching with wholesale and direct-to-consumer sales. A...
CaliforniaFrequent Coffee Regularly Turning Out High-Quality Decaf in San Diego
From the buzzy San Diego enclave of Ocean Beach, a new company called Frequent Coffee is launching with a mission to keep strong, tight-ratio brews flowing freely with an...
AfricaFairtrade Plans Major Standards Overhaul for Coffee and Other Crops
Fairtrade International is planning a sweeping overhaul of the standards that govern Fairtrade-certified coffee and other crops. The multi-year project will likely reshape how millions of farmers, workers and buyers...
AfricaSpecialty Coffee Association of Ethiopia Launches, Plans ‘Best of Ethiopia’
A group of prominent Ethiopian green coffee professionals formally launched the Specialty Coffee Association of Ethiopia (SCAE), a new trade group designed to “elevate” Ethiopia’s specialty coffee sector and better...
commercial grindersNew Launches from Rocket Espresso Include Stelvio, Spluga and Gravo Grinders
Italian espresso equipment company Rocket Espresso launched new commercial coffee grinders and revealed new home grinders at the HostMilano event in Italy last month. (Read all of DCN’s HostMilano 2025...