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New Day Dawns for Monday Coffee with Flagship Roastery Cafe in Chicago

Two key events in the long-term calendar of Chicago’s Monday Coffee are now complete with the opening of the brand’s roastery and first brick-and-mortar cafe. The community-focused and Black-owned company...

2024.11.21

Amanda Christine HarthBusiness OperationsCafe ImportsCarlos Robles-ShanahanCatalogue CoffeeChicagoCraft/OperationsDe La FincaDuo DevelopmentFelton KizerIllinoisLittlefoot CoffeeMarketingMicroMidwestMonday CoffeeNorth LawndaleOpeningsRafa RoblesRetailRoastingコーヒー

In Greenville SC, Design Firm Discommon Takes Atypical Turn Into Coffee

After years of sharing a space with Greenville, South Carolina-based Due South Coffee Roasters, industrial design firm Discommon recently unveiled its own line of branded coffee and drink ware. The...

2024.11.21

Beanealogy CoffeeDiscommonDue South Coffee RoastersFinca La Hammoniagraphic designGreenvilleindustrial designMarketingMicroNeil FerrierpackagingRoaster BenjaminRoastingSelva NegraSouth Carolinaコーヒー

Yafa Café is Bringing Yemeni Coffees to Downtown Brooklyn

Two cousins with Yemeni roots are two for two with the opening of their second Yafa coffee bar in the heart of Brooklyn, New York. Situated steps from the Barclays...

2024.11.20

Ali SulimanBrooklynBusiness OperationsColson PatisserieCraft/OperationsHakim SulaimaniMarketingMicroNew YorkNew York CityNortheastOpeningsOriginRetailRoastingShared RoastingThe Alloy BlockYafa CafeYemenコーヒー

RocketCup Coffee is Fuel for Revitalization in Western NY

After months of counting down, RocketCup Coffee is taking off with a new roastery and “speakeasy” concept at its home in the small Western New York village of Cattaraugus. Downstairs...

2024.11.19

Business OperationsCattaraugusChicagoCraft/OperationsDark Matter CoffeeIntelligentsia CoffeeLaine Business Accelerator ProgramLaunchPad LabMacKenzie BushMarketingMicroNew YorkNortheastOleanOpeningsRetailRoastingRocketCup CoffeeSeth OrgelSt. Bonaventure University Entrepreneurship CenterSteamworks CoffeeSteve McClainTom Cullenコーヒー

Leaves ‘n Beans Coffee Rakes in More Production Space in Peoria

Leaves ‘n Beans Coffee is gaining traction in Peoria, Illinois, moving its roastery and headquarters into a 7,600-square-foot space formerly occupied by a K-Mart tire center. The company’s existing Diedrich...

2024.11.18

BloomingtonBusiness OperationsChampaignCraft/OperationsGalesburgIllinoisInterContinental Coffee TradingJames CrossK-MartLeaves 'n BeansMacroMarketingMicroMidwestOpeningsPeoriaRetailRoastingSpringfieldコーヒー

With Eyes on Coffee, Pouches.com Makes Global Launch

A new flexible packaging company from Germany called Pouches.com just launched with global aspirations and a focus on the coffee industry. Promising start-to-finish online design and ordering for plastic pouches...

2024.11.15

BavariaCorporateCraft/OperationsFrank PlechschmidtGermanyIndustryLabelistenMarketingMichael WeyMicropackagingPouches.comProductsQuentin ArnoultRoastingUnited Statesコーヒー

In Wisconsin, Cafe De Arts Now Serves Oriks Roasting Equipment

Waukesha, Wisconsin-based coffee company Cafe De Arts Roastery recently expanded its capacity with the installation of a customized 30-kilogram-capacity machine from Turkish company Oriks Coffee Roasters. The company is using...

2024.11.14

Ayhan MunzurBusiness OperationsCafe De ArtsCool BeansCraft/OperationsGulten MunzurIstanbul TurkeyMacroMarketingMicroMidwestNashuaNew HampshireOriks Coffee RoastersÖzenç ÖzdemirRetailRoastingToperWaukeshaWisconsinコーヒー

EU’s Largest Political Party Seeks to Soften EUDR Deforestation Law

The largest political party in the European Union, the European People’s Party (EPP), is behind a proposal to further delay the implementation of landmark European deforestation-free legislation (EUDR) affecting coffee...

2024.11.13

climate changeCorporateCraft/OperationsdeforestationEUDREuropean CommissionEuropean People's Party (EPP)European UnionFairtrade InternationalFarmer IssuesGreenpeaceIndustryInternationallegal issuesMacroMarket NewsMarketingMicroOriginregulationsRoastingSébastien RissoSustainabilityコーヒー

Pomarrosa Coffee Lab in Denver Finds Beauty in Coffee and Life

A new small-batch roasting company in Denver called Pomarrosa Coffee Lab (Instagram) is extending a family legacy in coffee that spans more than three decades and touches three generations. Pomarossa...

2024.11.12

Coda CoffeeColoradoCraft/OperationsDenverHurricane MariaKurt LegnerMicroPlains/RockiesPomarrosa Coffee LabPuerto RicoRoastingSebastian Legnerコーヒー

Coffee’s Voyage from Honduras to New Hampshire Culminates at Odysea

With its first cafe now open in Bristol, New Hampshire, Odysea Coffee Roasters is connecting one of its founder’s roots in Honduras to another founder’s roots in New England. Occupying...

2024.11.08

Atlas Coffee ImportersBusiness OperationsCentral AmericaCima CafeCraft/OperationsDaniel GaleanoFrancisco GaleanoGabrielle DubaGaleano CoffeeHondurasMarketingMicroNew HampshireNortheastOdysea Coffee RoastersOpeningsOriginRetailRick DubaRoastingコーヒー