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NBA’s Corey Kispert Launches The Bitter Truth Coffee Company

NBA sharpshooter Corey Kispert has launched a new coffee brand called The Bitter Truth Coffee Company, pairing fresh roasts with words of inspiration from lessons learned on and off...

2026.03.31

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Bizarre Coffee Brings More ‘Good Mood Juice’ to Georgia

Quirky flavor combos and exceptional coffees are the baseline at Bizarre Coffee, which recently opened its third cafe north of Atlanta in Roswell, Georgia. Bold blocks of color and...

2026.03.25

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Three Questions with University of Kentucky Coffee Lab’s David Gonthier

The University of Kentucky is getting its first-ever coffee education program for undergraduates this fall. David Gonthier, an associate professor in the UK Department of Entomology at the Martin-Gatton College...

2026.03.24

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Sibling-Owned Gara Permanently Parks in Berkeley with Vietnamese Focus

A new sibling-run Vietnamese coffee shop in Berkeley called Gara (styled GA•RA by the company) is turning out drinks and foods inspired by the founders’ heritage, along with retail...

2026.03.24

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LA’s Canyon Coffee Hikes Cross Country with a Brooklyn Cafe

Moving from one peak specialty coffee city to another, Los Angeles-based Canyon Coffee just opened its second cafe in Brooklyn, New York. The new Prospect Heights cafe transplants the...

2026.03.23

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Necessity Coffee Meets Demand with Two San Diego-Area Cafes

With one shop newly relocated and a second cafe now open, Necessity Coffee is asserting itself as a must-visit brand north of San Diego. In January the company reopened in...

2026.03.19

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Espy Cafe Seeks to Surprise and Delight in Ann Arbor

Inside the new Espy Cafe in Ann Arbor, Michigan. All images courtesy of Espy Coffee. Long communal tables set the tone at a new coffee destination in Ann Arbor, Michigan,...

2026.03.18

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Design Details: True to Roots with Cravens Coffee in Spokane

Welcome to Design Details, an ongoing editorial feature in Daily Coffee News focused on individual examples of coffee shop architecture, interior design, packaging design or branding. If you are a coffee...

2026.03.17

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Iwana Coffee Gives Las Vegas Fresh Roasts of Colombian Gems

A jackpot of freshly roasted Colombian coffees awaits guests at the sister-owned Iwana Coffee shop in the Las Vegas Arts District, where in-house roasting recently launched. The cafe opened...

2026.02.12

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Different Hospitality Acquires Boomtown Coffee in Houston

A newly formed Houston hospitality group called Different Hospitality has acquired local specialty coffee roaster Boomtown Coffee, according to a firm that brokered the deal. Financial terms of the...

2026.02.10

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