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The Roastino Manual Roaster is Warming Hearts

In an age of sweeping digitization and automation in coffee, the Hungarian boutique equipment company Naked Portafilter is introducing a delightfully sensorial device called the Roastino. Winner of a Best...

2024.10.22

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Roast Magazine Announces 2025 Roaster of the Year Winners

Dear Green Coffee Roasters and Wonderstate Coffee won Roast magazine’s 21st annual Roaster of the Year award in the Micro and Macro roaster categories, respectively. The two coffee roasting companies...

2024.10.21

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San Diego’s Torque Coffee Revs Up Operations with First Cafe

Progressive coffee roasting company Torque Coffee is proving to be a force to be reckoned with in San Diego. After launching with an unprecedented “proportional pricing” model in 2022, the...

2024.10.18

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Charlotte’s Pure Intentions Coffee Loyal to Wholesale with Huge New Roastery

Expanding its unadulterated pursuit of quality wholesale coffee and service in and around North Carolina, Pure Intentions Coffee recently inaugurated a 16,000-square-foot production headquarters in southwest Charlotte. A brand new...

2024.10.17

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Ninety Plus and Arizona’s Coffee Support Sign US Distribution Deal

High-end coffee production company Ninety Plus announced an exclusive U.S. distribution agreement with Arizona-based business-to-business specialist Coffee Support. Coffee Support plans to release several green coffee offerings from Ninety Plus...

2024.10.16

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Mad Catter Coffee Roasters is Up and Purring in Pennsylvania

The specialty coffee rabbit hole for Pennsylvania’s Mad Catter Coffee Roasters got exponentially deeper last month with the opening of the company’s spacious production roastery and training facility in Allentown....

2024.10.15

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Go for the Gold (Mountain) in This New Sample Roasting Competition

Sample roasting, a standard practice in green coffee evaluation and purchasing, is generally considered a means to an end. Yet a new small-scale competition led by Nicaraguan green coffee specialist...

2024.10.15

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Presenting the 2025 Roaster of the Year Finalists

Roast magazine is thrilled to announce the six finalists for the 21st Annual Roaster of the Year awards! Roast recognizes winners from two categories: Micro Roaster (companies roasting less than 100,000 pounds...

2024.10.15

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Presenting the 2025 Roaster of the Year Finalists

Roast magazine is thrilled to announce the six finalists for the 21st Annual Roaster of the Year awards! Roast recognizes winners from two categories: Micro Roaster (companies roasting less than 100,000 pounds...

2024.10.15

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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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