2023 Year In ReviewTen New Coffee Shops in the American Midwest
There were so many intriguing coffee shops that opened throughout the American Midwest this year, whittling this list down to 10 was a task fit for Paul Bunyan’s axe. There...
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2023 Year In Review
Addis ExportersThe Sepia Coffee Project Offers a Guiding Light in Metro Detroit
When Martell Mason returned to metro Detroit in 2020, he found a more hopeful place than the one he’d left 20 years earlier. Yet when he zoomed in on his...
Craft/OperationsMill City Roasters Launches 2-Kilo Electric Roaster, the MCR-2E
Minneapolis-based roasting equipment maker Mill City Roasters has launched the MCR-2E, the company’s largest and most advanced electric-heat roaster to date. The 2-kilo-capacity MCR-2E pairs UL-listed 5,000 watt heating elements...
commercial roastersMill City Roasters Launches RoastPath Software and Sharing Platform
Minneapolis-based coffee roasting equipment company Mill City Roasters this month officially launched RoastPath, a software package and community-focused platform for coffee roasters that’s six years in the making. Core features...
bakeryTake Care by Oleo Offers a Warm Welcome in Kansas City
Inside a well-worn coffee space in Kansas City, Missouri, is the first public retail expression of roasting company Oleo Coffee. Located in the Crossroads district space formerly occupied by Kansas...
Barista NewsThe Time Has Come for Century Coffee in St. Louis
A craft-oriented multiroaster cafe called Century Coffee Company is now serving customers in the City Foundry food hall in St. Louis, Missouri. At the helm is 2019 United States Coffee...
awardsMadison’s JBC Coffee Earns Top Spot in Coffee Review’s Best of 2023
The long-running coffee review site Coffee Review has counted down its top 30 coffees of 2023, giving tip-top honors to an experimental-process coffee roasted by Madison, Wisconsin-based JBC Coffee Roasters....
Brandon BirWith Media and Marketplace, Startup U3 Coffee Builds Consumer Connections
A Chicago-area coffee company called U3 Coffee launched this month with ambitious plans to connect consumers more deeply to the coffees in their daily cups. Coming out of the gate...
ArcapitaThe Original Caribou Coffee Shop in Minnesota is Closing
The original Caribou Coffee location, which opened nearly 31 years ago in Edina, Minnesota, is closing. The Minneapolis St. Paul Business Journal first reported the news yesterday, and multiple news...
Business OperationsIntuition Coffee + Juice Gives Peoria a Warm Bear Hug
Acting on a strong hunch that Peoria, Illinois, has room for more high-quality, fresh-roasted specialty coffee, Peoria native Ty Paluska returned home to launch Intuition Coffee + Juice. The shop...