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Empower Coffee Roasters Starts Off Strong in Mesa, Arizona

At its first brick-and-mortar retail location in Mesa, Arizona, Empower Coffee Roasters is balancing a business model that offers high-quality coffee while also supporting and inspiring girls and women. The...

2024.04.25

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Harder Day Coffee is Making it Look Easy in Portland

The co-founders of Portland, Oregon-based craft brewery Steeplejack Brewing have plunged headlong into coffee with the Harder Day Coffee Company. Founded by Dustin Harder and Brody Day, the new coffee...

2024.04.18

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In Michigan, Mo Coco’s Rural Roasts Offers Full City and Much More

The mother-daughter team of Maureen and Chloe Woods has brought the wide world of specialty coffee home to the small town of Merrill, Michigan, with the opening of their roastery...

2024.04.16

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Virginia Beach’s Pinup Coffee Finds a Spot at the Back Bay Farmhouse

About a year and a half after christening its full-fledged production roastery, Virginia Beach, Virginia-based Pinup Coffee Co. is moving full speed ahead into retail waters, opening its first coffee...

2024.04.16

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It’s Sunup for Orange Sky Coffee Roasters in New Jersey

The coffees are the stars that shine at Orange Sky Coffee Roasters, which just opened a cafe and adjoining roastery in the northern New Jersey town of West Orange. Guests...

2024.04.10

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Here’s a Look at WatchHouse Coffee’s First US Location in Manhattan

London, England-based specialty coffee chain WatchHouse Coffee opened its first location in the United States in New York City, serving coffees by day and cocktails in the evening in a...

2024.04.10

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Scout Opens Huge Central Coast Cafe, Bakery and HoneyCo Roastery

More then a decade of local coffee business reconnaissance has led to the opening of Scout Coffee‘s flagship cafe and bakery along California’s Central Coast. Occupying two stories and more...

2024.04.03

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Five Must-Visit New Coffee Shops in Mexico City

The Mexico City coffee scene is booming, and few people have captured the sounds and sights as thoroughly as Fernanda Pérez Rosell, creator of the Here for the Coffee MX...

2024.03.26

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Roasting Meets Cocktails in Beaverton at the Roastery by Ava

Beaverton, Oregon-based coffee company Ava Roasteria has hit first crack on the cocktail scene with a downtown bar fully devoted to coffee-focused libations called Roastery by Ava. Lit entirely with...

2024.03.19

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Broad Porch Coffee Swings Into Flagship Bakery and Cafe in VA

A former dive bar has transformed into a Broad Porch in Harrisonburg, Virginia, with the opening of the flagship cafe of Broad Porch Coffee. Featuring a full commercial kitchen and...

2024.03.14

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