Age of CoffeeThree Questions with Kosta Kallivrousis of Age of Coffee
Driven by a desire to connect with more people and pushed in part by the 2008 financial crisis, Kosta Kallivrousis left his father’s electrician business to take a job at...
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acquisitionsKeurig Taps JDE Peet’s CEO Rafael Rafael Oliveira to Lead Coffee Company
Keurig Dr Pepper has completed its acquisition of JDE Peet’s while naming JDE Peet’s CEO Rafael Oliveira to lead the combined coffee business and eventually helm the planned spinoff...
Atlanta HawksNBA’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...
Addis ExporterThree Questions with Mike Mamo of Addis Exporter
As a world-class runner attending college in the United States, Mike Mamo had little inclination to join his family’s coffee business, Addis Exporter, founded by his father in Ethiopia. “I...
CaliforniaCalifornia Coffee Coffee Pioneers Jay and Kristen Ruskey Mourned
John “Jay” Ruskey and Kristen Ruskey, the married couple behind Good Land Organics and pioneers in the California-grown specialty coffee movement through Frinj Coffee, died on Sunday, Feb. 8, in...
2025 Year in ReviewBest of ‘Three Questions’ 2025: Conversations with Coffee Innovators
Some coffee careers start the “classic” way — behind a bar, learning the rhythm of service and operations. Others arrive by detour, through architecture and urban planning, coral conservation research,...
Bill KennedyBill Kennedy, San Franciscan Roaster Owner and Educator, Dies
San Franciscan Roaster Co. announced the death of owner, president and CEO Bill Kennedy, a former school principal who later championed small roasters and U.S. manufacturing. “The loss of Bill...
AfricaReflections on 1 Million Coffee Farmer Trainings with TechnoServe Coffee Head Paul Stewart (Part 1)
TechnoServe, one of the longest-running and farthest-reaching nonprofits operating in the coffee sector, recently announced it has helped train more than 1 million smallholder coffee farmers. Since launching its...
Business OperationsLouisville’s Heine Bros Coffee Names Jessica Lord CEO
Heine Bros Coffee has promoted longtime finance and operations leader Jessica Lord to chief executive officer, marking a generational leadership shift at the Louisville-based specialty coffee chain. Lord joined...
Business OperationsLouisville’s Heine Bros Coffee Names Jessica Lord CEO
Heine Bros Coffee has promoted longtime finance and operations leader Jessica Lord to chief executive officer, marking a generational leadership shift at the Louisville-based specialty coffee chain. Lord joined...