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Ryan Wilbur and Laila Ghambari Buy Portland’s Guilder and Junior’s Roasted Coffee

Portland, Oregon-area coffee professionals Ryan Wilbur and Laila Ghambari have purchased the progressive and influential sibling coffee businesses, Guilder and Junior’s Roasted Coffee. The married couple plans to maintain existing...

2024.04.27

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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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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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Highlights from the 2024 Roast Summit in Portland, Oregon

Poor cell service had the unexpected benefit of deeper connections at the highly intensive Roast Summit, presented last week by Roast magazine in Portland, Oregon. With phones in our pockets,...

2024.03.05

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Futura Coffee Roasters Regenerates Into New Southeast Portland Cafe

Two years removed from opening its first cafe and two months removed from expanding to both United States coasts, Portland, Oregon-based Futura Coffee Roasters just opened its fourth cafe overall....

2024.02.29

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From Mexico By Way of Portland, Dahlia Coffee Blooms In Cleveland

Combining the owner’s Mexican heritage with a Pacific Northwestern-bred passion for quality coffee, Dahlia Coffee has opened its first retail location in Cleveland, Ohio. In a shared space within the...

2024.02.20

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With Roasting and Baking, Daylily Coffee Bursts Forth in Sioux Falls

Now offering a warm and sweet respite from the wintry chill of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, is the first brick-and-mortar location of Daylily Coffee. The focus inside the approximately 1,200-square-foot...

2024.02.14

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Here’s What’s Happening at Roast Summit 2024

Roast Magazine is pleased to release the full program details for Roast Summit 2024, a two-day experience taking place in the coffee hub of Portland, Oregon, Feb 22-23. The event...

2024.01.13

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24 US Roasters Named Finalists for 2024 Good Food Awards

Now in its 14th year of celebrating the makers of specialty food and drink products in the United States, the Good Food Foundation has announced the list of finalists for...

2024.01.09

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Portland’s Futura Coffee Roasters Brings Regenerative Focus to East Coast

With direct ties to Colombian specialty coffee and a proactive economic approach to environmental stewardship, Oregon-based Futura Coffee Roasters has expanded to the east coast. The growing Futura leadership team...

2023.12.21

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