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Mexico-Focused Café Cuate Offers Coffee with Gusto in Long Beach

Long Beach, California-based Mexican sourdough bakery Gusto Bread has expanded its cafe to include an extensive new roasted coffee program under the name Café Cuate. Between the remodeled shop’s almond-colored...

2023.12.01

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Are Rents Rising in Your Philly Neighborhood? Don’t Blame the Baristas

Baristas who work in specialty coffee shops, along with hipsters more generally, have been referred to as the “shock troops” of urban gentrification — and it’s no different in Philadelphia....

2023.11.30

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Perc Coffee Picks Up Grant Park with Third Atlanta Cafe

Savannah, Georgia-based coffee company Perc Coffee has opened its fourth retail coffee shop — the company’s third in Atlanta — while announcing plans to open two more. The 1,579-square-foot cafe...

2023.11.30

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Swiss Startup Mikafi Reveals the IoT-Driven MikafiOne Electric Roaster

A Switzerland-based coffee roasting and technology startup called Mikafi recently revealed its electric roasting machine, the MikafiOne. Designed for small-batch commercial applications, the machine comes integrated with an IoT platform...

2023.11.29

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Postscript is a Fresh Addition to San Francisco’s Coffee Scene

A new cafe, specialty food market and juice bar called Postscript is adding to a previously sleepy corner of the Financial District of San Francisco. The new spot notably includes...

2023.11.28

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Here Are Three New World Coffee Champions, Plus Final Rankings

The Specialty Coffee Association released the final rankings of last week’s World Coffee Championship events in Taipei, Taiwan. Held in conjunction with the Taiwan International Coffee Show, the three events...

2023.11.28

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With 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...

2023.11.20

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NY Firm General Atlantic Acquires Joe & the Juice for $641 Million

New York-based investment firm General Atlantic is acquiring a majority stake in the European-born cafe chain Joe & the Juice. According to reports from Bloomberg and Yahoo Finance, the buyout...

2023.11.17

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NY Firm General Atlantic Acquires Joe & the Juice for $641 Million

New York-based investment firm General Atlantic is acquiring a majority stake in the European-born cafe chain Joe & the Juice. According to reports from Bloomberg and Yahoo Finance, the buyout...

2023.11.17

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Ziggi’s Coffee Signs Franchise Deal for 50 Atlanta-Area Locations

Colorado-based coffee chain Ziggi’s Coffee has signed a franchise agreement for 50 new Ziggi’s Coffee locations in the greater Atlanta market. The company has not disclosed the identity of the...

2023.11.15

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