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Report: China Overtakes United States as Largest Coffee Shop Market

China has overtaken the United States as the country with the highest number of coffee shops in the world, according to the latest annual report on the East Asian coffee...

2023.12.13

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Take 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...

2023.12.12

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Anarchy Coffee is Happily Taking Orders in Kelowna, B.C.

In the outdoorsy Canadian city of Kelowna, British Columbia, a plucky coffee company by the name of Anarchy Coffee Roasters has found some structure with the opening of its first...

2023.12.11

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Starbucks Asks for New Year’s Resolution to Reboot Union Talks

Following months of legal posturing from parties on both sides of the Starbucks unionization push, the coffee giant today sent a letter to the union organizer asking for a reboot...

2023.12.09

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With New Roastery, Proyecto Diaz is Readying First Cafe in Oakland

An established roasting company with roots in Oaxaca, Mexico, Proyecto Diaz Coffee is opening its first brick-and-mortar cafe this week in Oakland, California. Coffees for the shop will be coming...

2023.12.07

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The 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...

2023.12.05

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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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