Roasting

Inclusive Roastery Innovations Give 321 Coffee Liftoff in Raleigh

With equipment and technology backing a mission to create a truly inclusive coffee business, 321 Coffee has been reaching new heights in North Carolina. The company’s growing roasting operation now...

2024.02.07

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Wanderlust Coffee Settles Into First Cafe in Lafayette, Indiana

A new starting point from which to explore the wide world of specialty coffee has come to life in Lafayette, Indiana, with the opening of Wanderlust Coffee Roasters. The approximately...

2024.02.07

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Covoya Specialty Coffee Adds Mark Inman as Senior Trader

Longtime green coffee professional Mark Inman has joined United States-based Covoya Specialty Coffee as director and senior trader. A past president of the Specialty Coffee Association of America (now SCA),...

2024.02.06

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New Roaster Theo’s Roast Opens its Doors North of Dallas-Fort Worth

A new Ethiopian-owned roasting company called Theo’s Roast is bringing fresh roasts of high-quality greens to the north Dallas-Fort Worth suburbs. After selling home-roasted beans in farmers markets beginning last...

2024.02.06

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The Origin Story of Turtle Island Coffee in Vancouver, B.C.

A new Indigenous-owned coffee company based in Vancouver, British Columbia, called Turtle Island Coffee has launched with the goal of exposing more people to high quality specialty coffee and Indigenous...

2024.02.03

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The 2023 Specialty Coffee Transaction Guide Has Landed

The 2023 edition of the Specialty Coffee Transaction Guide (SCTG) guide went live today, providing actors throughout the coffee chain a data-driven tool for green coffee price discovery. The full...

2024.02.01

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Toronto’s Pilot Coffee Roasters Acquiring Bridgehead Coffee for $3.6 Million

Toronto, Ontario-based specialty coffee roaster and retailer Pilot Coffee Roasters is acquiring Ottawa-based Bridgehead Coffee in a deal worth approximately US$3.6 million. Bridgehead, which has 21 coffee shop locations throughout...

2024.01.31

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Thread Coffee Roasters Opens Tailor-Made Roastery in Baltimore

The interwoven actions of Thread Coffee Roasters in Baltimore are finding exponentially more space this week with the grand opening of a brand-new production roastery and training lab. The worker-owned...

2024.01.31

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Philadelphia’s Café Don Pedro Seeks to Build Up Small Businesses

A Dominican-owned coffee roasting company called Café Don Pedro recently launched in Philadelphia with ambitions for direct trading and boosting more Latino-owned small businesses throughout its supply and distribution networks....

2024.01.31

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Ukraine’s Soloway Coffee Opens First US Shop in Chicago

A specialty coffee roasting company based in western Ukraine called Soloway Coffee (Instagram link) this week opened its first location in the United States. Beans roasted in Ternopil, Ukraine, using...

2024.01.29

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