Roasting

Do Light Roasts or Dark Roasts Have More Caffeine? Study: Maybe Medium?

New research suggests that everything coffee people have known about how roast level (light, medium, dark, etc.) affects caffeine levels was mostly wrong, but also sort of right. One of...

2024.11.27

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Hypergoat Coffee Brings Fresh Energy to Alexandria VA

Now welcoming giddy herds of customers into its first brick-and-mortar cafe is Hypergoat Coffee Roasters, which just opened in Alexandria, Virginia. Natural light streams into the cafe through skylights in...

2024.11.26

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Coffee Association of Canada Awards Reunion Coffee Founder Peter Pesce

A prominent figure in specialty coffee roasting and sustainability in North America, Peter Pesce, recently received the Coffee Industry Lifetime Achievement Award from the Coffee Association of Canada (CAC). Pesce...

2024.11.26

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Ohm Coffee Roasters Turns It Up in California Wine Country

Rock-themed coffee company Ohm Coffee Roasters just rolled from its mobile retail operation into two permanent cafes in California wine country. The openings follow Ohm’s acquisition of the Monday Bakery...

2024.11.26

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With Acquisition in WA, Dillanos Plans Batdorf & Bronson Revival

Longtime Seattle-area wholesale roasting company Dillanos Coffee Roasters (DCR) recently acquired the West Coast business of Olympia, Washington-based Dancing Goats Coffee from previous owner Kaldi’s Coffee. The acquisition will soon...

2024.11.22

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Luckin Signs Estimated $2.5 Billion Green Coffee Supply MoU with Brazil

In an unprecedented buying spree, Chinese coffee giant Luckin Coffee is committing to purchasing 240,000 tons of green coffee from Brazil between 2025 and 2029. Negotiated by the Brazilian Trade...

2024.11.22

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New Day Dawns for Monday Coffee with Flagship Roastery Cafe in Chicago

Two key events in the long-term calendar of Chicago’s Monday Coffee are now complete with the opening of the brand’s roastery and first brick-and-mortar cafe. The community-focused and Black-owned company...

2024.11.21

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In Greenville SC, Design Firm Discommon Takes Atypical Turn Into Coffee

After years of sharing a space with Greenville, South Carolina-based Due South Coffee Roasters, industrial design firm Discommon recently unveiled its own line of branded coffee and drink ware. The...

2024.11.21

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Design Details: ‘Place-Based’ Design with Onda Origins in Seattle

DCN’s ongoing Design Details series highlights specific details in coffee shop/roastery interior design, industrial design or visual design in coffee packaging. Share your project for consideration here. Seattle-based coffee roasting...

2024.11.21

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Yafa Café is Bringing Yemeni Coffees to Downtown Brooklyn

Two cousins with Yemeni roots are two for two with the opening of their second Yafa coffee bar in the heart of Brooklyn, New York. Situated steps from the Barclays...

2024.11.20

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