Roasting

European Firm Verdane Acquires Majority Stake in Cropster

Tech-focused investment firm Verdane has acquired a majority stake in coffee business software provider Cropster, the companies announced today. The financial terms were not publicly disclosed. Verdane, which is based...

2024.10.18

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Charlotte’s Pure Intentions Coffee Loyal to Wholesale with Huge New Roastery

Expanding its unadulterated pursuit of quality wholesale coffee and service in and around North Carolina, Pure Intentions Coffee recently inaugurated a 16,000-square-foot production headquarters in southwest Charlotte. A brand new...

2024.10.17

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Ninety Plus and Arizona’s Coffee Support Sign US Distribution Deal

High-end coffee production company Ninety Plus announced an exclusive U.S. distribution agreement with Arizona-based business-to-business specialist Coffee Support. Coffee Support plans to release several green coffee offerings from Ninety Plus...

2024.10.16

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Fair Trade USA Names Private Label Expert Clay Dockery Head of Coffee

Sustainability certification group Fair Trade USA recently named private label industry veteran Clay Dockery as head of coffee. The appointment comes amidst a transitional period for the Oakland-based nonprofit, whose...

2024.10.15

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Mad Catter Coffee Roasters is Up and Purring in Pennsylvania

The specialty coffee rabbit hole for Pennsylvania’s Mad Catter Coffee Roasters got exponentially deeper last month with the opening of the company’s spacious production roastery and training facility in Allentown....

2024.10.15

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Go for the Gold (Mountain) in This New Sample Roasting Competition

Sample roasting, a standard practice in green coffee evaluation and purchasing, is generally considered a means to an end. Yet a new small-scale competition led by Nicaraguan green coffee specialist...

2024.10.15

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Presenting the 2025 Roaster of the Year Finalists

Roast magazine is thrilled to announce the six finalists for the 21st Annual Roaster of the Year awards! Roast recognizes winners from two categories: Micro Roaster (companies roasting less than 100,000 pounds...

2024.10.15

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Presenting the 2025 Roaster of the Year Finalists

Roast magazine is thrilled to announce the six finalists for the 21st Annual Roaster of the Year awards! Roast recognizes winners from two categories: Micro Roaster (companies roasting less than 100,000 pounds...

2024.10.15

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Minnesota Company Sues TreeHouse Over Pod Production Secrets

A Minneapolis company called Microtrace is accusing private-label food manufacturing giant TreeHouse Foods of “reverse engineering” proprietary technology used to identify Keurig-style coffee pods. In a lawsuit filed Sept. 30...

2024.10.09

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BestCup Spins The Hi-Fi Coffee Pod, a Specialty K-Cup Reinvention

Salt Lake City-based coffee co-packing startup BestCup is offering a new approach to Keurig-style brewing with a compostable pod product called the Hi-Fi Coffee Pod. Featuring an open-bottom filter design,...

2024.10.09

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