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Coffee Roasters Are (or Should Be) Raising Prices. Here’s Some Advice on How

Coffee prices are, in relative terms, really high right now. The ICE arabica futures (a.k.a. the “C price”) eclipsed US$4 per pound earlier this month, continuing a generally upward trajectory...

2025.02.21

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Prismatic Coffee Roasters Opens Colorful First Cafe in Salem, OR

In Salem, Oregon, Prismatic Coffee Roasters is shining new light on the rainbow of flavors in specialty coffee through the opening of its first cafe. Inside a 90-year-old former carpentry...

2025.02.04

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Column: The Shifting Seasons of Coffee Shipments

Seasonality The idea that a particular crop — in our case, coffee — is available and fresh for a particular portion of the year is long-ingrained in the specialty food...

2024.12.10

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Asip Coffee Focused on Flavor at The Sensory Lab in Merced, CA

In California’s Central Valley city of Merced, roasting company Asip Coffee is encouraging sips galore with a second cafe location called The Sensory Lab. Asip Coffee Founder Justin Shen, a...

2024.10.31

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Dripolator Coffee Flows Into Fourth Cafe in East Asheville

Like water through a bed of coffee grounds, North Carolina-based Dripolator Coffee has produced something warm and comforting in East Asheville: a new neighborhood coffee shop. The stretched out fourth...

2024.09.04

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Laughing Cat Coffee Gets a New Life in Reno

The oldest roastery in the “Biggest Little City in the World” is also the newest. This riddle begins the story of Laughing Cat Coffee, which has been a coffee staple...

2024.06.27

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Inaugural ‘Development Stage’ Coffee Event Coming to The Crown in Oakland

A new coffee event called Development Stage is scheduled to debut in Oakland this September, with experts from numerous fields piquing gustatory and intellectual curiosities. Presented by The Crown: Royal...

2024.06.19

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Groovy Goose Coffee Takes Flight in San Carlos, California

Like water’s curved course through a gooseneck kettle’s spout, Groovy Goose Coffee has wound its way into a permanent roastery and coffee shop in the San Francisco Bay Area. The...

2024.03.07

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Royal Coffee Buys Big Warehouse and Industrial Complex in Oakland

California-based coffee trading company Royal Coffee has purchased a new warehouse, distribution and manufacturing complex totaling 103,500 square feet in Oakland. [Disclosure: Royal Coffee is a current advertiser in Daily...

2024.02.15

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The Sun Rises for East View Coffee in Kenosha, Wisconsin

A new day is dawning for specialty coffee along the western shore of Lake Michigan, where East View Coffee is offering tastings and other educational opportunities in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Led...

2024.01.09

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