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San Francisco Roasting Institution Graffeo Coffee Enters New Era

San Francisco’s oldest independent coffee roaster — not to mention one of the oldest craft roasters in North America — Graffeo Coffee is under fresh ownership. Walter Haas III —...

2025.11.06

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Hedge Coffee Plants a Permanent Shop in San Francisco

An expertly manicured garden of coffee roasts and brews awaits customers in San Francisco’s Mission District, where pop-up and event-focused Hedge Coffee this month put down roots with an...

2025.11.05

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Austin Coffee Festival Returns This Month, More US Cities Coming

The third annual Austin Coffee Festival is set to return to Texas’s capital on September 28-29, showcasing beans and brews from more than 40 of the area’s top specialty coffee...

2024.09.05

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Botrista Closes $120 Million Round Led by Jollibee

Super-automatic drink equipment maker Botrista closed a Series C funding round led by restaurant and retail coffee giant Jollibee Foods Corporation (JFC). The latest round brings the San Francisco-based equipment...

2024.07.17

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SF’s Sightglass Coffee Names New CEO as Founders Step Down

San Francisco-born roaster and retailer Sightglass Coffee has named former Starbucks national sales executive Sharon Healy as CEO. Healy, who most recently held multiple sales executive positions with ready-to-eat meal...

2024.04.18

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Fellow Launches Its First Automatic Brewer, the Feature-Rich Aiden

Popular consumer coffee equipment maker Fellow made waves at the Specialty Coffee Expo in Chicago last week with the launch of an automatic drip coffee brewer, the Aiden. [See DCN’s complete...

2024.04.18

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San Francisco’s Sāe Coffee Sets Sights on Superluxe Coffees

A new San Francisco-based company called Sāe Coffee Studio has grand ambitions to bring the highest of the high-end specialty coffees to more consumers. Signaling those ambitions loud and clear,...

2024.02.16

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Postscript is a Fresh Addition to San Francisco’s Coffee Scene

A new cafe, specialty food market and juice bar called Postscript is adding to a previously sleepy corner of the Financial District of San Francisco. The new spot notably includes...

2023.11.28

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Telescope Coffee Stretches Out with New San Francisco Cafe

Founded by two childhood friends in San Francisco, the two-year-old independent coffee shop Telescope Coffee has broadened its horizons through a move into a new, larger location in the SoMa...

2023.10.12

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In San Francisco, Outset Coffee Finds a Ripe Market for Fruit Lattes

Immediately perking up the San Francisco Mission District is Outset Coffee, a new shop whose fruit-forward and Asian-inspired coffee drinks are raising the bar for creative flavors and textures. The...

2023.09.11

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