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Three Questions with Filmmaker and Third Space Coffee Owner Brooke Bierhaus Sutton

Opening a coffee shop might seem like an unlikely path for a documentary filmmaker, but for Brooke Bierhaus Sutton, the connection is clear. Connection is at the core concept of...

2025.01.03

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25 New Coffee Roasters to Support in 2025

This year, dozens of new facilities dedicated to roasting specialty coffee opened across the United States. While some are led by seasoned industry veterans and others by newcomers, nearly all...

2024.12.31

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2024 Year In Review: 10 New Coffee Shops in the US Southeast

Continuing DCN’s 2024 Year in Review, here are 10 exciting new coffee shops that opened throughout the Southeastern United States in 2024. For all the latest coffee shop openings and specialty...

2024.12.23

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The Co-Founder of Charlotte’s Giddy Goat Coffee is Also a Paralympic Medalist

When not running a booming coffee business, the co-founder of Charlotte, North Carolina’s Giddy Goat Coffee Roasters is likely to still be running, or biking, or perhaps swimming. Carson Clough,...

2024.12.20

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Missouri’s Upshot Coffee Turns Up in Clayon with HiFi Cafe

St. Louis-area roaster Upshot Coffee dropped the needle on its third coffee shop this month in Clayton, Missouri, drawing inspiration from Japanese record listening rooms. Visually tied together by a...

2024.12.16

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Bigface Coffee’s First Cafe is a Retail Odyssey in Miami

Bigface Coffee, the high-end specialty coffee brand created by NBA star Jimmy Butler, opened its first brick-and-mortar cafe in Miami this month. Looking like a retro futuristic space station, the...

2024.12.14

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La Coop Coffee Returns to DC with Flagship Roastery Cafe

Washington D.C.-based La Coop Coffee has a homecoming for the holidays with the opening of its flagship roastery cafe in the Manor Park neighborhood, just blocks away from its first...

2024.12.04

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Belux Gets More Deluxe with New Cafe North of Atlanta

After six years building a devoted following at its cafe north of Atlanta in Alpharetta, Georgia, specialty coffee roaster Belux has opened its second location in nearby Roswell. As the...

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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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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