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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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Bluewater Dives Into the Cafe Space with New Commercial Water System

Water purification equipment company Bluewater is hoping to make a splash in the coffee industry with the Bluewater Café Station 1, a purification and mineralization system specifically for specialty coffee...

2024.07.16

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Victoria Arduino Enters the Singles Scene with the PureBrew+ Brewer

Italian equipment maker Victoria Arduino just unveiled the PureBrew+, a single-cup brewing machine for commercial environments. Representing the 119-year-old brand’s first ever piece of equipment outside the realm of espresso,...

2024.07.10

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A Citywide Reusable Cup Scheme is Coming to California

Coffee retailers big and small are joining in a new city-wide reusable cup program in Petaluma, California, as the industry continues to produce daily mountains of single-use-product waste. The organizing...

2024.07.10

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Kees van der Westen Launches Luxe Single-Group Machine, the Spiritello

Dutch espresso machine maker Kees van der Westen recently launched pre-orders for its newest and home-friendliest espresso machine to date, the Spiritello. Combining classic a classic lever function with a...

2024.07.09

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Aillio Fires Off Two New Bullet Roasters, the R2 and R2 Pro

Coffee roasting equipment maker Aillio launched two new small-batch countertop roasters at the World of Coffee trade show in Copenhagen last weekend, the Bullet R2 and the Bullet R2 Pro....

2024.07.03

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Study Finds Links Between Coffee, Sitting and Mortality

A recent study of United States adults offers insights into how the daily habits of extended sitting and coffee consumption might jointly impact mortality rates. Published in the Springer Nature...

2024.07.03

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Slayer Releasing a Single in the Steam Espresso Machine Line

Espresso machine company Slayer last week unveiled the Slayer Steam Single, a home-focused, single-group variant of its commercial Steam line of espresso machines. Revealed on June 27 with the brand’s...

2024.07.02

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Chicago Entrepreneur and Mall Coffee Icon Gloria Jean Kvetco Has Died

Gloria Jean Kvetko, the Chicagoland entrepreneur who founded Gloria Jean’s Coffee in 1979, died on June 14 at the age of 82. Born in Chicago in 1941, Kvetko’s first entrepreneurial...

2024.06.27

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Ratio Coffee Rolls Out the Ratio Six Series 2 Brewer

Coffee brewing equipment maker Ratio Coffee has rolled out a new version of its Ratio Six brewer for home users called the Ratio Six Series 2. With the launch, the...

2024.06.27

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