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Primo Enters 2024 with New Roasting Equipment and Trade-In Program

Southern California-based Primo Roasting Equipment has launched the largest machine in its flagship Xr line of commercial coffee roasters, the 70-kilo-capacity Americano-Xr70. The 30-year-old equipment company, which was acquired by...

2024.02.29

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The WeighMaster Scale Offers Modular Detachable Displays

A new digital coffee scale with dual detachable displays called the WeighMaster has raised more than $180,000 on Kickstarter, as of this writing. Created by a Hong Kong-based startup called...

2024.02.28

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Kickstarter Goes Cuckoo for the Kuku Maker Brewer

The Kuku Maker, a novel electric coffee brewer that utilizes centrifugal force for extractions, has raised more than $830,000 through Kickstarter, with more than a week left in the campaign. ...

2024.02.23

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Steeped Coffee Launches Investment Campaign with $5 Million Goal

Following an investment campaign that netted more than $5 million in 2022, single-serve coffee product maker Steeped Coffee is returning to the crowdfunding platform Republic for another round. Steeped’s core...

2024.02.22

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Starbucks Unveils Framework and Model for More Inclusive Coffee Shops

Starbucks Coffee Company late last week introduced a new framework for making its stores more inclusive for guests and staff with disabilities. The first real-life manifestation of the new design...

2024.02.20

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Three Black-Owned Coffee Roasting Companies Now On Wefunder

Three separate up-and-coming Black-owned United States coffee roasting companies are currently live on the crowdfunding platform Wefunder. Wefunder is a bit like Kickstarter, with the perk being some form of...

2024.02.17

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Scooter’s Coffee Opening Huge Indiana Distribution Center

Fast-growing coffee chain Scooter’s Coffee and coffee supply partner company Harvest Roasting plan to open a new 183,000-square-foot distribution center in suburban Indianapolis. To be located along I-65 in Whitestown,...

2024.02.16

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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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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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Roaster Maker Giesen Launches Profiler 2.0 Software

Dutch commercial coffee roaster maker Giesen this week launched Giesen Profiler 2.0, a redeveloped software package for roast profiling and inter-machine connectivity. The software officially launched Jan. 31. The company...

2024.02.15

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