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Minnesota Company Sues TreeHouse Over Pod Production Secrets

A Minneapolis company called Microtrace is accusing private-label food manufacturing giant TreeHouse Foods of “reverse engineering” proprietary technology used to identify Keurig-style coffee pods. In a lawsuit filed Sept. 30...

2024.10.09

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BestCup Spins The Hi-Fi Coffee Pod, a Specialty K-Cup Reinvention

Salt Lake City-based coffee co-packing startup BestCup is offering a new approach to Keurig-style brewing with a compostable pod product called the Hi-Fi Coffee Pod. Featuring an open-bottom filter design,...

2024.10.09

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Private-Label Specialist Cascade Coffee Has New Investor

Everett, Washington-based Cascade Coffee, one of the largest coffee roasting and packaging companies in the United States, has received an undisclosed investment from Chicago-based investment firm LaSalle Capital. The private-label...

2024.10.08

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Let’s Talk Coffee is Back, Heading to Peru in 2025

Seattle-based green coffee trading company Sustainable Harvest is reprising its long-running Let’s Talk Coffee event, with plans for Peru in September of 2025. Held in coffee-producing countries, and convening a...

2024.10.08

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Help Small Coffee Businesses Devastated by Helene

Scores of coffee businesses throughout the Southeastern United States are reeling following flooding and human tragedies associated with the storm Helene. DCN is not aware of any wide-scale disaster relief...

2024.10.03

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Empirical Water Aims for Observable Improvements in Coffee Brewing

A new product aimed at improving and controlling the mineral content of water called Empirical Water swims somewhat against the current, drawing inspiration more from nature than from the chemistry...

2024.10.03

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Dice Coffee Ice Cubes are Coming in Hot

A Los Angeles-based startup called Dice Provisions is betting on consumer trends towards cold coffee and convenience with the launch of Dice Coffee Ice Cubes. Designed to keep cold coffee...

2024.09.25

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2025 National Coffee Association Convention Heading to Houston

Registration just opened for the 2025 United States National Coffee Association annual convention, which is taking place at the Marriott Marquis in Houston next March 6-8. The trade association...

2024.09.25

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Report: US Out-of-Home Coffee Drinking Highest Since Pre Pandemic

Coffee consumption outside the home has reached its highest level since January 2020, according to the latest edition of the United States National Coffee Association‘s biannual consumer trends report. Based...

2024.09.23

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V60 Maker Hario Launches the Suiren Brewer and Polaris Scale

Japanese coffee equipment manufacturer Hario recently launched a whimsical version of its V60 dripper called the Suiren, as well as a new digital pourover brewing scale called the Polaris. Hario...

2024.09.21

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