South Korean electric coffee roaster maker Stronghold has been selected as the official roasting machine sponsor of the 2022 and 2023 United States Roaster Championship (USRC). According to the 11-year-old…
Month: February 2022
Ireland’s Cloud Picker Coffee Is Raffling Big Ticket Items For Ukraine
The grand prize is a Victoria Arduino White Eagle Digit espresso machine.
Futura Coffee Advances Regenerative Agriculture in Portland, Oregon
An international team of specialty coffee professionals on a mission to support regenerative agriculture has planted a flag under the name Futura Coffee Roasters in the Montavilla neighborhood of Portland,…
Sprudge Maps Spotlight: Clive’s Staples In Sterling, KS
Clive’s Staples in Sterling, Kansas.
Victoria Arduino Opens Experience Lab and Showroom in Barcelona
Italian commercial espresso machine and grinder maker Victoria Arduino has opened a showroom and training center in Barcelona, Spain, called the Victoria Arduino Experience Lab. Located in the hip Poblenou…
USAID Backs Five-Year Peru Specialty Coffee Development Project
USAID is financially backing a five-year collaborative project designed to promote the specialty coffee sector in Peru while boosting production and incomes for smallholder coffee farmers. Referred to by USAID…
Modern Retail On The Rise, Fall, And Hopeful Resurgence of Bonavita
Is Bonavita primed to make a comeback?
Ghost Town Oats: An Interview With Co-Founder Michelle Johnson
Ghost Town Oats and and the de-gentrification of oat milk.
Kroger, Safeway/Albertsons and Hawaiian Isles Agree to Settle in Kona Labeling Case
Kroger, Safeway/Albertsons and Hawaiian coffee company Hawaiian Isles Kona Coffee Co. have all reached preliminary settlements in a groundbreaking class action suit regarding the labeling and sale of coffees marked…
KW Coffee Collective Brings Co-Roasting to Ontario, Canada
A new shared roasting (a.k.a. co-roasting) business called KW Coffee Collective has arrived in Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario, offering small roasting companies and retailers a relatively low-barrier option for launching or scaling…