Episode 108: The Build-Outs Of Coffee Sprudgecast
Author: Goodman
Houston’s Freshbrew Investing $10 Million in Coffee Production Upgrades
Houston-based wholesale coffee solutions provider Freshbrew Group has announced a $10 million investment into its production facilities, including major equipment investments in roasting, extraction, bottling and canning. The company says…
VEA Ventures Invests in Portland-Based Brewer Maker Ratio
The Italian holding company behind the equipment brands Carimali and Elektra has made an undisclosed minority investment in Portland, Oregon-based home coffee brewer maker Ratio. The non-controlling investment comes from…
Merit Coffee Moves Into Much-Deserved New San Antonio Headquarters
Having expanded to Texas-sized proportions over the past 13 years, San Antonio-born Merit Coffee has entered some well-earned new territory. The roasting and retail coffee company has just moved its…
Coffee Makes Your Brain Run Better
Coffee may rewire your brain to work more efficiently.
John Mbature: The Sprudge Twenty Interview
We interview 2022 Sprudge Twenty inductee John Mbature.
Del’s Coffee Roasters Opens its Barn-Inspired Doors Outside Boston
Weekly public tastings now taking place inside the roastery of Waltham, Massachusetts-based startup Del’s Coffee Roasters highlight the journey coffee takes from farm to cup. The environment in which that learning…
Study: Even Moderately Sweetened Coffee Can Help Delay Death
Over the past five years, study after study after study has shown that regular coffee consumption may fend off the the impervious dark grip of death. Yet as with any…
Intelligentsia Chicago Workers File for Union Election
Employees at the Chicago locations of Intelligentsia Coffee have taken the first step towards unionizing, adding to a wave of organized labor efforts in the coffee retail industry. In a…
Chicago-Based Workers At Intelligentsia Have Filed To Unionize
If successful, it would be the first of specialty coffee’s Big Three to unionize.