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With lessons learned from a beta trial and a slight name tweak, the worker-supportive nonprofit Go Fund Bean is expanding its Bean For Bean mentorship program in 2022. The program…

Tempe, Arizona-based roasting and retail chain Cartel Roasting Co., formerly Cartel Coffee Lab, has introduced a comprehensive rebranding while preparing to relocate production into a new 12,000-square-foot facility. For the…

The bag design of Alinea Coffee Roasters in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Austin, Texas-based coffee retail chain Brewbike has raised $3 million in a bridge funding round. The company plans to bring its student-run coffee kiosk and subscription concept to more college…

Double Happiness is a new collaboration between Equator Coffees and Chef Brandon Jew.

Inside a former bouncy house complex outside Boston, coffee beans now bounce around the drum of a Diedrich CR-70 roaster recently obtained by Atomic Coffee Roasters. Production at the 10,000-square-foot…

Portland, Oregon-based Junior’s Roasted Coffee has launched a farmer-focused CSA-style program called Community Funded Coffee (CFC). Meanwhile, Junior’s sibling brand, Guilder, has opened its second cafe, inside the iconic Powell’s…

How, exactly, do they get the caf out of decaf?

I am writing this column while in the throes of a mild but certainly unpleasant case of COVID-19. My brain, rapt in congestion and the medicinal haze of over-the-counter drugs,…

While no business is “pandemic-proof,” 2021 yet again proved that the business of coffee roasting remains relatively low risk while allowing for online sales and incremental growth. The proliferation of…