In normal times it’s no surprise that big things happen in Texas, the second most populous state in the union. As we take a look back on some of the…
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20 New Coffee Shops for 2021: Eastern United States
While the eastern portion of the United States has some drastic cultural differences — from the coastline to Appalachia, or the bustling north to the sweltering south — the common…
Despite Disruptions Everywhere, the Green Coffee Trade Survived 2020
As the world got much smaller for most people in 2020, the role of coffee trading companies in connecting roasters to producers and their coffees grew both more important and…
A Look Back at Some of Our Top Coffee Columns of 2020
It’s not easy to sit down, collect your thoughts and put pen to paper to produce something coherent, let alone insightful, when you’re surrounded by dumpster fires both metaphorical and…
A Look Back at Some of the Top Coffee Business Stories of 2020
A solid decade of growth, increased venture capital investment and increased consolidation among manufacturers and other companies catering to the coffee industry came to a screeching halt almost overnight in…
Hope Springs Eternal: A Fresh Crop of New Roasters Emerged This Year
While the COVID-19 pandemic made 2020 an unspeakably brutal year for many existing coffee roasting companies large and small — especially those that leaned heavily on wholesale — a fresh…
New Equipment That Helped Make Home Coffee Better in 2020
Through the smoke and haze from the smoldering crater of 2020, we can look back to find a plethora of coffee products designed to help people improve their coffee at…
Highlights From a Relatively Quiet 2020 In Commercial Coffee Equipment
With many coffee retailers struggling, skittish investment markets and the near-complete shut down of in-person trade events in 2020, the commercial coffee equipment segment experienced a noticeably quiet year. Yet…
2020 Heightened Existing Challenges to Coffee Production
Coming into 2020, commodity coffee prices remained a common foe among coffee producers all over the globe, as the “C market price” remained woefully low. Then came 2020, and another…
A Backslide for Coffee Sustainability in 2020
Last year at this time, we declared that “the business of coffee sustainability surged in 2019.” You could argue that sustainability throughout the coffee sector took a step backwards in…