Inclusivity-focused North Carolina roasting company 321 Coffee has shifted its roasting operations into a larger facility, adding equipment that more than triples production capacity. Dedicated to providing opportunities for…
Read moreArya Café a Pillar for Ethiopian Coffee and Culture in Minneapolis
Ethiopian coffee and culture is at the center of a new Minneapolis cafe called Arya Café. At the center of the physical space — a fomer Café Cerés location near…
Read moreCaffè Nero Makes Bid to Acquire Compass Coffee in D.C.
UK-born coffee chain Caffè Nero has put in a bid to buy Compass Coffee’s assets following the Washington D.C.-area chain’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing earlier this month. In a…
Read moreGreek Hospitality Meets Modern Coffee at The Brew Room Outside Philadelphia
Outside the city that takes its name from the Greek words for brotherly love comes a new cafe offering a modern Greek approach to specialty coffee called The Brew…
Read more10 New Buddy Brew Cafes Planned for Florida Sprouts Stores
Florida-based specialty coffee chain Buddy Brew Coffee will soon be more than doubling its retail footprint with 10 new branded cafes in Sprouts grocery stores across Tampa Bay and Southwest…
Read moreWatchHouse Lands $14.8 Million Series B Round with Eyes on U.S.
HighPost Capital, a private equity firm co-founded by Jeff Bezos’s half-brother Mark Bezos, has invested £7.3 million (US$9.9 million) in UK-based chain WatchHouse as the company prepares for U.S. expansion….
Read moreQuality is at the Core of Elemental Coffee’s Latest OKC Cafe
Rising like helium in Oklahoma City, Elemental Coffee celebrated the grand opening of its second company-owned location this month inside Innovation Hall in the city’s Innovation District. Operating within…
Read morePeet’s Plans U.S. Store Closings as Parent Company Takeover Begins
Peet’s Coffee has confirmed a wave of cafe closings by the end of January, including several Bay Area locations, as the chain reshapes its retail footprint. The closures come…
Read moreMariam Erin’s Binocular Dripper Focuses on Wet Blending
A new dual-cone manual pourover brewer called the Binocular Dripper is launching for sale this week through Dubai-based retailer Brewing Gadgets. The dripper, which officially launched at last weekend’s…
Read moreTakeaway Coffee Cups Release Thousands of Microplastic Particles
It’s 7:45 a.m. You grab a takeaway coffee from your local cafe, wrap your hands around the warm cup, take a sip and head to the office. To most of…
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