Coffee News Roundup
Hello and welcome to what could prove to be the shortest Coffee News Roundup in history (which is about two years). There’s really not a lot of news out there this week, just a few bits and pieces to carry you into the weekend. Edit: it’s definitely not
Coffee News Roundup
It’s that time of the week again: another Coffee News Roundup gets ready to turn a quizzical eye towards the past seven days in this most caffeinated of industries. So what’s been going on? Union ends Spot Coffee boycott - via the Buffalo News And we come full
Coffee News Roundup
Hello and welcome to another Coffee News Roundup, where this week the news is thin on the ground. Unlike the leaves in my back yard, which despite my best efforts continue to fall. Good times. Let’s take a look at what news there is. Importer Sustainable Harvest Absorbs Twin
Coffee News Roundup
Hello and welcome to the Coffee News Roundup, this week brought to you by too much Halloween candy and the first snow of the season. Not sure how I feel about that. Let’s see what’s happened this week, shall we? With Traceable Colombian Microlots, FNC and USAID Launch
Coffee News Roundup
It’s that time of year again—leaves fall, pumpkins are carved or spice latte-d, more leaves fall, temperatures plummet, and yet more leaves fall. Just so many leaves. However, this time of year is also excellent for caffeine lovers, as the urge to warm up indoors with a hot
Coffee News Roundup
Hello and welcome to another Coffee News Roundup, this week brought to you by the slightly melancholic feeling of turning the heat on for the first time in six months. Not sure I’m ready. Anyway, onward to the news. Baristas Fight For Pay Transparency With New Wage Surveys -
Coffee News Roundup
Hello and welcome to an extremely quiet week for the Coffee News Roundup. It’s going to be a brief one, folks, so let’s get to it. Burundi to Nationalize Coffee Industry to Boost Farmers' Income - via Bloomberg Light on news the week might be, but what
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Hello and welcome to October, shocktober, spooktober, you get it. Ghostly and skeletal decorations are going up, a Netflix list of scary movies is being assembled, and vast bags of candy are being bought in preparation for the 31st (to both hand out to trick-or-treaters and stress eat while worrying
Coffee News Roundup
Hey do you know what this Sunday is? That’s right, it’s National Coffee Day, a day beloved of coffee marketers, freebie-hungry customers, and literally nobody else. It’s basically hyped-up nonsense designed to increase sales for big corporations, and if you’re a humble coffee news jockey trying
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Today is/was the Global Climate Strike, involving millions of participants all across the world and led by some genuinely remarkable young people. I went to the rally in Ann Arbor and it was really striking to see the number of articulate, passionate, angry teenagers who feel like their futures
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Hello and welcome to Friday the 13th, a day lucky for some (specifically Jason Voorhees) and unlucky for others (specifically everyone else in the movies). Today’s date got me thinking this morning: what coffee would Jason drink? My guess was literal (gas station coffee because what else is available
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Hello and welcome to Autumn. Fall. Pumpkin Spice Latte season. Whatever you want to call it, it’s certainly preferable to I’m-too-hot-to-move-or-go-outside-but-why-do-I-also-feel-guilty-about-not-enjoying-the-weather, or “summer” as it’s also known. So let’s celebrate the changing of the seasons by wrapping up in a blanket, sipping a PSL, and taking