Coffee News Roundup
Welcome to another edition of the Coffee News Roundup. Fair warning: this week's update may devolve into facetiousness and snark by the end, when the subject of banning plastic straws comes up. I'll do my best to keep it sensible, but no promises. So with that
Coffee News Roundup
The World Cup, as you're probably well aware, is into its end game, with the quarter finals taking place this weekend. My team (Colombia—favorite coffee origin still involved) were knocked out by the team (England) that every American person I've encountered over the past three
Interviews
This is part 2 of my interview with Catherine Franks, founder and owner of Steampunk Coffee Roasters in North Berwick, Scotland. Part 1 can be found here. This interview has been lightly edited for clarity. You changed your packaging recently—can you tell me about that? Changing our packaging was
Coffee News Roundup
Well, this is going to be a short post. Some weeks, it seems, nothing newsworthy happens in the coffee industry. Since I started writing this series, the quietest weeks have usually been around holidays, and with the 4th of July approaching that makes sense. So here we are. Just two
Interviews
Steampunk Coffee Roasters is one of my all-time favourite coffee companies. My first published review on this site was their Costa Rica Mirian 1 (it was delicious, since you asked), and the Warehouse in North Berwick is a wonderful, welcoming cafe full of warmth and puppies. If you're
Coffee News Roundup
Hello and welcome to another Friday, and another Coffee News Roundup. It's a bit of a mixed bag this week, lurching from the positive to the sad to the, quite frankly, ridiculous. Although, thinking about it, that's pretty much every week. Let's get to
Coffee News Roundup
Wow, this has been a slow week for coffee news. Maybe it's the World Cup, which kicked off yesterday with the totally normal meeting of Russia and Saudi Arabia. Maybe it's the fact that summer seems to be edging into view, and everyone just wants to
Coffee News Roundup
Well, it's been a busy week in coffee. Volcanoes, resignations, broccoli, not to mention more bad news about the impending coffee climate catastrophe. And to top it all off, my family is off gallivanting around Crete while I'm in Michigan with the humidity and mosquitoes, reading
Coffee News Roundup
Welcome to another week's Coffee News Roundup, wherein we discuss, or "round up", the past week's coffee news. Because, as simple as this industry may appear (and as simple as Starbucks would like you to believe it is) it's actually incredibly weird
Coffee News Roundup
Another quick update this week, as I did not schedule myself well and ran out of time yesterday. However there's a lot going on, so let's get to it shall we. Breaking: The SCA Pulls Coffee Competitions From Dubai - via Sprudge When it was announced
Coffee News Roundup
Fraud. Explosions. Being extremely old. These are just some of the topics of this week's Coffee News Roundup. It also sounds like the plot summary of an upcoming Nicolas Cage movie, probably called Fraud or something because the people making these movies don't care anymore. Anyway.
Coffee News Roundup
A quick roundup for you this time, as I'm heading up north to Traverse City for a weekend of lighthouses, lakes and lattes. You know, the three L's. Let's get to it, shall we? Nestle pays $7.2 billion to sell coffee with Starbucks