Coffee News Roundup: Week Ending April 7th

Quite a slow week, news-wise, but there was still time for:

• The National Coffee Association to release its spring trends report, which found that—shock—people like drinking coffee
• An attempt by US lawmakers, led by delegates from Hawaii, to boost the scope of coffee pest and disease research
• Starbucks to fire Lexi Rizzo, credited with “igniting the Starbucks Workers United union campaign.”

Read the full Roundup over at Fresh Cup Magazine:

I’ll be back on Friday with a new piece on the Pourover, but until then it’s goodbye from me and young Merlin, who is enjoying the Scottish spring sunshine: