Coffee News Roundup: Week Ending August 11th

This week in coffee:

• Coffee companies are raising money to assist those affected by the wildfires on Maui
• The quality of natural-processed coffees from Brazil has improved to the point that they are passing the Intercontinental Exchange’s gradings and being used to settle arabica contracts on the commodity C market
• And hard coffee is back, baby: Dunkin’ is launching a new line of “spiked” coffee and tea ready-to-drink beverages, nearly a year after the demise of PBR’s hard coffee.

Read the full Roundup over at Fresh Cup Magazine:

If you missed it, here’s my latest:

Philly is a (Coffee) Union Town

The history of labor in the United States is entwined with the history of Philadelphia: the city was home to the country’s first labor union, as well as the first general strike.<br /><br />Now, Philly’s coffee workers are joining this labor tradition.

The PouroverFionn Pooler

And until next week, here’s Merlin: