Who Will Fund the Future of Coffee?
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The Coffee News Roundup
Coffee News Roundup: Week Ending December 16th
A fast, simple collective bargaining process? What is this black magic?
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Liberica, a newly rediscovered coffee species, could help the industry combat climate change. Meanwhile, Hawaiian officials mull releasing a tiny parasitic wasp to fight the coffee berry borer beetle, and workers at Intelligentsia in Chicago have ratified their first contract, a process that took less than two months.
Read the whole thing over at Fresh Cup Magazine:
If you missed it you can also catch up on the absolutely wild history of Tully’s Coffee
The Turbulent History of Tully's Coffee
“Patrick Dempsey Beats Starbucks, Will Pay $9.15 Million for Tully’s,” read a January 2013 headline in the Los Angeles Times. “'Grey's Anatomy' Star Sues Partner in Tully's Coffee Purchase,” announced the Philadelphia Inquirer in August of that year.
See you next week! (Merlin says bye too)
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