For paid subscribers: One of Howard Schultz’ final acts as Starbucks CEO was inflicting upon us a line of olive oil-infused coffee drinks. He was so confident the Oleato would change the world. It didn’t.
As well as improved pay and benefits, a ratified union contract offers coffee workers power in an often-exploitative industry.
Iced Americanos are so popular in Korea that they’ve coined their own proverb: “Even if I freeze to death, iced Americano!” Plus, Kentucky is the focus of the US Department of Labor’s efforts to recover back wages for baristas, and coffee might lower your blood pressure. Or it might not. Hard to say.
Read the whole Roundup over at Fresh Cup Magazine:
I’ll be back with another full-length piece this Friday, but until then it’s goodbye from this week’s guest star Jun, who doesn’t seem to be happy with the Michigan weather:
It's the Coffee News Roundup: Week Ending March 13th
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