Coffee News Roundup: Week Ending June 30th

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Coffee News Roundup: Week Ending June 30th

A lot of news going on this week:

  • A World Coffee Research white paper warns of an “innovation crisis” in green coffee production. The funding gap, according to the paper, is $452 million per year.
  • Starbucks has built a reputation for offering trans employees excellent health benefits, but that could all change in September. A new state law in Washington (where the company is based) could water down those benefits, impacting some trans workers who joined Starbucks specifically because of the health benefits.
  • Revelator Coffee closed its downtown Birmingham, Alabama, location without warning, so workers took over the space and threw an impromptu metal concert. (Here’s the full video 🤘)
  • Decaf drinkers rejoice! Coffee’s alertness boost could have more to do with the ritual of drinking it than any caffeine content.

Read the full Roundup over at Fresh Cup Magazine:

If you missed it, you can read my latest piece here:

Defiance and Gay Frog Donuts: How Strange Matter Coffee is Navigating the Anti-LGBTQ+ Backlash
For Cara Nader, founder of Strange Matter Coffee, the rise of anti-LGBTQ+ protests isn’t an abstract issue on Twitter. Since 2014, Lansing, Michigan-based Strange Matter has built a reputation for offering a welcoming, inclusive environment—flying a

And until next week, here’s Merlin to say goodbye:

A black cat stands on a gravel driveway

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