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KC-Based Coffee Consultancy Brewed Behavior Launches Cold Coffee Course December 29,2017

Kansas City, Missouri-based coffee-focused consulting company Brewed Behavior is launching a comprehensive course on cold coffee involving five days of personalized classes for individual roasting com..

A Major Home Improvement for Henry’s House of Coffee in San Francisco December 27,2017

Though third-generation coffee professional Hrag Kalebjian has been involved with his father’s business, the San Fransisco coffee institution Henry’s House of Coffee, for several years, it was through..

True Stone Coffee Roasters Offers Honest Education with Twin Cities SCA Campus December 27,2017

Established and aspiring specialty coffee professionals in the Twin Cities recently gained a new resource for career development, as 14-year-old St. Paul-based wholesale roasting company True Stone Co..

Our 20 Best Coffee Columns of 2017 December 27,2017

Being the labyrinthine thing that it is, coffee presents itself for deep thought from myriad angles. We were lucky enough to have worked this past year some of the...

LA’s Caffe Luxxe Opens Upscale Café in Brentwood December 21,2017

Continuing to caffeinate in some of Los Angeles’ most well-heeled enclaves, roaster/retailer Caffe Luxxe has opened a new location in downtown Brentwood. The opening is actually a bit of...

Potato Taste Defect: What Roasters Need to Know December 20,2017

Spuds, yams, tubers – baked, boiled, fried, mashed… There’s almost no limit to the versatility of the root vegetable we often associate with Idaho or Ireland. It might surprise...

Colectivo Opens Chicago Logan Square Location with 1,500-SF Patio December 19,2017

Milwaukee-based roasting company Colectivo Coffee is continuing its assertive retail growth as it prepares to open its second location in Chicago tomorrow, Dec. 20. Located just southeast of N....

Dunkin’ Donuts Dipping Into the Craft Beer World with Second Brewery Collaboration December 18,2017

Though it hasn’t spun off an upscale roasting brand featuring rare single-origin offerings or launched new retail spaces that theatrically engage consumers in the production of roasted and meticulousl..

Caffè Umbria Opens 9,000-Square-Foot Coffee Facility in Chicago’s Logan Square December 15,2017

Longtime Seattle roasting and retail company Caffè Umbria has opened a new roastery, training lab and café in Chicago. On W. Armitage Ave. between Western and California in Logan...