Tennessee’s Snowbird Mountain Coffee Now Nesting In a Vintage Trolley Car
Coffee has literally gone off the rails in Newport, Tennessee, as roasting company Snowbird Mountain Coffee has opened its first standalone retail loc…
Category: of The Bean
How Many Calories Are in Black Coffee, Answered
How many calories are in a cup of black coffee? The short answers are: either about 5 or about negative 100, depending on how you drink down the scie…
Green Coffee Trader Ally Coffee Opens UK Warehouse
Greenville, South Carolina-based green coffee trader Ally Coffee has expanded its network of green coffee warehouses, adding its first location in the…
In NC, Queen Coffee Bean Gives African Coffees the Royal Treatment
A caffeinated coronation has occurred in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, with the arrival of Queen Coffee Bean. Founder and roaster Claudia Shivers sta…
Pledging 25% of Profits to Social Justice, BLQK Coffee Launches in LA
A new BIPOC-owned specialty coffee company with a strong social impact commitment called BLQK Coffee has emerged in Los Angeles, focusing on coffees s…
US Labor Dept. Awards $5 Million Grant to Address Child Labor and Gender Inequality in Ethiopia
The United States Department of Labor is awarding a $5 million cooperative agreement with the multinational Atlanta-based nonprofit CARE for a project…
With AI-Powered Green Coffee Analysis, Demetria Closes $3 Million Round
Israeli and Colombian agriculture tech startup Demetria has closed a $3 million seed funding round to support its artificial-intelligence-powered gree…
La luz de la luna afecta el ritmo circadiano de las plantas
En algún lugar del espectro que abarca desde la atracción gravitacional de las mareas oceánicas hasta la transformación de los hombres lobo, parec…
Alto Cold Brew Launches Cold Brew Cupping Kit
Cold brew coffee equipment company Alto Cold Brew has introduced a cupping system designed to streamline quality control for coffee shops, roasters an…
Study Finds Hardcore Birdwatcher Coffee Drinkers Largely Unaware of Bird-Friendly Certification
A survey of nearly 1,000 people who identified as birdwatchers and coffee drinkers found that only 9% have purchased bird-friendly-certified coffee, d…
GCP Seeks Input for Baseline Sustainability Code Revision
The Global Coffee Platform (GCP) today opened the floor for public input on a forthcoming major revision to its baseline sustainability code for the c…
In Colombia, Woodpecker Turns Coffee Byproduct Into Building Material
From the third-largest coffee-producing country in the world, a company called Woodpecker is bringing new life to a coffee byproduct while providing s…
Tone Hopes to Strike a Chord with Touch 03 Commercial Brewer
Swiss manufacturer Tone Kaffeemaschinen has revealed its latest commercial coffee brewing machine, an automated, urn-free drip brewer called the Tone …
SCA Cancels 2021 World of Coffee Event in Athens
The Specialty Coffee Association has announced that its largest European event, World of Coffee, has been canceled for 2021 due to the ongoing COVID-1…
Coffee Project New York Launching Scholarships for Black Baristas
Women-owned New York City-based roaster and retailer Coffee Project New York has launched a scholarship program that will provide Specialty Coffee Ass…
Abstracts Sought for 2021 ASIC Global Conference on Coffee Science
A few fleeting moments remain in the call for abstracts for the 28th ASIC Conference on Coffee Science, currently scheduled to take place this June 28…
The City of Krakow is Spreading Coffee on Icy Walkways
Giving new meaning to the phrase coffee grounds, the Polish city of Krakow has begun spreading used coffee on city sidewalks in wintry conditions. The…
Public-Private Initiative for Coffee&Climate Heading Heads Into Third Phase
Now with more than a decade of experience, the Initiative for Coffee&Climate (styled as “coffee&climate” or “c&c”) is entering its third and f…
Precise Brew Reusable Coffee Filters Weave Their Way Into the Market
A new brand of reusable coffee filters under the name Precise Brew has emerged from Athens, Greece, offering solutions for a wide variety of brewing …
The Orb One Brewer Shoots Into the Stovetop Coffeesphere
A hemispherical coffee brewing device called the Orb One from Chicago-based multidisciplinary studio Crucial Detail is making the rounds on Kickstarte…