Crimson Cup Builds Solar Dryers for Peruvian Coffee

Solar dryers improve aeration We’re hoping that the availability of better drying and processing facilities will encourage farmers to separate their crop into micro lots of better quality that command a higher price – rewarding...

La Chouette: Cafe and Bike Shop In Paris

Chris Fuller (left) and Jason Burke Starting and ending a bike ride at a cafe has long been a tradition in continental Europe. But the concept of a cafe dedicated to cycling is a much...

Riverside Blues: Arcade Coffee Roasters

Sometimes the Inland Empire just can’t catch a break. A bright spot in the Southern California desert’s emerging coffee scene—a way first paved by now well-known names like Klatch Coffee and Augies—hit a setback last...

Look Out Starbucks, You Have a Competitor

A new competitor in the coffee-and-bagel sphere is called, fittingly, 'Coffee & Bagels.' The 'funky neighborhood' coffee shops are poised to open on a corner near you, from coast to coast. The shops are the...
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Local Entrepreneur Roasting Own Coffee Beans

Ryan Smith poses for a photo with a cup of his home-roasted Smitty Bean coffee. There was beeping in the background as Ryan Smith was wrapping up his interview about his new coffee roasting business...

Coffee in a Bag

Since 1987, Guatemalart has been one of the leading sources of Guatemalan Rasta Dreadlocks, Headwear, Hacky Sacks, Bags, Backpacks, Accessories, and Rasta products. Twice already, our company was proclaimed Guatemala’s Best Handicraft Exporter by...

Coffee’s Road To Acceptance

Though it may be hard to believe, coffee – that thing you’ve probably described “as life” in your Instagram profile, along with illustration, kittens, and traveling – hasn’t always been so widely accepted. In...
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Black Lodge Coffee Roasters in New Harmony

The whiff of roasted coffee, the crackling sound and the intoxicating aroma is simply bliss. Situated in the historic Cooper Building bearing a unique logo, Black Lodge Coffee Roasters has a perfectly amalgamated rustic-contemporary ambience....

Coffee in China, With Costa’s Managing Director, Esteban Liang

Esteban Liang, Managing Director Asia, Costa, discusses coffee in China Although China continues to prefer tea among hot beverages, coffee has also been making its way through significantly in the last two decades. Managing Director...
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SCAA’s New Regional Competition Named CoffeeChamps

After last year’s debacle of canceling the regional barista competitions and subsequent impressive turnaround of then putting together a last minute mega-regional, the SCAA Competition Committee announced their plans back in July of having...

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