Monthly Archives: September 2021

After a short but sweet time the Lyn-Lake neighborhood of Minneapolis, 2-year-old Zoe’s Bakery & Cafe has reopened closer to downtown with a renewed coffee focus. The original retail Zoe’s…

A mix of fog and car exhaust blankets the roads to the Barrios Altos district near the center of Peru’s capital city Lima. Rusted trucks wobble through the traffic, dropping…

Missouri-based beverage manufacturer and distributor Ronnoco Beverage Solutions has introduced an automatic small-batch cold brew coffee system for its commercial coffee customers. The new proprietary machine continuously pumps fresh water…

There will be no stopping the ‘presses this weekend in Indianapolis, home to the ninth annual United States Aeropress Championship. Three dozen competitors will discover what happens when push comes…

The 2021 Best of Yemen coffee auction from the Alliance for Coffee Excellence and private partner Qima Coffee resulted in an average purchase price of $63.26 per pound of green…

The United States Coffee Championships have been postponed to 2022, though the Specialty Coffee Expo will carry on beginning later this month in New Orleans, according to organizers of both…

The rhythmic hum of a white La Marzocco espresso machine pump establishes the flow for the customers of the new Lekko Coffee in Cleveland. Opened by a former classical musician,…

Women taking a break while working in a coffee nursery on a Guatemalan farm. Courtesy of Kenneth Davids.  While some people in the specialty coffee industry still refer to the “classic Central America cup,” effectively lumping together the diverse coffee-producing countries of Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador and Costa Rica, it is more the trend […]