Monthly Archives: October 2019

With three thriving coffee shops, a robust wholesale roasting operation and an active events space now under the umbrella of her Elmhurst, Illinois-based company Brewpoint Coffee, Melissa Villanueva has learned…

Collagen products are popping up everywhere. While collagen is probably most well known for its touted skin care benefits and as a major component of lip enhancers and injections, some…

In this week’s episode of Unpacking Coffee, Kandace and Ray chat with James McLaughlin, CEO of Chicago-based Intelligentsia Coffee. Intelligentsia occupies a rarified place in the coffee world, being considered…

The fifth annual Golden Bean North America coffee roasting competition and conference wrapped up earlier this month in Nashville, Tennessee, marking the first time in its United States tenure that…

Being a barista can be one of the most challenging jobs in the hospitality industry. It often requires waking up hours before sunrise; dealing with finicky, complex and messy equipment;…

The head of global agri-business giant Olam International‘s coffee division, Vivek Verma, today spoke loudly in support of creating a global price stabilization fund for coffee. The timing of Verma’s…

Germany’s Neumann Kaffee Gruppe (NKG), which owns 49 coffee-related companies in 27 countries, has launched a long-term, bank-backed sustainability initiative called NKG Bloom. At the center of the initiative —…

While no longer necessarily the hot “new” thing in specialty coffee preparation, the manual pourover method remains a popular practice at home, and a symbol of the care that many…

Sacramento, California’s Temple Coffee Roasters‘ own network of coffee temples has expanded, with the opening of a sixth location across from Fremont Park in Midtown. Each of Temple’s cafes can…