Monthly Archives: April 2020

Welcome to DCN’s weekly roundup of coffee events. Hosting an online event that’s free or nearly free to attend? Let us know here. Daily Coffee Break: A Virtual Cafe to…

Sample roaster manufacturer Ikawa today launched the Ikawa Pro App 3.0, the latest upgrade to the software that controls its advanced and popular hardware. The company says the new version…

Small coffee businesses throughout the United States are suffering right now, and there is no consolation in the fact that the federal government has royally botched its first drastic attempts…

Hiroia, the joint venture between Japanese manual coffee equipment maker Hario and Taiwanese manufacturer Proch, is soon to debut an automatic pourover brewer called Samantha in the United States. As Hiroia’s…

In a time of pervasive regression, the progressive coffee company Mayorga Organics has quietly taken a huge step forward. The Maryland-based company has fired up a new coffee roasting operation…

Despite keeping thousands of United States stores open over the past six weeks, Starbucks today is making a big to-do about its plan to “re-open” stores beginning May 4. In…

Most passionate educators will argue that there’s no substitute for in-person one-on-one or small group instruction. Yet as COVID-19-inspired cancellations and lockdown orders have squashed that concept for the time…

The economic impact of COVID-19 in the leading coffee-consuming countries all over the world has been jarring and immediate, with widespread losses in the retail sector following stark changes in…

According to research published earlier this year, Brazil’s Southeastern Mountain coffee growing region could see a drastic loss of its viable coffee growing landscapes by the year 2050, due primarily…

New research into the chemical compositions of hot coffee and cold-brewed coffee, a.k.a. cold brew, suggests the two liquid drinks may have similar acidity levels, while hot coffee often contains…