Monthly Archives: February 2021

Seattle-area green coffee company San Cristobal Coffee Importers has expanded its producer-centered quality management and traceability system, called FincaLab, from Mexico to Ethiopia. San Cristobal, which was focused mainly on…

Progressive and vertically oriented Swedish coffee roasting startup Lykke Kaffegårdar has announced a strategic partnership with private German investment firm Wave Investments. Lykke was launched in Stockholm last year by…

Spanish manual coffee equipment company Sibarist has launched with a line of products focused primarily on manual pourover setups for coffee shops. Sibarist’s newest product, which recently achieved distribution in…

La Specialty Coffee Association señaló  que el futuro de la feria comercial anual de café más grande de Europa, World of Coffee,  es incierto este 2021 a medida que avanza la pandemia de…

Green coffee trading company Sucafina has continued its multinational expansion and brand consolidation with the formal launch of Sucafina NZ Ltd. in New Zealand, including spot offerings in Auckland and…

(Editor’s note: The following comes from an article by Spencer Turer that appeared in the January/February 2021 issue of Roast Magazine. Click here to read the full article.) Ask a…

Grinder manufacturer Mahlkönig has unveiled a redesigned and upgraded version of its popular Guatemala shop grinder. Centered around the same tried-and-true, vertically oriented 71-millimeter steel burrs, the new version features…

Combining precision-made coffee drinks and a warm and fuzzy approach to customers, Velvet Robot Coffee Lab has opened a brick-and-mortar cafe in downtown Rockford, Illinois.  Justin Carner and a roasting…

Cup of Excellence (ACE) organizer the Alliance for Coffee Excellence is partnering with the multinational agricultural traceability company Oritain to verify the origin of coffees in the green coffee competition…