How 3 Baristas Built Their Coffee Shop for the Price of One Espresso Machine
(Photo: Michael Cooper) By Keenan Steiner The coffee world is as gadget-obsessed as any industry you'll find: Baristas talk of dialing in their grind and dosing their shots. Depending on what flavor...
View ArticleStarbucks is introducing a new national menu item inspired by a drink it...
Starbucks Starbucks is debuting a new summer beverage inspired by an Italian ice cream-espresso treat. On Thursday, Starbucks is adding Affogato-style Frappuccinos to the menu in the US and Canada. The...
View ArticleWhere to get the best coffee in Britain
Entertainment / Food & Drink Where to get the best coffee in Britain By Max Williams 19 May 15 For something so ubiquitous, coffee can be a confusing business. Like whiskey and art, good coffee is...
View ArticlePeet’s Coffee to expand with huge Virginia roastery
Even as it has spread its stores from coast to coast in an effort to keep up with Starbucks, Peet’s Coffee has continued to prep all of its beans in a single roastery in Alameda. Annual revenue has...
View ArticleHow Starbucks aims to woo coffee snobs back to the brand
Howard Schultz is giving up his post as CEO of Starbucks, effective in April, the coffee chain announced last week. In his new role as chairman, he will steer the company’s ambitious move into high-end...
View ArticleKlatch To Unveil New Coffee Roasting and Training Facility on April 2nd
Klatch Coffee Hosting Open House to Showcase New, State-of-the-Art Facility Rancho Cucamonga, California (PRWEB) March 31, 2015 Family owned and Southern California based Klatch Coffee will be opening...
View ArticleHip Coffee Chains Are Selling Out, And That's OK
The hot beverage chain Peet's Coffee and Tea announced Friday it will acquire a majority stake in the Chicago coffee roaster Intelligensia. This is the second acquisition for Peet's this month. On Oct....
View ArticleSmall Coffee Goes Venti
Brett Smith and Fred Houk started Counter Culture Coffee in 1995 with a simple mission. “We said let’s be the best at one thing—wholesale—and then give retailers the right tools to make great coffee...
View ArticleCoffee has gone corporate: A look at who owns what in the coffee world
With Peet's Coffee & Tea's announcement that it will purchase Keurig Green Mountain Inc., and the recent acquisition of Handsome Coffee Roasters by Blue Bottle Coffee, it's safe to say the coffee...
View ArticlePhilly's Coffee Scene Is Hot & Strong (Visit Philadelphia - The Greater...
(Source: Visit Philadelphia - The Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corporation) The wave of coffee enthusiasm is clearly here to stay in Greater Philadelphia. The region's coffee scene has been...
View ArticleThe best coffee shop in 45 big cities across America
There's one dark liquid that's keeping this nation from falling apart, and that's coffee. And if there's one day to get buzzed, it's today: National Coffee Day. Go out there and grab a cup. To help you...
View ArticleWould You Pay $22,000 for a Perfect Espresso Shot?
Jason Prefontaine is standing in front of the Slayer, his company’s $22,000 espresso machine. It’s a beautiful beast, finished in a pearly burnt orange and built to brew for the truly obsessive. But he...
View ArticleWhere to Drink the Best Coffee in NYC
El Rey's iced Vietnamese coffee. There has never been a better time to drink coffee in New York City. Shops that name-check specialty roasters are popping up from south Brooklyn to northwestern Queens,...
View ArticleCoffee culture hits Ottawa full-steam
On a grey Wednesday in late March, on an evening when snow and freezing rain were predicted, a new kind of event for Ottawa was planned for Art-Is-In bakery in the City Centre building off Scott...
View ArticleIndie Coffee Shops In Philadelphia Are Popular For Good Reason
Local Cafes & Bean Blenders Offer Smooth, Strong Alternative To Chain Operations Independently owned-and-operated coffee shops have been part of Philadelphia's DNA long before the advent of...
View ArticleFactbox: With dealmaking, JAB Holding expands its coffee empire
NEW YORK (Reuters) - JAB Holding Co has reached a agreement to buy U.S. single-serve coffee company Keurig Green Mountain Inc (GMCR.O), the latest in a spate of deals that has expanded the...
View ArticleStarbucks is entering a new era — and 4 jokes reveal the biggest problems...
Hollis Johnson / Business Insider Starbucks is sandwiched between inexpensive fast-food chains and high-end "Third Wave" coffee shops. While it built its empire on its cool, Euro-inspired image,...
View ArticleNew York coffee festival: baristas show off best latte art and espresso...
Coffee-making experts compete to be ‘coffee masters’, demonstrating their skill and speed as they seek a $5,000 prize – all while battling the effects of excessive caffeine...
View Article22 Third-Wave American Coffee Roasters You Need to Try
There's never been a better time to buy coffee—the shelves at cafes and food shops are overrun with beautifully designed bags of single-origin beans from small-batch roasters. There's just one problem....
View ArticleCold Coffee Is Booming in the U.S.; Now Everyone Is Piling In
The coffee industry is getting ready for its very own big chill. Coffee makers from global giants JAB and Illy to smaller upstarts such as High Brew, La Colombe and Chameleon Cold-Brew are putting...
View ArticleFrom cola to coffee: How Peet’s Coffee’s CEO is making his mark on the...
EMERYVILLE — When Dave Burwick took on the role of CEO of Peet’s Coffee in early 2013, he was facing a big challenge: lead a company with a 50-year history from public entity to private, while also...
View ArticleGetting the buzz on Melbourne: A coffee lover’s guide
MELBOURNE, Australia — It’s 9:30 on Sunday morning and at Stagger Lee’s, a cafe in the fashionable Melbourne suburb of Fitzroy, things are heating up. A young crowd, bleary-eyed and languid, is rolling...
View Article8 great iced coffee drinks for summer
It's warm enough early enough these days that the first thing you probably want to drink in the morning is not so much a very hot mug of coffee as much as it probably is a very cold glass of iced...
View ArticleStarbucks is introducing a new national menu item inspired by a drink it...
Starbucks is debuting a new summer beverage inspired by an Italian ice cream-espresso treat. On Thursday, Starbucks is adding Affogato-style Frappuccinos to the menu in the US and Canada. The beverages...
View ArticleCold Coffee Is Booming In The U.S.; Canned Iced Coffee Is The Next Big Food...
U.S. consumers are drinking more canned and bottled iced coffee than ever, according to recent reports. The new trend of drinking iced coffee – famously sold chilled and in a can – is beginning to hit...
View ArticleStarbucks: Buy On Weakness
Starbucks (NASDAQ:SBUX) shares are down 7.5% from its 52-week high due to overvaluation concerns and fear of continued softness in comparable-store sales. The consensus estimate is that Starbucks will...
View ArticleChains offering free coffee for National Coffee Day
If you're hoping to get a free coffee on National Coffee Day, you're in luck. From Starbucks to Coffee Bean, National Coffee Day freebies and deals are plentiful on Tuesday, Sept. 29. So, skip the...
View ArticleLondon Coffee Festival: London's best independent coffee shops
CENTRAL LONDON Workshop Coffee Co A venture that started out in Clerkenwell and has branched out to Marylebone and Holborn. Our favourite is the teeny Wigmore Street branch which offers Aeropress...
View ArticleStarbucks Presents Its Five-Year Plan for Strong Global Growth Fueled by a...
Starbucks Presents Its Five-Year Plan for Strong Global Growth Fueled by a Robust Pipeline of Innovation at Biennial Investor Conference Company to add 12,000 stores globally – to a total of 37,000 –...
View Article13 chains offering freebies and deals for National Coffee Day
Coffee gives you a morning energy jolt, helps you break out of your afternoon slump and serves as a delicious after dinner drink, so it's only right that National Coffee Day is a thing. This holiday...
View ArticleStarbucks (SBUX) Q4 2016 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Starbucks Corp. (NASDAQ:SBUX) Q4 2016 Earnings Call November 03, 2016 5:00 pm ET Executives Thomas Shaw - Starbucks Corp. Howard S. Schultz - Starbucks Corp. Kevin R. Johnson - Starbucks Corp. Scott...
View ArticleBaristas reveal secret Starbucks menu hacks — and how to to save money
Get your fix for less. Thanks to substitutions, endless flavors and add-ons, and secret menus and combos, pretty much any drink at Starbucks is fully customizable. The only downside to these bespoke...
View ArticleSCAA 2015 Best New Product Winners Announced (SCAA - Specialty Coffee...
(Source: SCAA - Specialty Coffee Association of America) Microsoft Word - SCAA 2015 Best New Product Winners Announced.doc FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT Israel Serna for SCAA Phone: (562) 624-4100...
View ArticleThe Wrongheaded Belief That Every Business Should Scale Up
Amr Dalsh / Reuters Devotees of Stumptown Coffee, a high-end roastery with fewer than 10 total locations in four select cities, pride themselves on avoiding mainstream coffee chains. What they are...
View ArticlePeet’s Coffee & Tea to Acquire a Majority Stake in Intelligentsia Coffee
EMERYVILLE, Calif. & CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Peet’s Coffee & Tea and Intelligentsia Coffee today announced an agreement in which Peet’s will acquire a majority stake in Intelligentsia, the...
View ArticlePEET'S COFFEE & TEA TO ACQUIRE A MAJORITY STAKE IN INTELLIGENTSIA COFFEE...
(Source: Peet's Coffee & Tea Inc) INTELLIGENTSIA TO CONTINUE OPERATING INDEPENDENTLY, LED BY ORIGINAL CO-FOUNDERS Emeryville, CA and Chicago, IL (October 30, 2015) - Peet's Coffee & Tea and...
View ArticleWith Puff, Stumptown founder Duane Sorenson returns to coffee world he helped...
"Where you're sitting right now, that very seat, that's where Don pulled out a roll of $20s." Pint of Sierra Nevada Pale Ale in hand, Duane Sorenson is recounting the moment, nearly two decades ago,...
View ArticleDraft latte and cold-brew: It's iced coffee's gourmet moment
When La Colombe first opened 21 years ago, co-owner Todd Carmichael was puzzled by customers who would order iced coffee. But, with a disdainful shrug, he'd serve them a red-eye over ice. Slowly,...
View ArticleWhich Coffee Companies Have the Right Social Media Blend? Starbucks Leads the...
TORONTO, ON--(Marketwired - Sep 24, 2015) - Technology and data company Engagement Labs (TSX VENTURE: EL), creator of eValue Analytics™ and the eValue™ score, today released rankings on the top coffee...
View ArticleThe 10 Best Coffee Shops in Philadelphia
The sight of local artwork on the walls. The whirr of an espresso machine. The smell of just-roasted beans. Whatever you think defines the quintessential indie coffeehouse, you can bet these 10 Philly...
View ArticleNew exit: Herkules divests leading Nordic coffee shop chain Espresso House to...
(Source: NAXS Nordic Access Buyout Fund AB) Herkules sells leading Nordic coffee shop chain Espresso House to JAB Holding Co. (Oslo, 2 June, 2015) Herkules Private Equity Fund III has entered into an...
View ArticleNy exit: Herkules säljer ledande nordisk kafé kedjan Espresso House till JAB...
(Source: NAXS Nordic Access Buyout Fund AB) Herkules sells leading Nordic coffee shop chain Espresso House to JAB Holding Co. (Oslo, 2 June, 2015) Herkules Private Equity Fund III has entered into an...
View ArticleWhy Gourmet Coffee Roasters Are Racing to Perfect Canned Drinks
Putting its $45 million in funding to good use. "You've heard it before: the three waves of coffee," says Todd Carmichael, the founder of coffee chain and industry leader La Colombe. He's referencing...
View ArticleLondon’s best cafés and coffee shops
On the hunt for a kick-ass cup o' Joe? Have a read through Time Out’s guide to the coolest London coffee shops and cafés There’s more to London’s cafés than just great brews. The capital is brimming...
View ArticleCold coffee hotter than ever in U.S.
The coffee industry is getting ready for its very own big chill. Coffee makers from global giants JAB and Illy to smaller upstarts such as High Brew, La Colombe and Chameleon Cold-Brew are putting...
View ArticleCold coffee popularity on a kick in U.S.; everyone is piling in
The coffee industry is getting ready for its very own big chill. Coffee makers from global giants JAB and Illy to smaller upstarts such as High Brew, La Colombe and Chameleon Cold-Brew are putting...
View ArticleMeet the secretive German company that owns Panera, Peet's, Krispy Kreme and...
More JAB is family owned, privately held, and has roots dating back more than 100 years. The four family members who own JAB (each of them reportedly worth $4 billion) are all descendants of German...
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