Ny 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 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 ArticleCreative cafes pour it on in Philadelphia's new coffee wave
It was just a few short years ago that caffeine-minded Philadelphians got their first jolt of the lighter roasts, latte art, and prized single-origin beans of the so-called third wave movement. (See...
View ArticleThe state of specialty coffee in Long Beach
Long Beach should be pouring some of the best coffee in Southern California. Los Angeles County’s second largest city houses specialty coffee’s governing body, the Specialty Coffee Assn. of America,...
View ArticleThis Is The Future Of Iced Coffee
I have seen the future of iced coffee. There I was, wandering the grocery-store aisles—when suddenly, next to the kombucha, opposite the rotisserie chickens, I spotted something I never thought I’d...
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 ArticleThe Multimillion Dollar Quest To Brew the Perfect Cup Of Coffee
On a Thursday morning in May, a man and a woman roll into a midtown Manhattan office with two James Bond–looking suitcases. They slither over to the company's communal gathering area where they unload...
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 Article“Next level” craft coffee service is coming to Berkeley (Whole Foods Market Inc)
(Source: Whole Foods Market Inc) News Release: Allegro Coffee Roasters opens second location at Whole Foods Market Gilman Emeryville, Calif. (October 21, 2014) - On Nov. 4, Allegro Coffee Roasters...
View ArticleTwo Guns Espresso opens a kiosk in downtown L.A.
Two Guns Espresso, one of the best specialty coffee shops in the South Bay, and certainly one of the best places in town for a flat white, opened in the Financial District of downtown on Monday, in a...
View ArticleItalian Dessert Inspires Starbucks Affogato-Style Frappuccino (Starbucks...
(Source: Starbucks Corporation) In neighborhood trattorias in Italy, dinner is often finished off with gelato affogato - a scoop of Italian ice cream drowned in a shot of espresso. Starting today (July...
View ArticleMeet the Designer Behind Starbucks Reserve Roastery and Tasting Room...
(Source: Starbucks Corporation) No detail inside the new Starbucks Reserve® Roastery and Tasting Room in Seattle escapes Liz Muller's attention. From the stitching on leather handrail covers and...
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 ArticleStarbucks Has A Brilliant Plan To Sell More Expensive Coffees
The Seattle Reserve Roastery. See Also Nine blocks away from the original Starbucks location, in a renovated 1920s-era building, stands a 15,000 square foot statement of Starbucks' heritage of coffee...
View ArticleWorld's Largest Starbucks Will Open in Manhattan
The scene at the Seattle roastery. It's really happening: Starbucks's planned "Eataly-style" coffee center will open at 61 Ninth Avenue in the Meatpacking District, right next to the tourist hot spot...
View ArticleWith market saturated, Starbucks looks upscale>
For more than a year, the Seattle coffeecenti has been buzzing about the Starbucks Reserve Roastery and Tasting Room that opened this month, the flagship of a planned chain of 100 plush stores selling...
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