Just two doors down from its main roastery and cafe in downtown Duluth, Minn., Duluth Coffee Company recently opened an origin-inspired cocktail bar featuring locally distilled spirits in drinks modeled after traditional tipples... [Read More...]

Coffee Potluck, the grassroots group focused on building and promoting Vancouver, B.C.’s specialty coffee scene through events such as last year’s “adult” latte art competition, is preparing to host the city’s first... [Read More...]

A new piece in the Business of Fashion asks if, in a retail economy in which brick-and-mortar stores struggle to compete with online shopping, should stores be charging admission? It seems counterintuitive,... [Read More...]

A local landmark has been given a new lease on life in Auburn, Ala., thanks to a combination of coffee and serendipity. After deteriorating through years of revolving-door occupation as... [Read More...]

Handsome Her, a vegan café in Melbourne, Australia, designed as a place “by women for women,” opened earlier this month with an 18 percent tax for male customers — a move... [Read More...]

This week, Coffee Universe highlights El Toro Espresso Blend from Portland’s Water Avenue Coffee. This is Water Avenue Coffee’s flagship blend that features coffees from all the major coffee growing regions of the world. This delicious blend features dark chocolate and sweet peanut butter alongside bright cherry acidity, which round out its deep woodsy character. Whichever […] [Read More...]

Boyd’s Coffee®, the oldest family-owned coffee company in the Pacific Northwest, introduces Cinnamon Churro Flavored Coffee to the foodservice channel, bringing the popular Mexican pastry’s fresh-baked flavor to a delicious, rich and sweet coffee drink. “Demand for on-trend Hispanic flavors continues to grow, and the Cinnamon Churro coffee will help our customers satisfy that demand,” […] [Read More...]

American Barista & Coffee School (ABCS) has today announced www.onlinebaristatraining.com, its new online subscription-based coffee education platform, will officially launch April 2014. According to the company’s Vice President, Matt Milletto, “onlinebaristatraining.com will be a new subscription based training and business methodology that coffee shop owners can subscribe to train their new [Read More...]

Across the varied and cultured nations of Europe, if there is one passion shared by countless millions, it’s a deep love, and often outright need, for coffee. From the bustling espresso bars of sunny Roman mornings, to bowls of café au lait leisurely sipped in chic Parisian haunts, coffee is the elixir that dispels groggy […] [Read More...]

The New York Foundling, a charity that empowers thousands of low-income children and families to live independent, healthy and fulfilling lives, is embarking on an innovative business venture to raise money for children in the foster care system (some of the city’s most disadvantaged and underserved citizens) while supporting a New York-based or focused coffee […] [Read More...]