Day: January 30, 2025

Nominations Are Now Open For The 16th Annual Sprudgie Awards—”The Oscars of Coffee”

This article is from the coffee website Sprudge at http://sprudge.com. This is the RSS feed version. Open nominations close Tuesday, February 18th at 11:59 PM PST.

Coffee Shop Playlist: What Our Readers Listened to in January 2025

We asked Barista Magazine Online readers what songs they were loving at their coffee shops this month. Here’s what they said. BY EMILY JOY MENESESONLINE EDITOR Featured photo by Thom Holmes The café experience just […]
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Subscription Service Podium Coffee Club Champions Award-Winning Roasters

A new online specialty coffee subscription service called Podium Coffee Club is sending customers roasts exclusively from companies that have won national roasting awards from one of three different sources. …

Study: With Reusable Cup Schemes, Gambling Trumps Morality

Believe it or not, humans may not be drawn to reusable cup schemes due to a sense of moral duty or good old-fashioned guilt. What’s really going to draw them…

Study reveals why coffee is bitter to some, but not others

Image: franz12/stock.adobe.comNot a fan of coffee? Science may be able to explain why. Researchers have uncovered how genetics may play a role in determining how bitter coffee tastes. The research team at the Leibniz Institute for Food Systems Biology at the Technical University of Munich identified a new group of bitter compounds in roasted Arabica coffee
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Pret A Manger expands to Africa

Image: Pret A MangerBritish multinational sandwich and coffee shop Pret A Manger will open its first location in South Africa at Johannesburg’s Melrose Arch precinct on 14 February 2025. The opening will be Pret’s first in Africa, and will also mark its 20th international market outside of the United Kingdom (UK). International expansion and new franchise partnerships have
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Nespresso and Oatly release limited-edition blend

Image: MaddieRedPhotography/stock.adobe.comSwedish alternative milk company Oatly has partnered with Nespresso to create a limited-edition oat coffee blend. Nespresso’s Oatly Barista Edition Coffee, described as having rich and biscuity notes, is made exclusively for Nespresso Vertuo coffee machines. The blend is available in more than 15 countries – including the United States, United Kingdom, China and Australia.
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