Day: July 24, 2025

Placer Roasting Opens a Place for Tasting in California Gold Country

There’s gold in them thar beans, and a new Northern California roaster called Placer Roasting Company is extracting it for guests inside its new roastery tasting room. About a half…

Westrock Coffee Opens Massive Pod Factory in Arkansas

  Central Arkansas-based Westrock Coffee Company just expanded its manufacturing footprint with the opening of a 525,000-square-foot facility in Conway devoted to coffee pod production.  With 130,000 square feet dedicated…

Build-Outs Of Coffee: Urban Sailor Coffee In Park City, UT

This article is from the coffee website Sprudge at http://sprudge.com. This is the RSS feed version. Urban Sailor Coffee in Park City, Utah.

Sweet Ren Coffee Academy Broadens Access to Specialty-Coffee Careers

The non-profit—a collaboration between Dogwood Coffee Co. and The Get Down Coffee Co.—is expanding access to specialty-coffee careers through training, residencies, and community partnerships. BY VASILEIA FANARIOTISENIOR ONLINE CORRESPONDENT Photos courtesy of Sweet Renaissance Coffee […]
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Starbucks Is Promoting A “Secret” Menu Because Words Mean Nothing Now

This article is from the coffee website Sprudge at http://sprudge.com. This is the RSS feed version. What even is meaning anymore?

Why are small suppliers walking away from digital ordering platforms?

Image: InsideCreativeHouse/stock.adobe.comJoseph Stock, Founder of Stokd, reveals what led him to create a new, supplier-forward ordering platform for the hospitality industry. At recent food expos I have attended, there has been a clear, consistent message in conversations I’ve had with roasters, bakers, and specialty producers. They are tired of “getting rinsed” by digital ordering systems. From
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Nespresso expands partnership into United States

Image: NestléNespresso will expand its partnership with French coffee non-profit Café Joyeux into the United States (US), following three years of collaborating in Europe. Café Joyeux employs individuals with intellectual and development disorders (IDD) and trains them to actively engage in the workplace. More than 30 Café Joyeux locations operate in France and abroad, employing more
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Brazilian exporters to shift focus to Asia?

Image: Christopher Boswell/stock.adobe.comThe impact of the impending 50 per cent United States (US) tariff on imported Brazilian goods could see Brazil’s coffee production market shift its focus away from the US and towards China and the Philippines, according to data analytics firm GlobalData. Brazil was originally hit with a 10 per cent tariff as part of the
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Regions on the rise: Indonesia

Is Indonesia primed to grow its already extensive coffee production capabilities?
Image: Koro Roasters.Indonesia is already one of the four largest coffee producers in the world, but could the rise of specialty coffee, a booming consumer culture, and improvement in farming methods prime it for steeper growth? Indonesia is already one of the world’s major coffee producers, but if recent comments from the country’s Coordinating Minister for Food
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