Fresh Cup: Coffee Industry Stories and Insights

How Lucia Bawot’s New SANA Initiative Prioritizes Women Coffee Farmers’ Well-Being

After traveling through Colombia, Lucia Bawot launched SANA, a mental health program that offers therapy and support to women coffee farmers.
by Amber Gibson | July 23, 2025

Latest Stories

As Heat Advisories are Issued Across US, Should You Skip Coffee?

Both the NWS and the Centers for Disease Control advise people to limit intake of caffeinated drinks—as well as alcoholic and sugary beverages—during heatwaves.
by Fionn Pooler | July 23, 2025

Who Will Grow Coffee in the Future? Industry Faces a ‘Demographic Cliff’

One issue that also poses an imminent threat to coffee is age: coffee farmers are getting older, and younger generations are not always interested in taking over.
by Fionn Pooler | July 22, 2025

Coffee News Club: Week of July 21st

Is it safe to drink coffee during a heatwave? Experts weigh in. Plus more tariff news and confronting the generational gap that threatens the future of coffee.
by Fionn Pooler | July 21, 2025

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Retail & Commerce

How Cafes Can Get the Most Out of Instagram in 2025

Cannabis Coffee Shops Give New Meaning to Third Places

Roastery Breakdown: Wicked Joe Organic Coffees

Want a Cafe That Lasts? Focus on Brand Identity

Want Your Cafe To Have a Line out the Door? Make It Worth Waiting For

Convenience Stores Are Upgrading Their Coffee Programs (And Winning New Customers)

Industry Reports

Take The 2025 Coffee Business Owner Compensation Survey

How much do business owners make? Be part of Fresh Cup’s second Coffee Business Owner Compensation Survey and help clarify how business owners deal with money, benefits, and debt.
by Garrett Oden | June 13, 2025

Experts Share Emerging Coffee Industry Trends of 2025

Halfway through 2025, Fresh Cup has asked coffee professionals to weigh in on what has already been a turbulent year for the industry. Here are their predictions for the emerging trends that will define…
by Garrett Oden | June 6, 2025

Five Things We Learned at the 2025 London Coffee Festival

This year’s London Coffee Festival revealed the trends moving forward the coffee industry: bold flavors, creative drinks, plant-based milks, wellness brews, and matcha’s growing dominance.
by Claire Bullen | May 21, 2025

Resource Library

The Customer Remarketing Playbook for Coffee Shops

A practical playbook for coffee shops and roasters who want to turn customers into regulars.

The Coffee Shop Operations Micro-Guide

In this era of efficiency, mastering back-end operations for coffee shops is critical. Get this resource to protect your profits.

Coffee & Tea Articles

Rethinking Robusta: Inside Mikołaj Pociecha’s Mission To Make Canephora Unignorable

How The Canephora Flavor Wheel Could Redefine How We Taste and Value Robusta Coffee

Fruit’s Crashing the Coffee Party

The C Market Just Got Less Confusing Thanks to Futures.Coffee

How World Barista Champ Pete Licata Is Transforming Our Understanding of Caffeine

Can Darjeeling Tea Hope for a Climate-Resilient Future?

Trending Articles

How Verve Coffee Took Over the Capital One Café With Harris Nash

by Garrett Oden | July 16, 2025

Live Data: U.S. Tariffs on Coffee Producing Countries (Updated 7/10/25)

by Garrett Oden | April 3, 2025

What is Cascara? An Overview of Coffee Cherry Tea

by Brenna Ciummo | May 20, 2014

The Coffee Human Resource: Before Milk Steaming, Teach Workplace Communication

by Eric Grimm | June 25, 2025