Fresh Cup: Coffee Industry Stories and Insights

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

In the latest episode of the Coffee Think Tank podcast, Harris Nash shares how Verve Coffee transformed 50+ Capital One Café locations, trained 600 baristas—and proved specialty can thrive in banks and malls.
by Garrett Oden | July 16, 2025

Latest Stories

Honduran Company Buys Top Cup of Excellence Coffees, Keeps Winning Coffees in Country

Spirit Animal Coffee bought the winning lots at the Honduras Cup of Excellence auction—the first time that a company based in the hosting country has won the winning lot.
by Fionn Pooler | July 16, 2025

New Coffee Seedings May Ease Demand Shortages—But Not Until 2026

As global coffee demand continues to grow, production has struggled to keep up. However, higher prices have encouraged farmers to plant more coffee.
by Fionn Pooler | July 15, 2025

Coffee News Club: Week of July 14th

Click to find out what country may be facing a 50% tariff on coffee exports. That and more—here’s the news for the week of July 14th.
by Fionn Pooler | July 14, 2025

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Retail & Commerce

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)

How Coffee Roasters Are Offering Formerly Incarcerated People a New Path Forward

Industry Reports

New Product: Monin Brilliance Energy Transforms Energy Drinks Into Craft Beverages

Monin’s new Brilliance Energy line helps coffee shops enter the exploding energy drink market with beverage concentrates that are functional, tasty, and easy to add into any workflow.
by Garrett Oden | July 11, 2025

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

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

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Fresh Finds: The Stagg EKG Pro Studio

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