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Cafe Imports Transitions to 100% Employee Ownership
Cafe Imports is now 100% employee owned via an ESOP, as other green coffee traders face bankruptcy or acquisition.
Mochas Around the World: How Cafes Are Fusing Global Ingredients Into the Classic Drink
From habanero to hojicha, coffee shops are reworking the classic coffee-plus-chocolate pairing by layering on flavors from around the world.
Coffee News Club: Week of September 28
Cafe Imports goes 100% employee owned. Plus, the SCA and UC Davis fund a new coffee research fellowship, two notable union wins, and wildfires threaten Colombian coffee farms.
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The Water Filtration Best Practices for Coffee Shops
Water is the unsung hero of coffee quality and equipment lifespan.
Live Session Replay: Modern Tech Stacks for Growing Roasters and Coffee Shops
We talked about the evolving coffee tech stack ecosystem, and how roasters and cafes can operate efficiently and smartly with their tech decisions, with Cropster and Odeko.
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Specialty Coffee Is Now Mainstream. Is That a Good or Bad Thing?
Specialty coffee’s explosive growth has forced a reckoning between authenticity and scale. Some brands are proving they can honor core values while also reaching new markets.
Coffee Tech Stacks: Mnemonic Coffee Wants To Use As Little Tech As Possible
Using tech tools doesn’t always equal growth or greater efficiency. Mnemonic in San Diego makes the case for cutting back and investing in the customer experience instead.
Coffee Tech Stacks: How Spro Coffee Lab’s POS Data Helped the Brand Grow to Six Locations
Rich Lee and Liza Otanes bet everything on a coffee trailer in San Francisco in 2017. Now, their brand, Spro Coffee Lab, has five locations—and is still growing, thanks to smart tech choices made…
