Compass Coffee Co-Founders Settle Lawsuit Over Fraud Allegations
The messy legal feud for the now-bankrupt brand has ended.
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Your Coffee Shop’s Recipes Will Be Copied, but It Doesn’t Matter
Competitors will copy your drinks, your captions, and your menus. So what, if anything, is truly yours?
Genetic Analysis Shows Some Gesha Coffees Aren’t Actually Gesha
New research from Ecuador suggests genetic labels aren’t always accurate.
Coffee News Club: Week of October 19
Is that Gesha really Gesha? Researchers find that sometimes it’s not. Plus, Starbucks opens in Xinjiang, and coffee is linked to lower mouth and throat cancer risk.
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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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The New Current Coffee Summit Brings Forward-Thinkers Together to Learn and Experiment
The inaugural Current Coffee Summit brings coffee leaders face-to-face with the science, equipment, and ideas reshaping coffee—September 29–30 in St. Louis.
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.





