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WCC quietly changed competitors’ affiliations from Taiwan to Chinese Taipei. Plus, zap your coffee to see if it tastes good, and Trader Joe’s sued because beans don’t have enough caffeine.

Blind Tiger Coffee Roasters has eight cafes locations, but its founder wants to build a business that can handle fifty. Here’s how he’s thinking about using tech to get there.

Many of coffee’s health benefits can be traced back to caffeine. Are decaf drinkers missing out? Not anymore. New research found that coffee—caffeinated or not—can alter our gut biomes and “significantly” boost moods.

Coffee is 98% water, which means cafes should consider dialing in their water the same way they do their grind settings. Bluewater Group’s new Café Station 1 makes that process easy.