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From the ever-changing threat of tariffs to big companies continuing to swallow small ones, 2025 was anything but predictable. Here's (mostly) everything that happened this year.

Coffee Business Connection, a new events company, will host its first formal event, called CBC Live, on January 2-3, 2026. The two-day online event brings together over 16 industry speakers to address the practical…

Fresh Cup’s Editor-in-Chief Ashley Rodriguez shares her picks for 2025’s 10 must-read stories—and reveals behind-the-scenes insights on how they came together.

Two new studies have found that spent coffee grounds can remove toxic heavy metals from polluted water.

High prices can’t stop us from drinking coffee, but it can change how. Plus, coffee waste can help purify polluted water, and Nestlé might sell Blue Bottle to Luckin.

Instead of cutting back on caffeine, people are shifting their habits by choosing budget-friendly chains, making coffee at home, or buying cheaper beans.

In 2017, multinational conglomerate Nestlé bought the specialty chain Blue Bottle Coffee. Seven years later, workers unionized—but now Nestlé is considering selling the brand. What does that mean for its union?

Facing high rents and build-out costs, coffee shop owners are finding success by opening inside existing retail spaces.

One coffee shop in a small town near San Francisco is thriving—with a Starbucks just 75 feet down the street and another two blocks away.

Is a Starbucks down the street a death knell? Not always. Plus, multinational roasters are buying more sustainable coffee than ever before—here's the scoop for the week of Dec. 15.