Recent Articles

Starbucks Workers United has yet to agree on a first contract with the coffee giant. Now, the union is voting on whether to go on strike.

Jack Simpson of Australia was just crowned the 25th winner of the prestigious coffee competition. The occasion is a good opportunity to look back at the WBC’s history—and consider its evolution.

A new report from the nonprofit Coffee Watch published last week mapped two decades’ worth of forest loss in one of Brazil’s key coffee-growing regions.

Coffee prices just hit a historic high—again. Plus, deforestation harms coffee production in Brazil, and Starbucks Workers United may be going on strike.

On October 23, coffee’s commodity price reached $4.35 per pound, a record high. This comes six months after the C price peaked at $4.29 per pound in February.

Coffee wilt disease once wreaked havoc on Africa’s robusta farms. Today, the disease is mostly forgotten—but its lessons must be remembered.

Death Wish Coffee is suing canned water company Liquid Death for trademark infringement to protect its death-themed branding.

Returning after a decade of dormancy, La Marzocco’s Out of the Box event, held last week during HostMilano, featured new equipment, critical conversations, and a late-night rager.

The settlement will go to current and former staff at one of the California-based company’s San Francisco locations.

There can be only one death-themed coffee brand. Plus, how post-harvest processing can improve underripe coffee, and Blue Bottle Coffee achieves carbon neutrality—but does that mean anything?