Recent Articles

To-cups leach microplastics, but whether that’s a health risk remains a question. Plus, Peet’s closes dozens of stores, and everything you need to know about agroforestry all in one place.

Hundreds of researchers worldwide have studied the impact of agroforestry on coffee, but findings have been scattered. Now all that research is in one place.

Creature Coffee Co started as a single cart. Today, software helps its team operate 25+ coffee carts across multiple cities.

For over a decade, Technomic has ranked America’s favorite chains. This year, three coffee brands hit the top ten for the first time ever.

Coffee consumption in most African countries has traditionally been associated with luxury, but South Africa’s low-cost Xpresso chain promises to make coffee affordable to all.

Starbucks is once again on the receiving end of a proposed class action lawsuit over its coffee sourcing practices.

Guess which brand Americans love sipping. Plus, a Hawaiian coffee farm’s lease expiring puts hundred jobs at risk, and Starbucks faces a potential lawsuit over its sourcing practices.

A complicated land lease arrangement stretching back decades has put the fate of a popular Hawaii coffee farm—and the jobs of 141 workers—in peril. 

Coffee consulting has exploded in the last few years. This piece explores why, and what the shift reveals about the wider coffee industry.

Counter Culture’s Brett Donahue reflects on how a 30-year-old company maintains quality at scale, removes bias from sourcing, and embraces new ideas that challenge the status quo.