How Verve Coffee Took Over the Capital One Café With Harris Nash

In the latest episode of the Coffee Think Tank podcast, Harris Nash shares how Verve Coffee transformed 50+ Capital One Café locations, trained 600 baristas—and proved specialty can thrive in banks and malls.
by Garrett Oden | July 16, 2025

Honduran Company Buys Top Cup of Excellence Coffees, Keeps Winning Coffees in Country

Spirit Animal Coffee bought the winning lots at the Honduras Cup of Excellence auction—the first time that a company based in the hosting country has won the winning lot.
by Fionn Pooler | July 16, 2025

New Coffee Seedings May Ease Demand Shortages—But Not Until 2026

As global coffee demand continues to grow, production has struggled to keep up. However, higher prices have encouraged farmers to plant more coffee.
by Fionn Pooler | July 15, 2025

Coffee News Club: Week of July 14th

Click to find out what country may be facing a 50% tariff on coffee exports. That and more—here's the news for the week of July 14th.
by Fionn Pooler | July 14, 2025

Coffee Prices Climb As US Considers 50% Tariff on Brazil

Coffee commodity prices have been falling in recent months. But they jumped this week after the U.S. threatened to impose a 50% tariff on imports from Brazil.
by Fionn Pooler | July 14, 2025

New Product: Monin Brilliance Energy Transforms Energy Drinks Into Craft Beverages

Monin's new Brilliance Energy line helps coffee shops enter the exploding energy drink market with beverage concentrates that are functional, tasty, and easy to add into any workflow.
by Garrett Oden | July 11, 2025

Cannabis Coffee Shops Give New Meaning to Third Places

As recreational cannabis becomes more widely accepted, coffee-serving businesses from Amsterdam to Raleigh are offering a blueprint for how it may change traditional third spaces.
by Chloé Skye Weiser | July 9, 2025

Rethinking Robusta: Inside Mikołaj Pociecha’s Mission To Make Canephora Unignorable

The Amsterdam-based roaster’s new book, “Robusta/Canephora: A Brief Guide To Loving It,” brings together global voices to reframe coffee’s “second” species.
by Isabelle Mani | July 2, 2025

New Initiative Prioritizes Mental Health Care for Women Coffee Farmers

After a successful trial, the nonprofit SANA has launched a project to provide integrative psychosocial teletherapy sessions, as well as education and community support, for women coffee farmers in Colombia.
by Fionn Pooler | July 2, 2025

Uganda Emerges as Africa’s Top Coffee Exporter

Uganda has almost doubled its coffee production over the past 10 years. In May 2025, the country exported nearly 48,000 tons of coffee, compared to Ethiopia’s almost 43,500 tons, Uganda’s agriculture ministry said in…
by Fionn Pooler | July 1, 2025