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In early 2019, Coca-Cola purchased British chain Costa Coffee for £3.9 billion. Five years later, they're looking to sell for £2 billion.

Click to find out why this Maxwell House is now a Maxwell Apartment. Plus, new Q grader courses and Coca-Cola takes an L on Costa Coffee.

The Specialty Coffee Association (SCA) has officially opened enrollment for what it calls its new “evolved” Q Grader program.

Germán Bahamón voiced concerns that Brazil importing more coffee to Colombia might to lead “unscrupulous exporters” blending or calling Brazilian coffees 100% Colombian.

Last week, Starbucks announced that it would close hundreds of stores across the U.S., Canada, and Europe, and lay off approximately 900 corporate workers.

Starbucks is closing its flagship store in Seattle and lawmakers put the European deforestation legislation on hold again.

The European Union’s Deforestation Regulation was supposed to start at the end of 2025. But legislators are now putting the EUDR on hold until at least December 2026.

A coalition of 45 organizations—from labor unions to political entities—signed a letter urging Starbucks to finalize a first contract with union workers.

Coffee production in the DRC has recently made a strong comeback after decades of decline. But farmers fear new outbreak of violence will jeopardize restoration efforts.

Speculators rattle coffee prices, war threatens the Democratic Republic of Congo’s coffee boom, and the Starbucks union gains heavyweight allies.