Coffee News Club: Week of January 30th
Not the bees! Why syrup-heavy Dutch Bros Coffee has a pollinator problem. Plus, a coffee chain is opening franchises in high schools, and Stumptown becomes the latest company to ditch dairy.
Coffee News Club: Week of January 23rd
Competition amongst coffee shops ramps up in Korea, Luckin Coffee swings again for international expansion, and the NLRB may order Starbucks to bargain with a shop that formerly voted against unionizing.
Coffee News Club: Week of January 16th
Coffee prices continue to fluctuate, Hawaii faces a coffee’ farmageddon,’ and could science create a decent cup of decaf? ‘Arabica Steadies After Touching More Than 1-1/2 Year Lows’ – via Reuters Bad weather and supply constraints…
Coffee News Club: Week of January 9th
New year, new coffee health stories. Plus: which brew method has the smallest carbon footprint?
The Biggest News Stories of 2022
Global geopolitics, a surging coffee labor movement, and a whole lot of greenwashing: welcome to the Fresh Cup 2022 Year in Review.
The Rise And Fall Of Hard Coffee
After a seemingly unstoppable rise, we said RIP to Pabst Blue Ribbon’s Hard Coffee in October 2022. Do other hard coffee drinks stand a chance?
Coffee News Club: Week of December 19th
Could a rediscovered coffee species save the industry? Could a tiny wasp save Hawaiian coffee? Could drinking coffee save your hips?
Coffee News Club: Week of December 12th
Happy birthday, Starbucks Workers United! And breaking news: coffee wakes you up!
Coffee News Club: Week of December 5th
Krispy Kreme agrees to pay nearly $1.2 million in back wages. Plus, Colombia again considers leaving the commodity coffee market, Peet’s Coffee workers move to unionize, and caffeine could help you run really, really…
Coffee News Club: Week of November 28th
Topsy-turvy coffee predictions from Brazil, a survey to promote wage transparency, and Starbucks continues closing unionized stores. Here’s a roundup of this week’s biggest coffee headlines. ‘Brazil Farmers, Agronomists Downgrade 2023 Coffee Crop Expectations’…