Coffee News Club: Week of February 6th
How much caffeine is in that cappuccino? The answer may surprise you (it's a lot). Plus, acquisitions come for green coffee, and adding milk to your morning brew could supercharge its health benefits.
Can Liberica Change The Way We Grow Coffee?
Once cultivated in the 19th century to battle coffee leaf rust, liberica, a nearly forgotten coffee species—and its new subvariety, excelsa—may be the answer to the looming threat of climate change.
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!