Nestlé May Sell Blue Bottle Coffee. What Does That Mean for the Chain’s Union?
In 2017, multinational conglomerate Nestlé bought the specialty chain Blue Bottle Coffee. Seven years later, workers unionized—but now Nestlé is considering selling the brand. What does that mean for its union?
Here’s What Baristas Should Know About Filing Their Taxes
As tax season approaches, experts are weighing in on the steps coffee workers can take to finalize and submit their taxes with minimal stress.
Make Like A Bean And Ground (Yourself): Grounding Techniques For Baristas
Stress in a customer service job is inevitable, so it’s essential to have grounding tools to stay calm and centered through difficult situations.
How To Train Efficiency Effectively
Efficiency is an elusive skill, but necessary to the wellbeing of any cafe. The following six tips will help you train baristas to be as efficient as possible.
What You Need to Know About Common Café Injuries
How cafés can protect their baristas and prevent workplace injuries.
The Tipping Point: Are We Ready to Move Beyond the Tipping Model?
Baristas' livelihoods often rely on tips received—should they?
Introducing The Coffee Coalition for Racial Equity
The Coffee Coalition for Racial Equity (CCRE) is a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to build greater racial diversity and equity in the U.S. coffee industry.
Coffee People Zine Exclusively Features Black Creators
Coffee People Zine's 10th issue features work exclusively by Black artists in and around the coffee industry, including a hired Executive Editor, Korie Pickett (KP).
Glitter Cat Presents Digital Competition for Fall 2020
Glitter Cat, the competition training program for marginalized coffee professionals, announces DiGiTiTiON, a socially distanced digital competition in six categories.
Employees From Spyhouse Coffee Organize
About 30 employees from Twin Cities, Minnesota’s Spyhouse Coffee informed its owner, Christian Johnson, that they are starting a union.