Fresh Cup: Coffee Industry Stories and Insights

Coffee News Club: Week of June 30th

A new resource compiles global coffee sustainability projects. Plus, a project in Colombia aims to provide mental healthcare to women coffee farmers, and Uganda overtakes Ethiopia as Africa’s largest coffee exporter. ‘New Initiative Prioritises…
by Fionn Pooler | June 30, 2025

Latest Stories

ICO Unveils Global Database of 400+ Coffee Sustainability Projects

The ICO’s new Coffee Sustainability Support Database features 440 sustainability initiatives, more than 600 organizations, and 170-plus donors. It is all visible from a navigable world map that is filterable by country, donors, goals,…
by Fionn Pooler | June 30, 2025

Roastery Breakdown: Wicked Joe Organic Coffees

Maine’s Wicked Joe Organic Coffees utilizes technology to roast quality coffee on a large scale—and still manages to prioritize sustainability in the process.
by Brit Alexandria | June 27, 2025

The Coffee Human Resource: Before Milk Steaming, Teach Workplace Communication

Good workplace communication is essential for growing coffee businesses, and helps workers thrive. Here are three key communication strategies companies can implement now.
by Eric Grimm | June 25, 2025

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Retail & Commerce

Want a Cafe That Lasts? Focus on Brand Identity

Want Your Cafe To Have a Line out the Door? Make It Worth Waiting For

Convenience Stores Are Upgrading Their Coffee Programs (And Winning New Customers)

How Coffee Roasters Are Offering Formerly Incarcerated People a New Path Forward

Here’s What Baristas Should Know About Filing Their Taxes

Small Cafe? Here’s How To Design a Winning Food Program

Industry Reports

Take The 2025 Coffee Business Owner Compensation Survey

How much do business owners make? Be part of Fresh Cup’s second Coffee Business Owner Compensation Survey and help clarify how business owners deal with money, benefits, and debt.
by Garrett Oden | June 13, 2025

Experts Share Emerging Coffee Industry Trends of 2025

Halfway through 2025, Fresh Cup has asked coffee professionals to weigh in on what has already been a turbulent year for the industry. Here are their predictions for the emerging trends that will define…
by Garrett Oden | June 6, 2025

Five Things We Learned at the 2025 London Coffee Festival

This year’s London Coffee Festival revealed the trends moving forward the coffee industry: bold flavors, creative drinks, plant-based milks, wellness brews, and matcha’s growing dominance.
by Claire Bullen | May 21, 2025

Resource Library

The Customer Remarketing Playbook for Coffee Shops

A practical playbook for coffee shops and roasters who want to turn customers into regulars.

The Coffee Shop Operations Micro-Guide

In this era of efficiency, mastering back-end operations for coffee shops is critical. Get this resource to protect your profits.

Coffee & Tea Articles

How The Canephora Flavor Wheel Could Redefine How We Taste and Value Robusta Coffee

Fruit’s Crashing the Coffee Party

The C Market Just Got Less Confusing Thanks to Futures.Coffee

How World Barista Champ Pete Licata Is Transforming Our Understanding of Caffeine

Can Darjeeling Tea Hope for a Climate-Resilient Future?

Kay Cheon Is the Champion We All Wanted To See Win

Trending Articles

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Coffee News Club: Week of June 16th

by Fionn Pooler | June 16, 2025

Live Data: U.S. Tariffs on Coffee Producing Countries

by Garrett Oden | April 3, 2025