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When federal immigration enforcement descended on Minnesota, the state's independent coffee shops moved beyond the usual community-hub branding—offering free coffee, shelter, donations and solidarity to neighbors living in fear.
Juan José Estrada Lopez, a Nicaraguan coffee equipment specialist in Hawaii, was taken into custody during his adjustment-of-status interview and held for over five months. His release followed legal action by the ACLU of Hawaii and a judge’s approval of his green card.
As Houthi attacks disrupt a key shipping lane, the coffee sector focuses on logistics and costs, prompting questions about its ethical stance on the conflict that triggered the crisis.
Sarah Ali's Brew_Lab project, developed with climate scientists and NASA, simulates the flavors of coffee from three futures—Brazil 2027, Sierra Leone 2080, and Mars 2126—using custom scents to explore how climate change might transform our daily cup.
The Specialty Coffee Association's takeover of the Q Grader Program from the Coffee Quality Institute has left many coffee professionals grappling with uncertainty about licensing, costs, and the future of a shared quality language. While some mourn the loss of a familiar standard, others see an opening for a more inclusive system.
A new matching service called RoasterLink connects wholesale coffee roasters with businesses seeking suppliers, aiming to streamline the search and partnership process.
The Specialty Coffee Association has updated its competition regulations to let baristas use plant-based milks, a major policy shift that follows years of advocacy and debate.
A look back at the forces that reshaped the coffee trade: U.S. tariff policy, volatile futures markets, stalled retail prices, and the SCA's overhaul of quality assessment.
After a two-year hiatus, Glitter Cat will offer three fully funded bootcamps to support marginalized baristas preparing for the 2022-2023 US Coffee Championships season. Applications close on August 26, 2022.
The nonprofit supporting hourly coffee workers will host a free meal giveaway for baristas and a playful prom-style fundraiser during the Specialty Coffee Expo in Portland.
A 74-page report commissioned by three sustainability groups examines how money moves through the coffee supply chain, revealing that extra consumer spending does not automatically reach producers and that family labor is often unaccounted for.
A new spreadsheet-based resource from a Portland roastery aims to help buyers and producers set green coffee prices rooted in actual production costs, not just quality scores.
A Singapore technology firm's spectroscopy-based tool captures a coffee sample's molecular signature in seconds, then uses cloud AI to predict SCA scores, flavor attributes and moisture content — aiming to put quality data within reach of cooperatives, farmers and smaller traders.
The couple behind Good Land Organics and Frinj Coffee, who demonstrated that high-quality coffee could be cultivated in California, died Feb. 8 in what was described as a tragic accident.
Research at two UK campus cafés suggests that simply making plant-based milk the standard, with dairy available on request, shifts customer habits and lowers the average carbon footprint per drink.
Cxffeeblack, the Memphis coffee and lifestyle brand, is collaborating with COMOCO Cotton on a limited-edition t-shirt that spotlights Black ownership, cultural restoration, and sustainable innovation.
Employees at Discourse Coffee in Milwaukee and Cat & Cloud in Santa Cruz formed unions with voluntary recognition from their employers. Meanwhile, Kaldi’s Coffee organizers launched a boycott to pressure the company into recognizing their union.
