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Christophe Montagnon, scientific director at World Coffee Research, reflects on 2016 breakthroughs and outlines goals for 2017—from the International Multilocation Variety Trial to new arabusta breeding work.
Hu XiXiang's journey from rubber and tea technician to coffee cooperative leader illustrates the perseverance and community focus driving Yunnan's coffee sector.
Travas Clifton and Justin Hicks built Modcup Coffee Co. by first selling from a cart and a 1969 Citroën H Van near a New Jersey transit hub, then expanding to a café and roastery in Jersey City Heights. Their experience shows how mobile operations can lower the risk of opening a fixed location.
Sprenger, a US Aeropress and two-time US Brewers Cup champion, opened Sweet Bloom Coffee Roasters in Lakewood, Colorado, in December 2013 after more than two decades away from his home state.
Irving Farm Coffee Roasters partnered with Studio Vural on a Midtown East café whose brass-inlaid floors and white oak surfaces nod to the surrounding architecture, while a walled-off kitchen aims to ease the congestion common in coffee bars.
In nations that export coffee, local roasting ventures are creating new consumer markets, adding value at origin, and giving farmers their first taste of their own crop—though equipment, staffing, and unfamiliarity with coffee present real obstacles.
New packaging formats and ordering platforms are reshaping how smaller coffee roasting operations secure green coffee, with an emphasis on lower volumes, direct origin access, and simplified purchasing.
A family-run coffee business in the Sunset District is reworking its long, narrow Noriega Street shop to double seating and open sightlines to the roaster, with construction underway and completion targeted for mid-April.
