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Month: January 2025
Weekly Coffee News: Black is Beautiful Box + Record-High Prices
Welcome to DCN’s Weekly Coffee News! Subscribe here for all the latest coffee industry news. Also, check out the latest career opportunities at CoffeeIndustryJobs.com. The Black is Beautiful Box Set Georgia-based Portrait Coffee…
Subscription Service Podium Coffee Club Champions Award-Winning Roasters
A new online specialty coffee subscription service called Podium Coffee Club is sending customers roasts exclusively from companies that have won national roasting awards from one of three different sources. …
Study: With Reusable Cup Schemes, Gambling Trumps Morality
Believe it or not, humans may not be drawn to reusable cup schemes due to a sense of moral duty or good old-fashioned guilt. What’s really going to draw them…
Canvas Coffee + Art House Stretches Out in Greenville, SC
Offering quality and creativity in equal strokes, Canvas Coffee + Art House recently opened its doors just north of downtown Greenville, South Carolina. Coffees prepared with pointillist precision are served…
Louisiana-Born CC’s Coffee Launches Franchise Program
Approaching three decades in operation, Louisiana-born coffee shop chain CC’s Coffee House is expanding into franchising. In an announcement this week, the Baton Rouge-based company said it is seeking franchise…
Carlo Di Ruocco, the Original Mr. Espresso, Dies at 90
Carlo Di Ruocco, the Italian-born founder of the California roasting company Mr. Espresso who helped introduce espresso to a generation of Americans, died in his sleep on Jan. 17 at…
Inside One of France’s Most Enduring Roasteries, Brûlerie du Léon
Yvette Bozec is more than just a matriarch; she is a French coffee roasting pioneer. With her grandson Clément Bozec now steering the ship as directeur général at Brûlerie du…
Office Coffee Giant Eurest Rolls Out Direct Coffee Brand
Office foodservice and catering company Eurest USA recently rolled out a coffee brand of its own called Direct Coffee Roasters. The coffee behind the name is developed through a partnership…
Offbeat Coffee is On Point in Sacramento
The tempo is running fast at the first brick-and-mortar location of Sacramento, California’s Offbeat Coffee, which held a soft opening last week. In a long, 3,000-square-foot space, wooden furniture, concrete…