Every CUP Has A Story To Tell
How Coffee Uplifts People is narrating a new tale for the coffee industry.
Smoothies and Smoothie Bowls: A Guide for Coffee Shop Operators
No need to ask: how fruit-based food and drinks—like smoothies and bowls—can expand your menu offerings and customer base.
Coffee News Club: Week of October 10th
The climate crisis continues to ravage coffee crops in Colombia, Brazil, and Kenya. And yet, big conglomerates continue to expand unabated and unphased.
How to Write a Great Barista Job Description (Examples + Template)
From scant descriptions to full-length novels, barista job postings can vary wildly. Here’s what every job description should include, along with a free downloadable template.
Gone In A Flash: The Provisional Café
Temporary cafés are exciting because they’re here one minute—and gone the next. But they have a lot to offer new and growing businesses.
Retail and Commerce
Smoothies and Smoothie Bowls: A Guide for Coffee Shop Operators
No need to ask: how fruit-based food and drinks—like smoothies and bowls—can expand your menu offerings and customer base.
How to Write a Great Barista Job Description (Examples + Template)
From scant descriptions to full-length novels, barista job postings can vary wildly. Here’s what every job description should include, along with a free downloadable template.
Gone In A Flash: The Provisional Café
Temporary cafés are exciting because they’re here one minute—and gone the next. But they have a lot to offer new and growing businesses.
Is a Living Wage Valuable—Or Even Viable For The Coffee Industry?
The discourse around the United States federal minimum wage has fueled debate for nearly a hundred years. But many coffee workers are calling for more than the minimum and seeking a living wage for their work.
Coffee & Tea
Everyone Likes Bubbles: How To Incorporate Carbonated and Sparkling Drinks On Your Menu
Everyone likes bubbles, and the perfect sparkling drinks can help distinguish your cafe and bring customers in near and far.
Can Lasers Change The Way We Make Cold Brew?
Lasers are objectively awesome. But they might also help us make cold brew in a zap.
Please Push No More: New Wave Tampers
A new crop of tampers is changing how baristas make espresso.
Beyond Tea: Innovations in Cascara
From Starbucks to Shake Shack, cascara has been popping up on menus everywhere in new and innovative formats.
Origin & Trade
Back to Nature: On The Georgian Tea Revival
The Caucasus region does not typically come to mind when thinking of tea origin, but the country of Georgia has been producing tea since the early 19th century—and is making a comeback.
Cafetano Coffee Roasters Proves How A Producer-Owned Model Can Thrive
With Cafetano Coffee Roasters’ first US location, the vertically-integrated shop is showcasing the beauty of Honduran coffee while honoring—and bringing more value—to growers.
Keeping Track: Leveraging Blockchain Technology to Improve Coffee Price Transparency
As the coffee industry grows, blockchain technology is emerging as a way to ensure pricing transparency and trust between buyers and sellers.
The Case For Sitting Behind The Bar
It’s time to throw out the ‘if you have time to lean, you have time to clean’ mentality and let baristas take a seat.