Assam’s First Bada Madam
For the first time in its 200-year history, an Assam tea estate is being led by a bada madam, or women boss.
Cups of Good Cheer
Festive Fare for the Holidays
A Romanian in Paris
After a year of success, this Bucharest-born Parisian is opening a second location that explores her homeland’s food and drink culture even further.
Recycling Renegade
One of the most commonly cited reasons to explain why we have so many single-use paper cups filling up landfills is that it’s difficult and expensive to recycle the cups due to the plastic coating that prevents the paper from getting soggy. Starbucks took it upon itself to prove that idea wrong.
Would You Like to Super-Size that Sustainability?
One business that encapsulates red-blooded American capitalism is doubling down on its sustainability program “as part of our efforts to protect coffee from the adverse effects of climate change.”
Cost of Production Think Tank
Portland, Oregon’s coffee community gathered for an evening dedicated to learning where the industry is headed if changes aren’t made to current economics and buying decisions, as well as ideating how consuming countries can correct course.
Cupping the World in 2018
After a year of traveling around the world, tasting thousands of coffees, and setting multiple auction records, the Cup of Excellence program culminated in an intimate showcase cupping of all the program’s top-graded coffees from each competing country.
Yesfolk Stands Out in Crowded Kombucha Market
In a little over a year, Yesfolk Tonics have gone from backroom brewing in Troy, New York, to being featured in more than 100 locations throughout the state.
Barista League 2019
The scrappiest, yet deeply knowledgeable, coffee competition around will return to its Scandinavian stomping grounds to kick off 2019.
2018 Golden Bean Australia & New Zealand Recap
Australia’s annual quest to find the country’s best coffee was held over the weekend with multitudes of caffeine, an abundance of good times, and some serious slurping.