Melbourne coffee roastery St Ali, has come under fire online over its promotion of two free rapid antigen tests with purchases of coffee or merchandise over AUS $159.99. The offer was sent through text message to special VIP customers. In the text, it said: “We’ve been fortunate to secure a limited number of Rapid Antigen […]
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San Remo showed off their latest single group professional machine at Host Milano last week. The San Remo ‘You’, is a high-end machine aimed at professionals, small cafes and home baristas with deep pockets. Unlike the San Remo Cube, which we felt missed the sweet spot on price and features, the ‘You’ model is San
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More roasters are adding capsules to their range, and unlike the big companies like Starbucks who use aluminium pods, many smaller and independent businesses want a more sustainable option. Now Scottish roastery, Gordon Street Coffee, has launched biodegradable and compostable Nespresso compatible coffee capsules, which some are calling a UK first. This is because the
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It’s been over a year since we interviewed Algrano’s CEO, Gilles Brunner. Back then we thought their platform was well laid out and clean. It made it easy for coffee roasters to purchase green coffee directly without having to travel to the producing country and run the usual gauntlet of buying at source. If you
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Emirati Coffee, the UAE’s special coffee roastery, is implementing a 50/50 retail/food service strategy after online retail sales skyrocketed during the pandemic. In addition, the company is figuring out ways to expand into China and Saudi Arabia, where the coffee markets are considered to have large potential. Before the pandemic, 90% of Emirati Coffee’s business
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The living income movement is a strategy primarily being driven by economic development agencies, like Heifer International, whose mission is to “help lift families out of poverty.” This is a very different mission, than say, working to make coffee producers economically and environmentally sustainable, however. Are these two missions working against each other? After years
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Some Press have been speculating over the need for Hotel Chocolat to raise funds. The board clearly decided that the speculation was affecting the share price and felt moved to make a statement – which we have copied below. What is slightly bizarre however is that whilst they state in this press release that they
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Farmer Connect, whose CEO, Michael Chrisment, we interviewed, have struck a significant deal along with their partners UCC Coffee Benelux, The Colombian Coffee Growers Federation (FNC), Volcafe and Supremo N.V, and retail giant HEMA, to create the first coffee that can be traced back to the origin farm, using blockchain technology. Farmer Connect uses sophisticated
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The founder of Kyoto coffee chain, % Arabica, has made his dream of opening a store in New York come true. On June 11th, the first-ever US store opened its doors to the people of Brooklyn. One of Kenneth Shoji’s ultimate goals is to have stores in Paris and New York as he saw these
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One of Sydney’s favourite roasters has been snapped up by Dutch coffee giant, JDE. Campos Coffee is a speciality coffee leader in Australia that has been independent for 20 years and now has over 600 cafés and as well as interests in a number of other related channels. Australian’s are known for their love of,
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