Daily Coffee News by Roast Magazine

U.S. adults consumed nearly 40% more calories from coffee drinks in 2018 than they did in 2003, despite drinking roughly the same amount of coffee, according to a new study...

Chinese coffee analysis equipment maker DiFluid has rolled out a new professional refractometer called the RS Extract for measuring total dissolved solids (TDS) in brewed coffee.

Italy-based De’Longhi Group has paid €662.5 million (US$744 million) to increase its ownership of the professional coffee business containing La Marzocco and Eversys from approximately 61% to 88%.

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The coffee industry’s largest coordinated field trial has found that recently bred arabica varieties generally provided higher yields and greater resistance to coffee leaf rust than traditional pure-arabica varieties, while...

High-end specialty coffee equipment maker Weber Workshops has unveiled a top-to-bottom internal redesign of its flagship single-dose electric grinder, the EG-1.

After more than a decade working in cafes, roasting, wholesale, green coffee sales and sourcing, Kris Carlson decided to give herself a distinct new job title: sourcing curator.

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A family-friendly new roost for fresh roasts recently hatched in the Detroit suburb of Grosse Pointe Woods with the opening of Little Nest Coffee Roasters.

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Less than a year after opening, a Haraz Coffee House near Syracuse University in New York has closed as the local operators face a lawsuit filed by the coffee chain’s...

A heavy-duty farm scale from American Scale Co. is expanding into the coffee industry, appealing to coffee producers and roasters.

Dessert Oasis Coffee Roasters and Utopian Coffee have been honored with Roast magazine’s 23rd annual Roaster of the Year award in the Micro and Macro roaster categories, respectively.

A Hawaii woman accused of selling millions of dollars’ worth of foreign-grown coffee as “100% Kona” now faces four additional federal tax charges under a superseding indictment.

The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa will lead a new federally funded research program focused on coffee and cacao, with an initial $8 million obligation for its first year under...

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For Esther Singer, a career in coffee grew out of a classic scientific impulse: Start digging and see what turns up.

Portland, Oregon-based Pastime Coffee is heading full bore into professional production with the opening of a new 1,000-square-foot roastery in a former Northeast Portland flower shop.

Niyyah Coffee has opened Indianapolis’ first Deaf-owned coffee shop, designed around greater access, employment and interaction for the Deaf community.

Canadian bakery and cafe company Purebread Brands has signed a letter of intent to acquire the cafe business of Vancouver, British Columbia-based Caffè Artigiano in a stock transaction valued at...

Roast magazine is thrilled to announce the finalists for the 23rd Annual Roaster of the Year awards!

Registration is open for the 2027 National Coffee Association (NCA) Convention, taking place March 4-6 at the JW Marriott Austin in Austin, Texas.

Nestlé-owned coffee giant Nespresso is discontinuing its paper-based, home-compostable coffee capsules, abandoning a packaging innovation rolled out in 2023 as an alternative to the company’s aluminum single-use capsules.

Skittering with excitement in Carrboro, North Carolina, Gray Squirrel Coffee Company last week opened its expanded roastery cafe after remodeling an adjoining retail space.

Starbucks is facing a proposed class-action lawsuit alleging that eight of its protein lattes and matchas are falsely marketed as “Sugar-Free” despite containing 13 to 21 grams of sugar per...

As the European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) heads toward its Dec. 30 application date, a new report from the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) suggests many smallholders still lack...

Australia-born Ministry of Coffee has expanded its Los Angeles-area footprint to six cafes with a new West Hollywood shop in a former Go Get Em Tiger space on Santa Monica...

Tastings, talks and technical demonstrations for coffee industry professionals filled two sunny days in Portland, Oregon, last week at the 2026 Roast Summit event hosted by Roast magazine.

United States-based agricultural tech company Wingsure has launched a coffee-focused platform that uses artificial intelligence, computer vision and geospatial tools to create evolving digital records of individual coffee farms.

A bend in the Missouri River in North Kansas City, Missouri, is opening up to the first brick-and-mortar cafe from Provis Coffee Roasters, occupying more than 6,000 square feet across...

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A small long-term study of women with breast cancer found an association between reduced mortality and polyphenols, a class of plant-based compounds found abundantly in coffee.

Green coffee importer Hacea Coffee Source has moved its Southern California headquarters from Anaheim to a larger warehouse in Brea, adding green coffee storage, an expanded cupping lab and additional...

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Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP) named Kimberly-Clark President and COO Russ Torres to lead its massive global coffee business ahead of a planned corporate split in early 2027.

Today, Oct. 1, marks the first International Coffee Day officially recognized by the United Nations.

Drinking coffee may offer some biological defenses against a high fructose diet, according to a new review, but the evidence comes with several key caveats.

Four major sustainability and development organizations are combining existing work on green coffee buying practices for a broader effort designed to ultimately reach more industry actors.

Consumer coffee and kitchen appliance maker Breville this week launched the Spiral Luxe Auto Pour Over, a fully automated grind-and-brew machine with a moving water spout designed to replicate manual...

The International Coffee Organization (ICO) has launched an interactive data platform giving people free access to a range of global market information spanning prices, trade, production, consumption and certified stocks....

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A new study involving young coffee drinkers in Slovenia found that while they welcome the idea of sustainability in their coffee, factors such as convenience, price and routine are more...

Starbucks is closing approximately 250 coffeehouses across North America, marking the second major round of store closures under CEO Brian Niccol as the coffee giant continues reshaping its sprawling retail...