https://dailycoffeenews.com/author/brownderby/ Business news for specialty coffee professionals Mon, 19 Aug 2024 14:08:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 https://dailycoffeenews.com/2024/08/19/second-annual-michigan-roast-retreat-coming-to-ann-arbor/ Mon, 19 Aug 2024 12:42:08 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=181899 Ann Arbor, Michigan-based roaster and retailer Dozer Coffee is playing host to the second annual Michigan Roast Retreat, a daytime coffee event designed both for consumers and coffee businesses taking...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2024/08/15/prominent-coffee-groups-call-for-immediate-interventions-as-eudr-looms/ Thu, 15 Aug 2024 14:11:24 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=181817 Prominent coffee-focused nonprofits and trade organizations recently issued separate calls to European leaders to take immediate action regarding the new EU deforestation-free supply chain law (EUDR). In a public statement...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2024/08/15/best-of-panama-shatters-price-records-with-627-per-pound-average/ Thu, 15 Aug 2024 14:02:01 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=181833 Last week’s Best of Panama green coffee auction shattered numerous price records, including a total auction value of more than US$1.38 million and a weighted average price of $627.27 per...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2024/08/09/world-coffee-research-names-private-partners-for-six-year-f1-hybrid-variety-trial/ Fri, 09 Aug 2024 14:56:01 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=181395 The nonprofit World Coffee Research (WCR) announced the launch of a “pre-commercial trial phase” of new F1 hybrid arabica coffee varieties that have demonstrated potential for high quality, high productivity,...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2024/08/07/energy-trader-hartree-plans-to-acquire-the-owner-of-volcafe/ Wed, 07 Aug 2024 16:50:43 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=181667 New York City-based energy and commodities trading firm Hartree Partners LP announced plans to acquire ED&F Man Commodities, the owner of green coffee trading giant Volcafe. The acquisition includes ED&F...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2024/08/06/olympia-coffee-roasting-heads-to-downtown-seattle/ Tue, 06 Aug 2024 17:02:13 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=181632 Washington State-based Olympia Coffee Roasting Co. is continuing to expand beyond its nominal city with the opening of its first shop in downtown Seattle. Offering two service areas in the...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2024/08/01/roasting-plant-coffee-lands-10-million-plans-us-and-uk-expansion/ Thu, 01 Aug 2024 16:49:49 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=181521 Roasting Plant Coffee, the coffee chain known for its flamboyant green-coffee-to-cup super-automatic system, today announced the completion of a $10 million funding round. The company said the fresh capital will...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2024/07/31/upper-michigan-trailblazer-velodrome-coffee-acquired-by-mqt-hospitality/ Wed, 31 Jul 2024 14:41:01 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=181459 Upper Michigan-based Velodrome Coffee Company has been acquired by MQT Hospitality, the owner of Marquette-based 231 West Patisserie and the Cruisin’ Coffee. The MQT businesses had been longstanding clients of...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2024/07/29/listen-up-girlsplaining-is-growing-coming-to-bolivia-peru-and-us/ Mon, 29 Jul 2024 13:04:40 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=181374 The grassroots coffee community-building and education group Girlsplaining (Instagram) is expanding with more events in more countries, amplifying the voices of professional women in coffee. Created initially by Ecuadorian coffee...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2024/07/26/researchers-explore-high-elevation-robusta-as-arabica-replacement/ Fri, 26 Jul 2024 13:34:00 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=181352 The results of a five-year multi-location field trial in Brazil suggest that robusta grown at high elevations might be a suitable replacement for arabica, which is facing existential threats on...]]>