https://dailycoffeenews.com/category/cafe/barista-news/ Business news for specialty coffee professionals Thu, 20 Jul 2023 18:47:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.2 23960308 https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/07/20/dates-and-locations-of-2024-us-coffee-championships-preliminaries/ https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/07/20/dates-and-locations-of-2024-us-coffee-championships-preliminaries/#respond Thu, 20 Jul 2023 18:47:26 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=172252 The organizers of the U.S. Coffee Championships (USCC) have unveiled the dates and locations of the 12 preliminary competitions for the 2024 championship season. The championships are sanctioned by the...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/07/20/dates-and-locations-of-2024-us-coffee-championships-preliminaries/feed/ 0 172252 https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/07/18/three-questions-with-engineering-better-espresso-author-robert-mckeon-aloe/ https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/07/18/three-questions-with-engineering-better-espresso-author-robert-mckeon-aloe/#comments Tue, 18 Jul 2023 14:33:34 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=171739 For some science-minded people, espresso can be a never-ending trip down the rabbit hole, where aspects like fines migration, flow rates, TDS, extraction yield and water chemistry beg far more...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/07/18/three-questions-with-engineering-better-espresso-author-robert-mckeon-aloe/feed/ 2 171739 https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/07/18/coffee-groups-unite-for-the-hot-medicated-summer-raffle/ https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/07/18/coffee-groups-unite-for-the-hot-medicated-summer-raffle/#respond Tue, 18 Jul 2023 12:59:32 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=172089 A group of coffee-related organizations in the United States and Canada have teamed up to launch Hot Medicated Summer, a raffle benefiting two inspirational coffee people who have incurred debt...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/07/18/coffee-groups-unite-for-the-hot-medicated-summer-raffle/feed/ 0 172089 https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/06/26/the-winners-of-the-2023-world-coffee-championships-in-athens/ https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/06/26/the-winners-of-the-2023-world-coffee-championships-in-athens/#respond Mon, 26 Jun 2023 12:50:33 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=171515 Following four days of competition among 127 national champions, four new World Coffee Champions emerged last week in Athens, Greece.  Boram Um of Brazil became the 23rd World Barista Champion,...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/06/26/the-winners-of-the-2023-world-coffee-championships-in-athens/feed/ 0 171515 https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/06/08/colectivo-coffee-workers-approve-first-union-contract/ https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/06/08/colectivo-coffee-workers-approve-first-union-contract/#respond Thu, 08 Jun 2023 16:16:50 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=171088 Approximately 95% of the unionized workers at Milwaukee-based specialty coffee chain Colectivo Coffee voted in favor of their first union contract this week, according to local union organizers. The agreement...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/06/08/colectivo-coffee-workers-approve-first-union-contract/feed/ 0 171088 https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/05/23/lavazza-opens-training-center-in-downtown-chicago/ https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/05/23/lavazza-opens-training-center-in-downtown-chicago/#respond Tue, 23 May 2023 15:48:13 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=170621 Italian coffee giant Lavazza last week opened a training center on the Magnificent Mile in downtown Chicago. Inside the 444 North Michigan Ave office building, home to James Beard Award-winning...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/05/23/lavazza-opens-training-center-in-downtown-chicago/feed/ 0 170621 https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/05/18/australias-richest-barista-competition-offers-12-international-spots/ https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/05/18/australias-richest-barista-competition-offers-12-international-spots/#respond Thu, 18 May 2023 17:25:27 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=170516 Applications have just opened for the inaugural “Australia’s Richest Barista” competition, which is scheduled to take place in conjunction with the annual Melbourne International Coffee Expo (MICE) Aug. 17-19 in...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/05/18/australias-richest-barista-competition-offers-12-international-spots/feed/ 0 170516 https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/04/24/the-winners-of-the-scas-2023-us-coffee-championships/ https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/04/24/the-winners-of-the-scas-2023-us-coffee-championships/#respond Mon, 24 Apr 2023 20:37:02 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=169822 After three days of intense competitions and judging in Portland, Oregon, six people emerged as United States coffee champions and will represent the U.S. in world championship events.  The United...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/04/24/the-winners-of-the-scas-2023-us-coffee-championships/feed/ 0 169822 https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/04/12/wisconsin-startup-octane-coffee-debuts-fully-automated-drive-through/ https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/04/12/wisconsin-startup-octane-coffee-debuts-fully-automated-drive-through/#respond Wed, 12 Apr 2023 12:58:24 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=169199 A Waukesha, Wisconsin-based startup called Octane Coffee (not to be confused with a now defunct Atlanta-based company of the same name) has established a high-tech, fully automated drive through coffee...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/04/12/wisconsin-startup-octane-coffee-debuts-fully-automated-drive-through/feed/ 0 169199 https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/04/11/nonprofit-wildflyer-coffee-flies-east-into-saint-paul/ https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/04/11/nonprofit-wildflyer-coffee-flies-east-into-saint-paul/#comments Tue, 11 Apr 2023 13:54:28 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=169347 Minneapolis-based specialty coffee purveyor and youth-focused nonprofit Wildflyer Coffee has expanded into a second location, called Wildflyer East, in Saint Paul.  The opening is in collaboration with another local nonprofit,...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/04/11/nonprofit-wildflyer-coffee-flies-east-into-saint-paul/feed/ 1 169347