https://dailycoffeenews.com/author/brownderby/ Business news for specialty coffee professionals Thu, 10 Aug 2023 12:30:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.2 23960308 https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/08/09/hawaii-study-picking-not-pesticides-may-be-best-tool-against-cbb/ https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/08/09/hawaii-study-picking-not-pesticides-may-be-best-tool-against-cbb/#respond Wed, 09 Aug 2023 16:31:30 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=172396 By using fewer pesticides to control coffee berry borer (CBB) populations, Hawaiian coffee farmers may actually increase coffee production, harvested coffee quality and even economic gains. This counterintuitive outcome regarding...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/08/09/hawaii-study-picking-not-pesticides-may-be-best-tool-against-cbb/feed/ 0 172396 https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/08/03/the-original-san-francisco-philz-coffee-shop-is-closing/ https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/08/03/the-original-san-francisco-philz-coffee-shop-is-closing/#respond Thu, 03 Aug 2023 15:22:13 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=172674 The original Philz Coffee location in the Mission District of San Francisco is closing, the company confirmed this week. Formerly a convenience store owned by charismatic Philz Coffee Founder Phil...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/08/03/the-original-san-francisco-philz-coffee-shop-is-closing/feed/ 0 172674 https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/08/02/roaster-retailers-kaldis-coffee-and-dancing-goats-coffee-merge/ https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/08/02/roaster-retailers-kaldis-coffee-and-dancing-goats-coffee-merge/#respond Wed, 02 Aug 2023 15:12:30 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=172631 St. Louis, Missouri-based Kaldi’s Coffee and Washington State/Atlanta-based Dancing Goats Coffee (formerly also known as Batdorf & Bronson) have merged, Kaldi’s announced this week. The deal brings together two roasting...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/08/02/roaster-retailers-kaldis-coffee-and-dancing-goats-coffee-merge/feed/ 0 172631 https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/08/01/ansa-scores-9-million-more-for-u-s-roasting-machine-launch/ https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/08/01/ansa-scores-9-million-more-for-u-s-roasting-machine-launch/#respond Tue, 01 Aug 2023 14:51:34 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=172575 Israeli coffee tech startup Ansā closed a US$9 million funding round to support the launch of its countertop roasting machine in North America. According to Ansā (styled ansā by the...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/08/01/ansa-scores-9-million-more-for-u-s-roasting-machine-launch/feed/ 0 172575 https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/07/27/cafe-imports-among-buyers-at-2nd-venezuelan-coffee-competition-eicev/ https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/07/27/cafe-imports-among-buyers-at-2nd-venezuelan-coffee-competition-eicev/#respond Thu, 27 Jul 2023 14:34:39 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=172370 The Venezuelan government’s coffee promotion agency, Café de Venezuela, hosted its second annual national coffee competition and auction earlier this month. With geography and climate conditions ideal for coffee production...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/07/27/cafe-imports-among-buyers-at-2nd-venezuelan-coffee-competition-eicev/feed/ 0 172370 https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/07/26/equator-coffees-opens-second-southern-california-cafe-plans-more/ https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/07/26/equator-coffees-opens-second-southern-california-cafe-plans-more/#respond Wed, 26 Jul 2023 14:37:30 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=172311 Exactly 10 years and one month after opening its first coffee shop, California-born roasting company Equator Coffees opened its 10th shop last week. In Los Angeles’s Fairfax district, the new...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/07/26/equator-coffees-opens-second-southern-california-cafe-plans-more/feed/ 0 172311 https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/07/20/keurig-dr-pepper-buys-into-la-colombe-with-300-million/ https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/07/20/keurig-dr-pepper-buys-into-la-colombe-with-300-million/#respond Thu, 20 Jul 2023 15:26:42 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=172241 North American beverage giant Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP) is investing $300 million in Philadelphia-based coffee company La Colombe Coffee Roasters. Involving a strategic alliance and long-term distribution agreement, the deal makes...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/07/20/keurig-dr-pepper-buys-into-la-colombe-with-300-million/feed/ 0 172241 https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/07/13/erwin-mierisch-named-executive-director-of-ace-and-cup-of-excellence/ https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/07/13/erwin-mierisch-named-executive-director-of-ace-and-cup-of-excellence/#comments Thu, 13 Jul 2023 16:40:13 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=172028 Longtime specialty coffee professional Erwin Mierisch has been appointed executive director of the sibling nonprofits Cup of Excellence (COE) and the Alliance for Coffee Excellence (ACE).  The Portland-based groups began...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/07/13/erwin-mierisch-named-executive-director-of-ace-and-cup-of-excellence/feed/ 1 172028 https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/07/13/the-coffee-mba-community-is-a-place-for-specialty-coffee-pros/ https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/07/13/the-coffee-mba-community-is-a-place-for-specialty-coffee-pros/#respond Thu, 13 Jul 2023 15:20:47 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=172013 For as much as the specialty coffee industry invokes the concept of “community,” it remains tightly bound by the constraints of competitive business. Providing some hope that these two concepts...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/07/13/the-coffee-mba-community-is-a-place-for-specialty-coffee-pros/feed/ 0 172013 https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/07/11/fonte-coffee-roaster-raises-the-bar-in-downtown-seattle/ https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/07/11/fonte-coffee-roaster-raises-the-bar-in-downtown-seattle/#respond Tue, 11 Jul 2023 15:54:17 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=171713 After more than three decades of providing freshly roasted coffees to cafe and restaurant bars throughout the United States, Seattle roasting outfit Fonté Coffee Roaster has significantly raised its own...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/07/11/fonte-coffee-roaster-raises-the-bar-in-downtown-seattle/feed/ 0 171713