In her new story, Sohel Sarkar explores the origins of this anti-robusta sentiment, and the challenges facing the country’s robusta producers.
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Researchers have been looking for ways to repurpose spent grounds, from using it to make concrete stronger to filtering polluted water and creating biofuels. Now, the Korean government wants to use coffee waste to fuel airplanes.
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Featured, this week in Coffee News Club, this year is predicted to be a record harvest in Brazil. The latest survey from CONAB, Brazil’s equivalent to the USDA, forecasts that Brazil is set to harvest 66.7 million 60-kg bags of coffee.
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Air travel could soon be powered by coffee waste. Plus, analysts predict record harvests in Brazil, and a new meta-study finds that—surprise, surprise—coffee impacts sleep.
The latest news in coffee and tea by Fionn Pooler.
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Researchers at Kew Royal Botanic Gardens have identified a new family of hybrids of the liberica and excelsa coffee species. The researchers hope that their discovery will offer farmers another climate-resilient coffee alternative to arabica.
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As Emily Meneses writes, to find success, owners need to figure out how to work with, not against, current conditions. That means taking a multi-pronged approach, and being judicious about the risks you take.
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Haley Greene reports on the range of benefits that cold brew offers coffee shops, from driving revenue to engaging customers. The key is in its versatility. Plus, it speeds up service and makes workflows simple—especially in concentrate form.
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Meet libex, the newly discovered hybrid that is climate resistant and could save coffee. Plus, Starbucks Korea faces backlash over a controversial promotional campaign, and a grab bag of coffee health news.
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Featured, this week in Coffee News Club, one startup put an AI agent in charge of an entire coffee shop—with predictably mixed results.
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Featured, this week in Coffee News Club, In Japan, some cafes are becoming havens for new parents struggling to soothe their babies.
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In the latest story in Fresh Cup’s Coffee Tech Stacks series, we dig into how growth is possible for coffee shops outside of traditional channels—and why a few tech-savvy choices early on can make all the difference.
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Fresh Cup’s Claire Bullen attended the @loncoffeefest. She observed five big trends that reveal where the industry is heading next, from ultra-customizable premium drinks to a maturing matcha market and growing presence of automation.
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