A New York city opera company that creates immersive site-specific opera experiences is lending its formidable artistic and lung and capacities to coffee. From Feb. 14-24, the group On Site Opera will be taking over The Lost Draft coffee shop in Soho for what they’re calling the Immersive Coffee Cantata Experience. The operatic performance involves a new English-language libretto […]
With a calming beige color scheme, and natural light and warm sea breezes spilling through the front door, Swallow (IG) offers a Mediterranean coffee oasis in Alicante, Spain. A quality-focused specialty coffee shop that also sells houseplants, Swallow is the creation of partners Gregoris Loizou and Laura Deetman. The two originally met at a co-working space in […]
Central Pennsylvania specialty coffee company Denim Coffee is poised to grow in all directions with a new headquarters and expanded roastery in Chambersburg. The new digs have also propelled the launch of a line of Denim flash-chilled coffees. Inside the new 30,000-square-foot headquarters and production space, Denim Coffee’s new 60-kilo-kapacity IMF Roasters system has replaced the company’s former 30-kilo […]
Superautomatic coffee machine specialist Franke Coffee Systems Americas just cut the ribbon on a new United States showroom at its headquarters in Smyrna, Tennessee. About a half hour’s drive southeast of Nashville, the new showroom is designed to highlight and promote the Franke brand to U.S. users, while offering immersive experiences involving Franke’s newest and most popular […]
Minnesota-based Caribou Coffee is licensing its brand in consumer packaged goods and foodservice to multinational coffee roasting and distribution giant JDE Peet’s in a deal worth approximately $260 million, according to the companies. The transaction also includes the transfer of Caribou Coffee’s production roasting operations in Minnesota, as well as all of Caribou’s office coffee and foodservice contracts. The […]
Beloved Miami specialty coffee company Panther Coffee is making its first major New York City showing with the opening of a popup shop in Soho. With a soft opening scheduled for Thursday, Feb. 1, and a grand opening party two days later, Panther Coffee is temporarily opening inside the Shopify building at 131 Greene Street. The Feb. 3 celebration will […]
Oklahoma-based coffee company T3 Roasters has opened a flagship brick-and-mortar roastery and coffee bar called T3 Coffee Co., inside a thoroughly remodeled historic building in downtown Collinsville. The building is almost as old as the town itself, which is celebrating the 125th anniversary of its foundation 20 miles northeast of Tulsa this year. “We are excited to […]
Commercial cold coffee equipment company Torr Industries recently rolled out a countertop-friendly version of its signature Hive Brew cold coffee system, called the Hive Cafe. The northern California coffee company has also broadened the capabilities of the Hive platform to include batch brewing of espresso-like concentrate, alongside existing cold brew coffee brewing. The Hive Cafe is a simplified […]
Specialty coffee in the central Illinois town of Normal has reached a new stage of quality with the opening of Lvl Up Coffee Bar. Brought to life by coffee roaster Noah Riley, Lvl Up aims for a quieter and more elevated coffee experience than what is offered at the higher-volume, video arcade-themed Bloom’s Coffee Bar, which Riley […]
A specialty coffee roasting company based in western Ukraine called Soloway Coffee (Instagram link) this week opened its first location in the United States. Beans roasted in Ternopil, Ukraine, using a United States-made Diedrich CR-25 roaster are now shipped to Chicago within one week off the roast. They eventually make their way to the back […]