coffee business strategies

Last week, Green Bay, Wisconsin based “Jo to Go America” announced plans to launch the ominously titled Phase Two of its coffee expansion plans. What exactly is Phase Two, you ask? Why, it’s a Mexican catering business! Ok, maybe that was not so obvious… Jo To Go America, Inc. Rolls Out “Phase Two” of Jo [...]

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I haven’t fully decided whether or not to press release this, but it’s official: I’m the first Q Grader for the Coffee Quality Institute from the State of Hawaii. Building on the SCAA Cupping Judge sensory exams completed earlier this year, there was only one remaining written exam to add “Q” licensing to my list [...]

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Uganda’s New Vision newspaper reports that Urth Caffe (popular Los Angeles establishment, but underrated by the specialty coffee industry in my opinion) has pledged a $500,000 investment in the country’s coffee industry; a bold move. Hopefully, the paper’s choice of title was just a bad choice of words rather than doubt that the investment will [...]

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Calling all experienced baristas and barista trainers! We need 6 station instructors for the Saturday, May 3 “Intro to Espresso” lab that will be held in Minneapolis at the SCAA conference from 8:00 AM to 12:30. Volunteers receive credit to offset the cost of conference attendance fees. If interested, please contact me (Andrew Hetzel) by [...]

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Norway has had the highest per-capita coffee consumption in the world for a while now, but last year’s consumption figures posted by Norsk Kaffeinformasjon (the Norwegian Coffee Association) are truly astounding. See today’s article in The Norway Post: More coffee anyone? You may have heard that Norwegians are heavy drinkers – of coffee that is. [...]

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