coffee business strategies

N. HOLLYWOOD, Calif. (Market Wire) October 26, 2009 – The Supreme Bean Coffee Roasters of North Hollywood, California has acquired Rocky Roaster, LLC, a wholesale coffee roasting business based in Canoga Park, California.
Rocky Roaster Founder Mr. Rocky Rhodes will join The Supreme Bean team to manage the Rocky Roaster brand of coffee for the organization [...]

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It was interesting to read the the latest post from industry blog Coffee Hero, “Espresso Vivace Now Without Robusta,” for two reasons: 1) as a fan of Espresso Vivace, I have enjoyed the Dolce blend in the past (though, admittedly it has been a few years) and 2) because the article also sets a few [...]

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This morning I was forwarded a link from Campos Coffee in Sydney with their review of Hula Daddy Coffee’s Kona Sweet, which has been selected as their featured coffee of the month. I remember when the guys from Campos were in town and was invited to attend, but had some kind of schedule conflict [...]

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The Sydney Morning Herald takes a look at one coffee business owner that trusts his sense of taste over convention, using pure Robusta coffee in his espresso blends instead of Arabica coffees.
Paolo Dicembre, owner of the Sydney Coffee Centre and DiVi Espresso Bar “rejects the conventional wisdom of arabica-good, robusta-bad,” which is my opinion is [...]

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Our friends at Merdeka Coffee in Indonesia announced today that they have opened a roasting facility in Auckland and will soon follow with two retail cafes.
I applaud Alun and company for their good work and insight, as extending a company brand name into the retail market is a critical step for coffee producers [...]

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