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Mill City Roasters is now offering a new professional coffee roasting class called Roasting 201. This two-day course is designed for experienced production roasters who have already completed Mill City’s Roasting 101 course. The course will be held in April and August at Mill City’s new headquarters in Minneapolis. For registration and more information, visit here.
The Specialty Coffee Association, in collaboration with ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences, will be hosting the first ever Coffee Science & Education Summit in Wädenswil, Switzerland on Feb. 6-7. This summit will feature lectures and workshops focused on coffee science and education. For more information and to register, click here.
In Costa Rica, unseasonable rains and Nicaragua’s new strict immigration laws have led to labor shortages during the harvest season, resulting in approximately a sixth of the ripe coffee remaining unharvested. To address this issue, the Costa Rican coffee institute ICAFE has launched a campaign to encourage Costa Ricans, particularly the younger generation, to join the coffee industry.
Atomo, a coffee-like beverage company, has raised $7.8 million in funding for its expansion efforts. The company, which includes Japan beverage giant Suntory as an investor, has raised a total of at least $58.8 million through various funding rounds.
A recent report highlights the failure of the USDA worker program in helping the Puerto Rican coffee sector due to challenges with the U.S. visa process, lack of housing, and high costs associated with bringing in foreign agricultural workers.
The emergence of specialty coffee shops in Paris over the past 15 years has challenged the traditional cafes and bistros in the French capital, as highlighted in a recent article from the New York Times.
JDE Peet’s has announced changes to its Executive Committee, including the appointment of a new external CFO and CMO.
A study by researchers at the Swiss Science Center Technorama explores the acoustics, optics, and fluid mechanics visible in a standard coffee cup, offering replicable experiments that can be conducted at home.
Mellody Hobson, the lead independent board director at Starbucks, has announced her resignation after nearly two decades on the board.
Luxury apparel brand Coach is expanding into the coffee industry with the opening of a coffee shop in Austin, Texas, following the launch of a coffee shop in a New Jersey mall complex last year.
Additionally, don’t miss out on some of DCN’s top stories from the past week, including articles on the impact of coffee price volatility on farmers’ mental health, the dominance of coffee as the top caffeine source in the U.S., legal disputes between coffee companies, and sustainability initiatives in the coffee industry.
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