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As iced coffee surges, New Yorkers still cling to hot coffee rituals

Iced drinks now dominate New York counters, but hot-coffee loyalists still turn every cup into habit, ritual, and identity.

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Starbucks Opens 500th India Store as Protein Coffee Trends Rise

Starbucks marked 500 India stores with a Gurugram Reserve opening as protein coffee gains traction, underscoring how coffee is being sold as both wellness fuel and luxury ritual.

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Scooter’s Coffee adds 31 stores in Southeast with Hardee’s operator

Scooter’s Coffee just lined up 31 new stores in North Carolina and Virginia, teaming with Hardee’s giant Boddie-Noell Enterprises for one of its biggest growth bets yet.

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World of Coffee San Diego spotlights precision-driven home coffee gear battle

San Diego's biggest coffee gear story was control. From AI-guided brewers to pressure-reading tampers, home setups are heading toward mini labs.

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Sagana EPZ to Process Coffee Locally, Boost Kirinyaga Farmer Earnings

Sagana’s 25 billion-shilling EPZ is set to process coffee at origin, with 10,000 direct jobs and a bid to keep more value in Kirinyaga farmers’ hands.

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Delhi Police Bust Fake Eno, Nescafe Factory, Seize 100,000 Sachets

Two Madhu Vihar flats were hiding a fake Nescafe and Eno line, with workers sealing sachets when police walked in. Four were arrested and brand owners flagged the goods.

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Colombia launches Peace Coffee in Belgium to replace coca crops

Colombia took its coca-substitution push to Belgium, where Peace Coffee and Peace Chocolat now carry a peace-building claim and a major economic test.

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Climate shocks and regulations drive coffee prices to multi-year highs

Coffee’s latest price spike is already hitting bags, menus, and sourcing plans. Weather damage in Brazil, Vietnam, and Indonesia, plus Europe’s new traceability rules, are squeezing what you can buy next.

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Seven B Corp Coffee Companies Launch Coalition for Sustainability Action

Seven B Corp coffee companies joined forces to turn sustainability talk into working groups, with an open Q&A set for April 30.

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Climate Change Adds 30 Dangerous Heat Days to India’s Coffee Regions

India’s coffee belt is already living with about 30 extra scorching days a year, and growers say the heat is warping yields, quality and the price of every cup.

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Global coffee prices rise as robusta supply tightens, Uganda gains momentum

Robustas pushed higher as supply tightened, lifting Uganda’s farm-gate prices and setting up a cost squeeze for roasters and cup prices next.

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Joe & The Juice lands $1.8 billion valuation with Emirates investment

Joe & The Juice hit a $1.8 billion valuation as Abu Dhabi-backed EIIC bought in, signaling more Middle East money for premium coffee chains.

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Kopi Kenangan Bets $200 Million to Triple Stores Across Asia by 2030

Kopi Kenangan is putting $200 million behind a push to 4,000 stores by 2030. Edward Tirtanata is betting its local coffee play can travel across Asia.

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Allpress Espresso to relocate Japan roastery for Asia wholesale growth

Allpress is shifting Tokyo roasting to Miyota, Nagano, a move meant to speed wholesale supply as Asia demand tightens around production hubs.

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SharkNinja expands Ninja Luxe Café with Beckham edition and new colors

SharkNinja paired new Luxe Café colors with a David Beckham edition, signaling that home espresso is now being sold like fashion as much as hardware.

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Jollibee’s Compose Coffee draws long lines in Taiwan, eyes Philippine launch

Lines formed by 8 a.m. in Taipei, giving Jollibee an early read on whether Compose Coffee can travel beyond Korea and into the Philippines.

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Starbucks Korea leans on value and experience to defend premium brand

Starbucks Korea is trying to protect its premium edge with loyalty discounts, localized stores and digital convenience as budget chains outnumber premium rivals.

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Starbucks tests ChatGPT ordering, starts drink suggestions from mood or image

Starbucks is letting customers start with a mood or photo in ChatGPT, then turn that vibe into a drink and finish the order in the app.

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Dunkin’ launches modern café concept in Indonesia, expands beverage-first strategy

Dunkin’ opened a modern café at Puri Indah Mall as Indonesia becomes the test bed for its beverage-first reset. All future stores there will carry the upgraded format.

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Northern Shore Capital Acquires Majority Stake in Texas Coffee Partners

Northern Shore bought control of a 15-store 7 Brew franchisee with development rights in Houston, San Antonio and Austin, a bet on faster expansion.

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Starbucks faces bad-faith labor complaint as union talks restart

Workers United says Starbucks backtracked on seven bargaining items as talks restarted, raising the odds of another long labor standoff. The union wants the NLRB to find the company bargained in bad faith.

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Austin’s Jo’s Coffee opens first Tennessee cafe in Nashville

Jo’s Coffee left Texas for the first time, opening inside Dream Nashville with its Iced Turbo, breakfast tacos, and a Hyatt-backed expansion push.

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Costa Coffee plans new airport expansion into Central Asia market

Costa Coffee used one airport deal to push deeper into Central Asia, betting that transit traffic can turn a single terminal cafe into a regional launchpad.

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Paris Festival Spotlights France’s Fast-Growing Specialty Coffee Market

Paris is now a proving ground for specialty coffee. A 100-brand festival showed a market shifting from craft hype to scale, profit and stronger trade ties.

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Beans & Brews opens six stores, targets 25 new locations in 2026

Beans & Brews logged seven openings in its first 100 days, then set a 25-store target for 2026, with a Price, Utah drive-thru posting the brand's strongest weekend ever.

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Remote Work and Cost Cuts Drive Americans Back to Coffee at Home

Coffee moved back to the kitchen counter as remote work and higher prices made café runs less routine, even as offices and drive-throughs kept the out-of-home market alive.

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De'Longhi launches PrimaDonna Aromatic, its smartest bean-to-cup espresso machine yet

De'Longhi put real bean adaptation at the center of its newest super-automatic, pairing a 5-inch touch screen with 38 recipes and a $2,499.95 price tag.

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0.1-Gram Scales and Stable Kettles Elevate Home Espresso and Brew

A concise, practical handbook for hobbyist home baristas singles out 0.1-gram resolution scales and temperature-stable kettles as the top equipment upgrades to improve espresso and brewed-coffee results at home.

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Master V60, Kalita Wave, Chemex, and Bee House pour-over techniques

Brew between 195–205°F, use 20–30 g coffee for 350–400 g water, and choose bloom times from 10s to 45s depending on the V60, Kalita Wave, Chemex, or Bee House you use.

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James Hoffmann's One-Cup V60 Technique Clarifies Home Brewing Science

James Hoffmann, World Barista Champion, author, and educator, offers a data-driven, step-by-step one-cup V60 method that home baristas widely use to dial in consistent brews. His tutorials break the brew down into measurable elements, dose, bloom weight and time, pulse pours, and pouring speed, so readers can reproduce results and understand the reasons behind each choice.

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