Starbucks Philippines crowns its 2026 Coffee Champions, celebrating barista skill, coffee knowledge, creativity, and Filipino hospitality through a nationwide competition that highlights the craft behind every cup.
An eighth grader turns used coffee grounds into a mushroom-growing experiment, showing how simple STEM projects can reduce waste, teach sustainability, and uncover new value in everyday leftovers.
Seattle's Best Coffee has launched a new flexible branded café concept aimed at foodservice operators, providing recognisable branding, menu support, and operational guidance for venues looking to elevate their coffee proposition without building one from scratch.
The U.S. coffee bean market is driven by imports, specialty coffee demand, price volatility, sustainability concerns, and evolving retail channels, with growth opportunities in premium products, e-commerce, and convenient brewing formats.
Kenyan coffee farmers earned about Sh1.75 billion from March direct sales, highlighting how transparent marketing, faster payments, and stronger cooperative systems can improve returns and strengthen the country's coffee value chain.
Specialty coffee is becoming mainstream as consumers seek premium flavor, traceable sourcing, sustainable practices, and café-style experiences across retail, online subscriptions, ready-to-drink formats, and at-home brewing.
Flavourtech leads the food and beverage industry with advanced aroma recovery technologies, optimizing flavor profiles while maintaining product integrity. Its Spinning Cone Column technology efficiently captures natural aromas, benefiting sectors like coffee, tea, and wine by enhancing natural and authentic taste experiences.
The Baltic region, including Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, is seeing increased interest in specialty coffee, with local roasters and coffee shops driving the trend by focusing on quality, sustainability, and consumer education about coffee origins and brewing methods.
In Uganda, Mountain Harvest is transforming the coffee industry by supporting smallholder farmers with sustainable practices and fair compensation, backed by investment from Acumen. This initiative aims to boost farmers' incomes and foster community development through education and resource access.
Coffee lovers in Belton face rising coffee bean prices, impacting local businesses as shop owners must find innovative solutions to maintain profitability and customer satisfaction amid global supply chain disruptions and adverse weather in coffee-producing regions like Brazil.
Sydney's Carriageworks Farmers Market eliminates single-use coffee cups, encouraging sustainable practices by promoting reusable mugs. This initiative reduces waste and sets a precedent for other markets, highlighting the power of community-driven efforts in environmental responsibility.
South Korea is advancing its renewable energy agenda by investing in solar and wind power, aiming to reduce carbon emissions and enhance energy security. The government supports this transition with policies and incentives to boost the renewable energy sector.