https://dailycoffeenews.com/category/cafe/barista-news/ Business news for specialty coffee professionals Wed, 25 Feb 2026 17:19:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://dailycoffeenews.com/2026/02/25/barista-magazine-hosting-camp-coffee-shop-in-napa/ Wed, 25 Feb 2026 17:18:08 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=194813   Registration opened today (Feb. 25) for the inaugural Camp Coffee Shop, a four-day business education event in Napa Valley, California, for current and aspiring coffee shop owners and other...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2026/02/16/nudibranch-coffee-surfaces-with-thai-flavors-in-seattle/ Mon, 16 Feb 2026 13:17:10 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=194559   Coffee is riding a wave of Thai spices and culture at a new cafe at the south end of Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood with the recent opening of Nudibranch...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2026/02/10/spin-the-wheel-at-counter-culture-coffees-new-brewing-competition-brewlette/ Tue, 10 Feb 2026 15:40:57 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=194472   North Carolina-based Counter Culture Coffee is launching a free manual brewing competition series called Brewlette, designed to remove some common barriers to participation among coffee pros and home enthusiasts...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2026/01/21/mariam-erins-binocular-dripper-focuses-on-wet-blending/ Wed, 21 Jan 2026 13:44:04 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=193897   A new dual-cone manual pourover brewer called the Binocular Dripper is launching for sale this week through Dubai-based retailer Brewing Gadgets. The dripper, which officially launched at last weekend’s...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2025/12/19/three-questions-with-dilshan-arty-ranaweera-of-cafe-secret-alley-in-sri-lanka/ Fri, 19 Dec 2025 15:18:31 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=192828 When Dilshan “Arty” Ranaweera opened Cafe Secret Alley in Kandy, Sri Lanka, in 2017, he knew next to nothing about coffee. “Sri Lanka didn’t have a coffee culture,” Ranaweera said....]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2025/12/08/compact-coffee-gets-roomy-with-new-cafe-in-salida-colorado/ Mon, 08 Dec 2025 14:29:44 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=192688 Handy with wrenches and portafilters alike, coffee and equipment service company Compact Coffee has opened its first brick-and-mortar coffee shop in Salida, Colorado. Situated in an alley between an artist...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2025/12/02/starbucks-to-pay-hourly-workers-35-5-million-in-nyc-labor-settlement/ Tue, 02 Dec 2025 15:49:59 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=192750 Starbucks has agreed to pay nearly $39 million to settle New York City claims that it routinely violated local scheduling rules at hundreds of stores, marking the largest worker-protection settlement...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2025/12/01/blue-bottle-workers-strike-over-thanksgiving-weekend/ Mon, 01 Dec 2025 15:53:28 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=192718 Unionized baristas at Blue Bottle Coffee staged a multi-day strike over the Thanksgiving shopping weekend, intensifying a year-long contract fight with the Nestle-owned company. Roughly 120 workers across nine unionized...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2025/11/11/from-the-philippines-the-better-vessel-frees-espresso-from-crema/ Tue, 11 Nov 2025 14:54:03 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=192159 A new device for removing crema from fresh espresso shots is hitting the market after launching on the competition stage at the 2025 World Barista Championship in Milan, Italy, last...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2025/11/05/hedge-coffee-plants-a-permanent-shop-in-san-francisco/ Wed, 05 Nov 2025 13:57:09 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=191952   An expertly manicured garden of coffee roasts and brews awaits customers in San Francisco’s Mission District, where pop-up and event-focused Hedge Coffee this month put down roots with an...]]>