Salt brines tenderize and retain moisture, while black coffee adds savory roasted flavor and improves browning without tasting like coffee.

Coffee pod hacks enable stronger flavor, broader machine compatibility, and cheaper brewing by adjusting grind, settings, and shot sizes.

Sibarist Professional introduces HP high-permeability paper for immersion brewing, enabling cold brew bags and single-serve coffee tea-bag formats for commercial customers.

Nearly 20% of Americans drink caffeinated energy drinks daily, and several discontinued Red Bull flavors are missed and could return in 2026.

IHOP began as a coffee-cart business that targeted office coffee breaks, then evolved into a global pancake chain founded by the Lapin brothers.

Coffee quality and roast level determine espresso martini structure, sweetness, balance, and complexity.

Galway’s Coffeewerk + Press won major national honors, with head barista Daria crowned Best Barista in Ireland and the shop named Top 10 Coffee Shops.

Memorial Day is marked with a veteran-focused song and video that shifts attention from sales to remembrance of sacrifice and Gold Star families.

Starbucks retired its AI inventory-counting tool after frequent miscounts and mislabeled items, replacing it with standard inventory counting across coffeehouses.

Starbucks retired its AI-powered Automated Counting inventory tool in North America, reverting beverage component counts to manual methods due to miscounts and mislabeling.

Cup of Excellence and ACE partnered with Siip to increase visibility of award-winning coffees and producers in a subscription app.

Baoshan, Yunnan has a mature coffee ecosystem supported by Voiceless Coffee across the full coffee value chain, with a Sensory Lab integrating flavor experiences into architectural space.

Starbucks scrapped an AI inventory counting program after frequent mislabeling and miscounts, returning to manual inventory counting.

Ducati’s Ducati Barista M3 1926 Limited Edition Carbon Fiber is a precision carbon-fiber capsule espresso machine inspired by café racers and track bikes.

A Cumberland Farms coffee sign mistakenly listed $99, triggering online debate about inflation and whether AI caused image and wording errors.

Formal name Coffea × libex is proposed for liberica–excelsa hybrids, offering a potentially commercially viable coffee pathway as climate change intensifies.

Cosori’s Juni automatic brewer uses app-controlled, multi-pour programming and connectivity to deliver consistent home coffee matching cafe results.

Taco Bell launched four new beverages, including its first Cold Brew and three Cold Foams, aiming to expand beverage sales to $5 billion by 2030.

Coffee or tea choices increasingly signal preferred spaces, linking each drink to expectations about time, enclosure, flow, and social “third places.”

Use whole fresh beans ground right before brewing, and choose a burr grinder for even particle size to improve aroma and flavor.

A second Wanderlust Coffee cafe in West Lafayette blends familiar menu and library elements with a more refined, design-forward brutalist-inspired interior.

Starbucks expanded rapidly in China but lost market share as local rivals offered cheaper, mobile-friendly, fast delivery and viral menu experiences.

Cozy Brookline Village coffee shop serves Atomic Coffee Roasters drinks, all-day breakfast sandwiches, and runs a community fridge for neighborhood food sharing.

Trace IQ monitors green coffee in transit by tracking temperature, humidity, and location in real time and uploading readings to a cloud dashboard.

HI NRG is moving from a Clement Street pop-up to a permanent Geary Blvd cafe with wine, DJ weekends, and expanded hours.

Moment beverage thermometer shows surface temperature and tasting notes while collecting customer feedback during cooling.

Chocolate covered espresso beans combine sweet cacao and bitter coffee flavors, with best results coming from complementary flavor balance and rich, silky textures.

Coconut Crème Frappuccino launched in 2002, became a hit, left the menu after 2015, and can be recreated by ordering a Vanilla Bean Crème with coconut milk.

A man threw a keg through Georgetown Cupcake’s window, causing major damage but no injuries, and security footage is being used to identify him.

Starbucks Korea fired its CEO after a Tank Day promotion used slogans tied to the 1980 Gwangju massacre, triggering outrage, boycotts, and a prompt apology.

Citi raised Coca-Cola’s price target to $91 and reiterated Buy, citing a 2026 FIFA World Cup marketing-driven volume boost.

Gina Ekiss created the 1990s “Jazz” cup design while working at Sweetheart Cup Company, but received no bonus or royalties and was credited only after later investigation.

Starbucks centralizes food production off-site, shipping frozen items to stores where staff thaw and warm them for consistent taste and speed.

Coffee substitutes expanded rapidly, but their effects on digestion and reflux vary, requiring individual testing to find a gut-friendlier option.

Rising temperatures and extreme weather are disrupting tea growth, reducing yield and quality, and threatening the familiar, consistent flavor of British tea.

Average U.S. grocery prices for roasted ground coffee hit $9.72 per pound in April 2026, the highest recorded since 1980.

Starbucks will lay off 300 corporate employees and close some U.S. offices to simplify operations and reduce costs, while investing in store redesigns and service.

Starbucks will cut 300 U.S. corporate support roles as part of its Back to Starbucks efficiency and cost-cutting strategy.

Capital One Cafes offer free Monday coffee during the 2026 MLB season at 50 U.S. locations, available to anyone via a digital pass signup.

Noct Coffee opened a permanent Vancouver cafe emphasizing living wages, benefits, transparent sourcing, and roasting capacity across multiple roasters.

For Five Coffee Roasters raised growth capital to expand roasting capacity, open more cafes, and grow wholesale and hospitality nationwide.

Vape sommeliers pair vape flavours with foods and drinks using balance principles like avoiding excessive sweetness or clashing spice.

Moderate caffeinated coffee or tea intake is linked to up to 35% lower dementia risk, with benefits plateauing beyond about 250–300 mg caffeine daily.

Loud slurping aerates coffee, spreading it across the palate and retro-nasal cavity to reveal nuanced flavor molecules and aromas.

Starbucks’ 2026 summer menu adds Tropical Butterfly Refreshers and returning Horchata drinks with new flavor profiles and popping pearls.

The V60 Dripper NEO redesigns the cone ribs to deliver faster, more uniform extraction with cleaner, sweeter, more vibrant cups.

Costco evolved its business over decades, and customer support for changes helped drive profitable growth.

Ikawa launched the Ikawa Go, a $2,100 automated fluid-bed sample roaster with reduced premium features but similar roasting quality and app-based profiling.

AeroPress coffee makers offer adjustable brewing variables, easy cleaning, and a middle-ground flavor profile between drip and French press, with multiple models for different needs.

Starbucks expanded bakery offerings, driving doubled food sales since 2020 and rolling out globally inspired loaves and bites that pair with coffee.