A complex web of pressures, from climate change to tariffs, are pushing up coffee prices. But the industry has a challenge: How to communicate necessary price rises to consumers without scaring them off.
For paid subscribers: deleted scenes from last week's lexicon. Musings on the words "Sustainability", "Specialty", and the old-school buzzwords like "Artisan" and "Gourmet".
As the rightwing backlash to LGBTQ+ rights in the United States continues, some Starbucks workers have been told they can’t decorate their stores for Pride Month. Managers have even removed already-hung flags, although Starbucks denies that the moves are corporate policy. The union, meanwhile, calls them “a clear continuation of Starbucks’ anti-union campaign to intimidate workers.”
Nordic Approach, is the latest specialty coffee importer to be acquired by a billion-dollar multinational after its takeover by Neumann Kaffee Gruppe.
Workers at three Peet’s Coffee locations in Berkeley and Oakland, California, have filed for union elections citing “wage stagnation, understaffing, and unsafe working conditions.”
And Starbucks wants to green its milk supply chain, although it’s kinda hard when dairy is such a potent source of greenhouse gas emissions.
I'm the creator and writer of The Pourover. Based in Scotland, I have over a decade of experience in the specialty coffee industry as a barista, roaster, and writer. Ask me about coffeewashing.
