For paid subscribers: From the preposterous tech startup that wanted to roast coffee in space to espresso on the International Space Station, there’s a lot of coffee up there.
Many people visit cafes during the workday—but for those who work nights, good coffee remains woefully scarce. Now, one enterprising Australian is trying to change that.
“Absolutely unbearable”; “The worst day of the year”; “Mentally and physically abusive”; this is how baristas describe Starbucks’ Red Cup Day, which took place last week. It’s the busiest day of the company’s year, where they hand out reusable red cups to customers who purchase a seasonal drink.
This year, the union fought back: the Red Cup Rebellion was a coordinated one-day strike involving thousands of baristas and over a hundred stores across the US.
Read about that, and all the other coffee news over at Fresh Cup Magazine:
If you missed it, you can read my latest post in which I interviewed Amethyst Coffee’s Elle Taylor about her company’s experiment with removing tips, the decision to close, and what counts as success in coffee:
I'm a coffee writer and creator of The Pourover. Based in Scotland, I have over a decade of experience in the specialty coffee industry. Ask me about coffeewashing. It's pronounced Fin (he/him)
