Space: The Final Coffee Frontier
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.
This week, Starbucks’ corporate workers aren’t too happy with their employer’s union-busting. Meanwhile, coffee producers face increased fertilizer costs, more slightly hyperbolic musings on the future of coffee, and how to enhance your brain using coffee.
Read the full news roundup over at Fresh Cup Magazine:
If you missed it, you can also check out my interview with Adam Willoughby whose diner in Massachusetts serves specialty coffee brewed by Chemex:
And of course, here’s an annoyed-looking Merlin to play us out

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