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.
Pour one out for the demise of PBR's hard coffee
The International Coffee Organization thinks people will be drinking more coffee at home, a Starbucks manager claims he was instructed to retaliate against pro-union workers, and the tipping point for massive climate change-caused loss of coffee production is approaching.
Plus, the end of PBR’s hard coffee experiment.
Read about all this and more over at Fresh Cup Magazine:
And here’s Merlin lounging in the sun, back when we had sunshine here in the Scottish Highlands.

Look out for a new Pourover article this Friday, and see you next week for another news roundup!
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