For paid subscribers: What Starbucks’ CEO Brian Niccol’s meeting with Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. says about the company’s embrace of coffee’s wellness trend—and the trend’s darker side.
Workers at Blue Bottle Coffee, acquired by Nestlé in 2017, have unionised. Now, they’re building international solidarity with the conglomerate’s union in Colombia.
This week, Colombia’s coffee industry isn’t happy with the new tax reform bill, with the FNC saying it will disproportionately affect small producers. Meanwhile, you will soon be able to throw your pod machine in the trash as a new, capsule-less (and allegedly greener) pretender comes to market: seaweed-covered coffee balls (they’re probably tastier than they sound).
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