Dubai’s Chocolate-Based Propaganda Push
For paid subscribers: Coffee is increasingly used to burnish the United Arab Emirates’ international image. Now it is being supercharged by merging with the popularity of the Dubai chocolate trend.
For paid subscribers: Coffee is increasingly used to burnish the United Arab Emirates’ international image. Now it is being supercharged by merging with the popularity of the Dubai chocolate trend.
It's the Coffee News Roundup: Week Ending December 5th
The coffee scene in Dubai is thriving, and the city is set to welcome the Specialty Coffee Association’s World of Coffee event next month. But underneath the glitzy facade and marketing buzz lies a moral quagmire.
This is an archive of the Coffee News Roundup newsletters. New posts can be found at Fresh Cup Magazine, while subscribers receive a summary every Monday.
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A collection of all in-depth coffee features on The Pourover.
94 articles
Articles covering corporate and independent coffee shops and roasters and the consumption side of the coffee supply chain.
32 articles
Coffee is political. There's no getting away from it, no matter how much the industry would like to ignore its connection to the wider world.
22 articles
For paid subscribers to The Pourover. These pieces offer extra analysis and opinion around major stories in coffee.
19 articles
From the producers who grow and process the coffee, to the ways it moves around the world and those who control the system, coffee's supply chain is long and opaque.
17 articles
Coffee is a complicated and fascinating plant, and these articles look at how it's grown and the people who grow it.
17 articles
Coffee industry stakeholders share their insights. Featuring coffee farmers, roasters, researchers, baristas, economists, union leaders, and YouTubers.
15 articles
The coffee industry is huge, and there is much tension between the corporate and specialty sectors. These articles explore those tensions.
13 articles
Coffee is under threat from climate change. This is not a future problem, it's here now—how is the industry preparing?
12 articles
From Starbucks to specialty coffee companies across the United States, the unionisation wave has been fascinating to watch.
11 articlesReviews of coffee shops and coffee roasters
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The coffee industry version of greenwashing. Coffeewashing is when coffee companies deceive or mislead the public about the positive social, economic and environmental impact of their products or actions.
10 articles
Sustainability is a popular, and often overused, buzzword in the coffee industry. These articles look at the topic from all angles, the good and the bad.
8 articles
Starbucks is one of the world's biggest coffee companies. It is also one of its most controversial.
7 articles
Coffee is big and complex, and with lots of room for weirdness. These articles look at the strange underbelly of an ever-changing industry.
7 articles
A series of articles looking at how coffee is portrayed in cinema, including films such as The Big Lebowski, Pulp Fiction, Scott Pilgrim vs The World, and more.
7 articles
The history of coffee is long, dark, and often very strange. These articles dig into that history.
6 articles
Coffee plays an outsized role in culture, from movies to the news media. These stories focus on coffee's continued cultural relevance.
6 articles
The coffee industry loves technology, from automated espresso machines to drones and, increasingly, generative AI. These articles explore that affinity, and investigate whether or not it is a good thing.
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A place for some coffee advice, whether you can't decide on what kind of filters to buy, or are interested in learning more about flat whites or decaf coffee.
2 articlesA newsletter about coffee—its culture, politics, and how it connects to the wider world.