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COFFEE:
What Inspired People Most About Coffee in 2018?​ - Daily Coffee News​

What Is a Flat White & How Is It Different From a Latte?
 - Perfect Daily Grind

Tea or Coffee Lover? The Answer is Written in Your Genes - World Tea News

What’s The Truth About Decaffeinated Coffee? - Perfect Daily Grind

Second Pu’er International Coffee Expo Coming March 13-17 - Daily Coffee News

Why Aren’t African-Americans More Prominent in the Coffee Industry? - Daily Coffee News

10 Minutes With Mexican Brewers Cup Champion Carlos Maqueda. - Barista Magazine online

CHOCOLATE:
A Quest to Find America’s Best Craft Chocolate Makers - Smithsonian Magazine online

Little Chocolate's Big Moment - Bloomberg

FIRST MONDAYS CONVERSATIONS:
A monthly open dialogue where the goal is for business owners to gain insight and consumers to openly share what they are looking for and enjoy.

2/4 - Do you get frustrated with your results brewing coffee or tea at home? Is it a result of equipment, you - the user, or simply the challenge of the product changing daily?
​Facebook // Instagram
1/7 - Coffee shops, do you "like" your customer's social media posts, mostly Instagram? Or, do you "like" 80% just industry posts, such as latte art? Consumers, do you notice the industry "liking" your posts? Thoughts?
​Facebook // Instagram
12/3 - Do you seek out coffee or tea shops that are kid-friendly? What do you look for, what frustrates you, and what has been creative solutions?
​Facebook // Instagram
11/5 - What are your thoughts on coffee shops/roasters adding to their business with another focus outside coffee? Examples could be selling bikes, a bread bakery, vinyl shop, flower shop, etc.?
Facebook // Instagram
OTHER KEY CONVERSATIONS:
Who’s the most famous person you’ve ever seen in a coffee shop?​ Join the convo, or browse the 100+ comments here.

STATS:
Over 50% of Americans over 18 years of age drink coffee every day. - Source: National Coffee Association

Packaged beverages account for 16 percent of sales and 20 percent of the profit earned by convenience stores - Source: National Association of Convenience Stores (NACS)

While the volume of soft drinks, sports drinks, and fruit beverages declined last year (2017), RTD tea showed a 3.9% increase in retail dollars and a 1.1% gain in volume. - Source: Beverage Marketing Corp​.


"Using light-roasted coffees from Brazil, two regions of Ethiopia, Colombia, Myanmar and Mexico, with recipes designed to replicate a typical home consumption environment, researchers from Jefferson University found that the pH levels of both hot and cold coffee were similar, ranging from 4.85 to 5.13. Additionally, hot samples contained higher levels of antioxidants, which are believed to be responsible for many of coffee’s health benefits." - Source: Daily Coffee News

"The number of coffee-focused retail outlets in the United States has increased by 3.8 percent over the past year, while the specialty coffee segment will see the most potential for growth moving forward, according to the Project Cafe USA 2019 report from Allegra World Coffee Portal."... "The 3.8 percent growth in total number of branded coffee outlets exceeds the estimated 3.6 percent growth found last year. In total, there are approximately 35,616 coffee shops in the U.S. representing a market value of $45.4 billion." - Source: Daily Coffee News

Meta-analyses have suggested that drinking 3-4 cups of coffee per day is associated with an approximate 25% lower risk of developing type 2 diabetes2,3
- Source: EurekAlert

TEA:
Study Shows Oolong’s Potential in Fighting Breast Cancer - World Tea Academy

Follow the Leaders: Tea Trends in 2019
​
- World Tea Academy

Budding Products: 5 Kombucha Companies Release New Flavors - World Tea Academy

US Skips Tea in Tariffs - Fresh Cup

Tea Consumption Second Only to Packaged Water - World Tea Academy​

Online Sales are a Big Opportunity for Grocery Tea - World Tea Academy

EVENTS:
​March 9 -  Grind City Coffee Expo, Memphis
March 15 - 17 - U.S. Coffee Champs, Kansas City.
March 16 ​- Coffeelebrity Sports Showcase
March 22 - 23 - Caffeine Crawl Oklahoma City
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April 26 - 28 - Caffeine Crawl Kansas City

COMPETITION RESULTS:
​US Coffee Championships

​US Coffee Championships - Qualifying Event.
Nashville, Tennessee. List of qualifiers for Nationals in KCMO, March, 2019.
Barista Comp:
  1. Dylan Siemens, Onyx Coffee Lab
  2. Samantha Spillman, Dillanos Coffee Roasting
  3. T.Ben Fischer, Elixr Coffee
  4. Jenna Gotthelf, Counter Culture Coffee
  5. Rodrigo Vargas, Rival Brothers Coffee
  6. Isaiah Sheese, Archetype Coffee​
Brewer's Cup:
  1. Grace McCutchan, Red Rooster Coffee Roaster
  2. Jennifer Hwang, Klatch Coffee
  3. Tyler Duncan, Topeca Coffee Roasters
Coffee In Good Spirits:
  1. Kris Wood, Black Fox Coffee
  2. Nathanael Mehrens, Stay Golden
  3. Matt Foster, Kaldi's Coffee
Taster's Cup:
  1. Matthew McDaniel, Summit Coffee Co. 
  2. Summer Zhang, Onyx Coffee Lab
  3. Aaron Lerner, Skytop Coffee
Roaster's Comp:
  1. Amanda Hagenbuck, Rival Brothers Coffee
  2. Jeremy Moore, Bon Life Coffee Roasters 
  3. Steve Cuevas, Black Oak Coffee Roasters​

​US Coffee Championships - Qualifying Event.
Denver, Colorado. List of qualifiers for Nationals in KCMO, March, 2019.
Barista Comp:
  1. Sam Neely, Switchback Coffee Roasters
  2. Andrea Allen, Onyx Coffee Lab
  3. Emily Orendorff, Boxcar Coffee Roasters
  4. Cassie Ash, Small Planes Coffee
  5. Hugo Cano, Independent
  6. Naida Lindberg, Verve Coffee
  7. Reef Bessette, The Coffee Movement
  8. Joel Bigelow, Messenger Coffee
  9. Hana Kaneshige, Counter Culture Coffee
  10. Raechel Hurd, Epoch Coffee
  11. Milo DeGoosh, Bard Coffee
  12. Matthew Barahura, Intelligentsia Coffee
  13. Austin Amento, Augie’s Coffee
  14. Kristi Persinger, Stumptown Coffee Roasters
  15. Meg Skop, Equator Coffees & Teas
  16. Douglas Park, Independent
  17. Maxwell Mooney, Narrative Coffee
  18. Morgan Eckroth, Tried & True Coffee Co
Coffee In Good Spirits:
  1. Sam Schroeder, Olympia Coffee
  2. Kimhak Em, Peixoto Coffee Roasters
  3. Joshua Smith, West Oak Coffee Bar
  4. Michael Slomzenski, Huckleberry Roasters
  5.  Kasey Headley, Trinity Street Coffee Bar
Taster's Cup:
  1. Sebastian Legner, Copper Door Coffee Roasters
  2. Chris Kornman, Royal Coffee
  3. Jen Apodaca, Royal Coffee
  4. Chloe O’Connor, Everyman Espresso
  5. Scott MacBride, InterAmerican Coffee
  6. Roman Deshong, Amethyst Coffee Co
  7. Kevin Nealon, Huckleberry Roasters
  8. Andy Sprenger, Sweet Bloom Coffee
  9. Jin Chiew, Sweet Bloom Coffee
  10. Austin Amento, Augie’s Coffee
  11. Michael Schroeder, Oddly Correct
  12. Noah Goodman, Faema
  13. Khristian Yurchak, Sisters Coffee Co
  14. Brandon Despain, Caffe Ibis
  15. Jie Jiang, Andante Coffee Roasters
Brewer's Cup:
  1. Jacob White, Bird Rock Coffee Roasters
  2. Kaley Gann, Messenger Coffee
  3. Justin McCormick-Goodhart, Sweet Bloom Coffee
  4. Lance Hedrick, Onyx Coffee Lab
  5. Joshua Modisette, Narrative Coffee
  6. Madeleine Longoria-Garcia, Independent
  7. Augustine Toscano, Windmill Coffee
  8. Avery Leith, Elixr Coffee
  9. Blair Smith, Augie’s Coffee
  10. Stephen White, Joe Coffee Co
  11. Nicholai Elkins, Switchback Coffee Roasters
  12. Kelly Hill, Temple Coffee Roasters
Roaster's Comp:
  1. Andrew Oberholzer, Joe Coffee Co
  2. Shelby Williamson, Huckleberry Roasters
  3. Jen Apodaca, Royal Coffee
  4. Leo Sideras, Independent
  5. Evan Inatome, Elixr Coffee
  6. Aaron Rollins, Caffe Ibis
  7. Hugh Morretta, La Colombe Coffee Roasters
  8. Daniel Mauck, Social Hour Coffee Roasters
  9. Mark Boccard, Southdown Coffee
  10. Weston Nawrocki, Manzanita Roasting Co
  11. Andrew Burgason, Windmill Coffee
  12. Nathan Van Dusen, Brio Coffeeworks​​

COMPETITION RESULTS:
Throwdowns, Brew-Offs, Etc.
​March 2​ - Cure Coffeehouse 8th Anniversary + Throwdown, Norfolk, VA
- 1ST: CJ Payne from Three Ships Coffee, Virginia Beach
- 2ND: Rhakeem Thomas from Cure Coffeehouse
- 3RD: @tyler_pati from Mea Culpa Cafe, Norfolk
Feb. 24 ​- Red Rooster 1 year Anniversary Throwdown, Floyd, VA
- 1ST: 
Indya DiPietro​
Feb. 23 - 24 - Global Tea Championship
​Hot Loose Leaf Tea Winners

Feb. 23 - Defeat The Machine brew competition at Sunergos Coffee, Louisville
- 1ST: Kane Holbrook
- 2ND: Neill Phelps
- 3RD: Bekah Ryherd
Feb. 21 - Parallel, Minneapolis. ​Latte Art Throwdown​ and 1-year celebration.​

Feb. 10 - ​Bar Brawl, Coffee Cocktail Competition, Colorado Springs.
Feb. 8 - Pittsburgh Coffee Series. 4 different Latte Art Throwdowns. ​
Feb. 8 - Latte Art Throwdown at Share Coffee, Amherst, Mass.
Feb. 7 - Latte Love Throwdown, The Bean Community Coffeehouse in Vermillion, South Dakota
- 1ST:​ Jesus Iniguez, Stone Brú Coffee 
- 2ND:​ Ashlynn Brunz, Coffea Roasterie
- 3RD:​ Ren Lang, Horizon Line Coffee
Feb. 7 - Latte Art Throwdown, Namu in Durham, NC
Jan. 30 - Mas y Menos, El Paso, TX. Latte Art Throwdown​.
Jan. 31 - League of Lattes at ​COMMISSARY in Indianapolis.
​
- 1ST: Rachel Myers from Lucabe Coffee
Jan. 24 - Latte Art Throwdown results at​ Messenger Coffee, Kansas City​
- 1ST:​ Katie Hodges
- 2ND: Pia Walla
- 3RD/4TH: Danielle Roberts and Jerry Ponzer
Dec. 18 - Latte Art Throwdown results at​ Caffe Streets with Metric Coffee, Chicago​
- 1ST: Ty (@honeyprocessed.destruction​) from Metric
- 2ND: Antonio (@medroast)
- 3RD: Callini (@homesickhoney)
Dec. 11 ​​- Latte Art Throwdown results at​ Kona Coffee Purveyors, Honolulu
- 1ST: Kyla Villamor from Honolulu Coffee Company, Honolulu​
- 2ND: Kawehilani Wills
Dec. 6 - Latte Art Throwdown results at Wunderkammer with Modbar, Ft. Wayne, IN
- 1ST:​ Evan Kamrath from Dessert Oasis Coffee Roasters, Detroit​
Dec. 1 - Latte Art Throwdown results at Fair Fellow Coffee, Tulsa, OK
- 1ST: Cameron Marshall from Topeca, Tulsa
- 2ND: Katie Maher from Little Lion Cafe, Wichita
​- 3RD: from Topeca, Tulsa
Nov. 17 - World Aeropress Championship, Sydney, Australia.
- 1ST: Carolina Ibarra Garay for U.S.
- 2ND: Xiaobo Zhang from China
- 3RD: Evgeni Pinchukov from Belarus​
Nov. 12 - Cherry Roast 2018, Copper Door Coffee Roasters, Denver
- 1ST: Simone Rodriguez from Crema Coffee, Denver
- 2ND: Sara Doehrman from Cimarron Roasters, Montrose, CO 
- 3RD: Alexandra Littlejohn from Ozo Coffee, Boulder, CO
Oct. 31 - Latte Art Throwdown results at Dark Heart Coffee Bar, Loveland, CO
- 1ST: Brett Newsted from SloHi, Denver
- 2ND: Savannah Nicole from Dark Heart, Loveland
Oct. 30 - Latte Art Throwdown results at Third Space Coffee, Colorado Springs, CO
- 1ST: Brittany from Third Space Coffee, COS
- 2ND: Charlie Claus from Switchback, COS 
- 3RD: Maddy Meyers
Oct. 24 - Glitter Cat Barista Championship at Elixr Roastery, Philadelphia
- 1ST: Rodrigo Vargas, Joe Coffee Co., Philadelphia 
August - Global Tea Championship 2018
- List of winners

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