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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 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:
US Coffee Championships - Qualifying Event. Denver, Colorado. List of qualifiers for Nationals in KCMO, March, 2019. Barista Comp:
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 |