Commonwealth Joe Snags $2.5 Million to Expand Nitro Cold Brew

Five years since its inception and less than a year after opening its Pentagon City flagship location, Arlington, Va.-based roaster/retailer Commonwealth Joe has closed a seed funding round of $2.5 million...

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La Colombe Launches the Coffee Vault, Professing Pre-Ground Freshness

While Philadelphia-based La Colombe Coffee Roasters has retail café locations in New York, Washington D.C., Los Angeles, Boston, and Chicago, an equally strong focus of the company lately seems to...

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Qualia Coffee’s Quality Quest Continues with Second Washington D.C. Shop

Washington, D.C.-based roasting company Qualia Coffee has opened its second location this month, eight years after opening its original Petworth neighborhood roastery café. The new shop, in Eckington, presents a more spacious...

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US Aeropress Championship Adding Nine Qualifiers, Seeking Maximum Fun

For as much as the United States and World Barista Championships have done to raise the profiles of individual competitors, the coffee companies they represent, the barista profession and specialty...

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Large Birds, Small Planes: Ryan Jensen’s New Micro-Roastery Takes Off in DC

Look, up in the sky over Washington D.C. It’s a bird, it’s a plane — it’s a Ryan Jensen coffee company! Jensen, the owner of Peregrine Espresso, which has three locations around...

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Swing’s Coffee Opens Elegant New Bar in Downtown DC

When Swing’s Coffee Roasters — founded by Michael Edward Swing as M.E. Swing Coffee Roasters — fired up its first batch of greens in 1916, Woodrow Wilson was finishing his first term...

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