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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Blue Bottle Planning 5,000-s.f. Washington DC Café and Training Center

Following a series of high-profile openings in New York, the Bay Area and Tokyo this past fall and early winter, Oakland-based Blue Bottle Coffee is heading for the the first time into the...

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Peet’s is Planning a $58 Million, 175,000-Square-Foot East Coast HQ

Peet’s Coffee has announced today that it is opening a $58 million, 175,000-square-foot production facility in Suffolk, Va. The East Coast roastery, near the Port of Virginia, will be the...

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