Peet’s Acquires Mighty Leaf Tea, Opens and Closes Midwest Stores

Peet’s Coffee & Tea has acquired Mighty Leaf Tea in partnership with the private investment firm Next World Group for an undisclosed amount. Mighty Leaf, which like Peet’s has a corporate headquarters in the Bay Area, will continue to operate independently, but will “have full access to Peet’s resources, capabilities and scale,” Peet’s said in an announcement Friday. Next World […]



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D.C. Roastery Vigilante Coffee Opens First Public Outpost in Hyatsville

After two years of building wholesale accounts and putting in time at farmers markets, flea markets and pop ups, Washington D.C.’s Vigilante Coffee is opening a brick-and-mortar roastery and small bar in Hyatsville, Md. The grand opening is scheduled for tomorrow, Saturday, July 19, at the Vigilante Coffee Co. Roastery and Cafe, located in a former Ford Model-T dealership at […]



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Katie Carguilo to Help Lead Counter Culture Coffee’s Westward Charge

Of Counter Culture Coffee‘s eight existing regional training center’s, the Chicago outpost its Westernmost. That’s about to change big time, as the company is moving “fully into the West,” in the words of CCC’s Katie Carguilo, who has recently been assigned the title West Coast Coffee Analyst, a new leadership role within the expanding company’s Coffee Department. After beginnings at […]



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With D.C. Flagship, Peet’s Announces Plans for 43 More Stores in D.C. and Chicago

Emeryville, Calif.-based Peet’s Coffee & Tea yesterday unveiled its flagship store near the White House on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington D.C., where it plans to open 23 stores this year. The D.C. market will represent Peet’s biggest East Coast retail footprint, and it is part of a larger nationwide expansion plan that will bring the company’s total to nearly 3oo […]



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D.C. Barista Scores Game-Winning Goal in Olympic Medal Game

Just as award-winning baristas take pride in their achievements, so too do medal-winning Olympians. The same holds true for an even smaller subset: Olympic-medal-winning baristas. Swiss-born 24-year-old Jessica Lutz is a barista at Washington D.C.’s The Coffee Bar. She also just happens to have scored the winning goal for the Swiss team in the bronze medal women’s hockey game in […]



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