Swiss super-automatic coffee machine maker Thermoplan recently acquired Mikafi, a novel electric coffee roasting machine brand for commercial applications. Thermoplan, which has produced many thousands of Starbucks store coffee…
Longtime Starbucks Machine Partner Thermoplan Acquires Mikafi Roasters
Related Post
Indonesia Coffee Report: Exports Up Though Tariffs and EUDR Linger
Indonesia’s coffee production for the 2025/26 market year (April to March) is forecast at the equivalent of 11.3 million 60-kilogram ...
Bulletproof Rebrands Without Focusing on Mold and Toxicity
After a meteoric rise in popularity through the 2010s fueled in part by a message from its founder that ...
Coffee Tariff Updates On Brazil, Indonesia and China
The United States under the Donald Trump administration is continuing to upend established coffee supply-and-demand dynamics through new tariff threats ...
Honduras Coffee Report: Exports Surge on Rising Prices, Reduced Rust Impact
Honduras is projected to increase coffee production and exports in the 2025/26 market year, with total output forecast at the ...
Study: Coffee Grounds with Fungal Stuff Could Replace Packing Foam
A research team at the University of Washington recently developed a 3D printing method that could transform post-consumer coffee waste ...
New Research Shows Promise for Stenophylla Breeding
As the climate-sensitive arabica coffee species continues to face long-term existential threats, research from Sierra Leone sheds new light ...
TechnoServe Builds a Case for Regenerative Agriculture Investments in Coffee
With research supported by two of the world’s largest coffee companies, the United States-based nonprofit TechnoServe is making a business ...
Roastery Equipment Maker Sovda Names Brice Sturmer CEO
Coffee roasting equipment maker Sovda (styled “SOVDA” by the company) recently appointed Brice Sturmer as CEO. Sturmer, the founder ...
Keurig Dr Pepper Acquiring JDE Peet’s for $18 Billion, Forming Mega Conglomerate
Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP) is acquiring coffee conglomerate JDE Peet’s in a transaction valued at approximately $18 billion, with plans ...
Column: The True Cost of Brazilian Coffee Goes Far Beyond the Commodity Market
[Note: This is Part 3 of a short series of stories by guest author Jonas Ferraresso exploring some of the intricacies ...