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Grounds for Well being Public sale: Hacienda La Esmeralda Headlines Lineup of Inexperienced Espresso and Tools
On September 18, 2025, Grounds for Well being will host a inexperienced espresso and tools public sale to fund healthcare for girls in coffee-producing nations. Roasters can have the possibility to bid on coffees donated by famend producers and importers, and for the primary time since 2020, Hacienda La Esmeralda can be again up for public sale with three micro plenty of its Particular Geisha Washed Guabo. To study extra, go to www.gfhauction.org.
Caffe Ladro Companions with Deaf Highlight for “Espresso for Good” Marketing campaign
Caffe Ladro has introduced they’ll be collaborating with Deaf Highlight for his or her Espresso for Good collection this fall. All through the months of September and October, $3 from each bag of their Espresso For Good mix bought will go on to Deaf Highlight, supporting their mission to uplift Deaf voices and broaden entry to the humanities. To study extra, go to www.caffeladro.com.
Restricted-Version Launch from Onyx Espresso Lab Will Increase Funds to Combat AIDS
Award-winning roaster Onyx Espresso Lab has partnered with (RED), a company devoted to preventing AIDS, within the launch of a limited-edition field of espresso: (ONYX)RED. With each field of (ONYX)RED bought, 7.5% of the web earnings will help (RED)’s efforts to deliver life-saving healthcare applications to communities in Africa.
“This partnership with (RED) will see us help their work to fund so many extraordinary, life-saving applications in areas that develop the coffees we love,” says Jon Allen, co-founder of Onyx.
Wonderstate Espresso Launches Revenue-Sharing Program
Wonderstate Espresso has launched a singular profit-sharing program that redistributes 10% of firm earnings to non-leadership staff, together with café staff and roastery employees. The roastery shares that final 12 months’s payout totaled $41,520, allotted primarily based on hours labored.
“Management is deliberately excluded from this system to make sure the main focus stays on the staff members who’re on the coronary heart of the corporate’s day-to-day operations,” the Wonderstate staff shared with Barista Journal. “This mannequin of inclusive revenue sharing is uncommon within the specialty-coffee world—and it’s already having an impression. It reinforces Wonderstate’s long-standing dedication to fairness, transparency, and constructing a people-first enterprise.”
Howard Buffett, Warren Buffett’s Son, Fights Cocaine Commerce in Colombia with $170 Million Initiative
Howard Buffett, the 70-year-old son of well-known investor Warren Buffett, is main an initiative in Colombia to cease the farming of coca (the crop used to make cocaine) and divert farming to authorized crops, together with espresso. To date, the initiative has led greater than 3,200 farming households to uproot coca vegetation and start rising different crops. MSN shares extra on the story right here.
Los Angeles’ Underground Espresso Scene is Booming
L.A.’s underground espresso scene—full with omakases, speakeasies, pop-ups, cuppings, throwdowns, and extra—is flourishing. Effectively-known espresso rivals have been recurrently popping up at busy L.A. bars; 2025 U.S. Espresso in Good Spirits Champion, Jerry Truong, for instance, not too long ago guest-bartended at cocktail bars Night time on Earth and Johnny’s Bar. The Los Angeles Instances shares extra on the story right here.
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