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A Moka & Co location in New York. 2025 press launch photograph.

Exploring the Yemeni Espresso Store Growth within the U.S.

A Quick Firm Center East function by Shaistha Khan examines how Yemeni espresso retailers are increasing throughout North America and reaching past diaspora communities into mainstream cafe tradition. The piece highlights their position as community-driven, late-night, alcohol-free gathering areas. Khan reported that round 30 Yemeni espresso manufacturers are actually working within the U.S. whereas “increasing at a tempo that contrasts with the stagnation of worldwide espresso manufacturers.” The piece doesn’t word {that a} important share of this development has been by way of franchising. 

Kansas Metropolis Cafe Reverses No-Tipping Coverage

Kansas Metropolis, Missouri-based espresso store Take Care has reversed its no-tipping coverage, with co-owner Christopher Oppenhuis saying that the shift has helped employees earn extra whereas easing strain on menu costs, in response to in response to a Kansas Metropolis Star report.

Longtime Copywriter Launches Agency to Assist Specialty Espresso Manufacturers

Montreal-based copywriter and artistic director Nick Usborne has launched Bean & Model, a boutique inventive targeted on serving to unbiased specialty espresso firms. Along with a decades-long promoting profession during which he has labored with shoppers resembling Disney, Reuters, Citibank and The New York Occasions, Usborne is behind the espresso assessment web site Espresso Detective.

Wonderstate CEO Wonders When Tariff Refunds May Come

In a latest PBS Wisconsin interview, Wisconsin-based Wonderstate Espresso CEO TJ Semanchin mentioned how tariffs on imported espresso have affected the enterprise and the way the corporate is pursuing refunds by way of the court-ordered federal claims course of.

Hawaii Espresso Affiliation Opens Convention Registration for Maui Occasion

Registration is now open for the Hawaii Espresso Affiliation’s thirty first Annual Convention, Commerce Present and seventeenth Annual Better of Hawai’i Competitors, scheduled for July 29-Aug. 1 at Maui School in Kahului.

Worldwide Espresso Tasting 2026 Registration Opens

Registrations are actually open for the 18th version of Worldwide Espresso Tasting, the competitors organized by IIAC, the Worldwide Institute of Espresso Tasters. Organizers stated merchandise entered within the occasion will compete for Gold Medals and obtain business-oriented analysis instruments resembling sensory profiles and market benchmarks.

Chamberlain Espresso Opens First Storefront in Venice Seaside

Influencer Emma Chamberlain’s espresso model, Chamberlain Espresso, is opening its first full-scale brick-and-mortar location on Abbot Kinney Boulevard in Venice Seaside, California, this spring, in response to a Santa Monica Mirror report.

Minnesota’s Bizzy Chilly Brew Pushes Additional Into Grocery

A Star Tribune report profiles Brooklyn Middle, Minnesota-based Bizzy Chilly Brew because it expands manufacturing and retail distribution. The report notes Bizzy’s debut on Amazon in 2015 as one of many first chilly brew concentrates and stated the model is now competing with bigger cold-coffee manufacturers resembling Starbucks.

Luckin Posts 35.3% Income Development, Opens 2,500+ Shops in Q1

China-based Luckin Espresso reported first-quarter 2026 web income of $1.7356 billion, up 35.3% 12 months over 12 months, alongside 2,548 web new retailer openings that introduced its whole retailer rely to 33,596. The corporate additionally introduced its first share repurchase program, authorizing as much as $300 million over one 12 months.

Starbucks Posts Wholesome Q2 Fiscal 12 months Development

Seattle-based Starbucks reported that international comparable retailer gross sales rose 6.2% in its 13-week fiscal second quarter, whereas consolidated web income elevated 9% to $9.5 billion. The corporate stated it ended the quarter with 41,129 shops globally after 11 web new retailer openings.

ICYMI

Listed here are a few of DCN’s high tales from the previous week…

The Federal Portal for Tariff Refunds is Now Open

After months of uncertainty, inexperienced espresso importers can now formally file claims by way of the federal authorities’s tariff refund portal… learn extra

New Industrial Cafe Gear from World of Espresso San Diego

Over three days earlier than an viewers of greater than 17,000 guests at World of Espresso in San Diego, firms and types from all over the world rolled out new instruments and devices designed for weighing, grinding, brewing and serving cold and hot espresso drinks in skilled settings… learn extra

New Handbook Pourover Brewers from World of Espresso San Diego

The act of hand-pouring scorching water over a mattress of floor espresso appears easy sufficient. But 12 months after 12 months, extra handbook pourover brewers emerge to problem the established pathways — each literal and figurative — to brewing espresso… learn extra

The New Pinecone Redwood Manufacturing Grinder Stands Tall

Amongst a forest of recent roastery merchandise on the latest World of Espresso San Diego commerce present, a brand new large-scale manufacturing espresso grinder referred to as the Redwood dropped courtesy of Swiss producer Pinecone… learn extra

Nestlé Confirms Blue Bottle Sale to Luckin’s Largest Shareholder

Nestlé has confirmed that it’s promoting Blue Bottle Espresso to Chinese language non-public fairness agency Centurium Capital, the bulk shareholder of Luckin Espresso, marking the primary direct affirmation from any of the businesses concerned {that a} gross sales settlement was reached… learn extra

Lawsuit Says Dealer Joe’s “Low Acid” Espresso Was Too Low on Caffeine

A federal class motion filed final week alleges that Dealer Joe’s has been deceptively advertising its “French Roast Low Acid” entire bean espresso as totally caffeinated when lab testing confirmed ranges nearer to half-caff… learn extra

Researchers Suggest Electrifying Technique to Measure Brew Power and Roast Colour

A serious breakthrough within the scientific neighborhood’s quest to “style” espresso with out all these pesky people getting in the best way got here this week courtesy of a gaggle on the College of Oregon… learn extra

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