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This coffee roaster in Berkeley supports poets, one bag of beans at a time

Nomadic Coffee recruits and pays emerging and established poets to write verse to include in every bag of beans.

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Are robots better baristas? Berkeley’s Bbox café thinks so

By creating a mobile app and robots that prepare and serve orders, Bbox provides cheaper, more efficient coffee, and plans to expand its technology to more restaurant automation.

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Back in the ’80s, this Highwire Coffee Roasters co-founder was a BMX star

Rich Avella went from trick-riding BMX bikes to co-founding one of the most successful specialty coffee chains in the East Bay.

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This cold brew company founded by Cal undergrads claims to caffeinate without...

Quokka Brew says it counteracts the anxiety-causing effects of coffee with amino acids and plant extracts, but does it work, and more importantly, does it taste good?

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Big House Beans creates jobs, ‘family’ for formerly incarcerated

John Krause spent 11 years in and out of Bay Area prisons before founding his East Bay-based coffee company, which gives second chances to former inmates.

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Allegro Coffee Roasters to leave Whole Foods. Will racks for online grocery...

Amazon, which owns Whole Foods, has been dedicating more and more space to grocery delivery services since that sector is growing rapidly

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These East Bay coffee businesses say equity and diversity shouldn’t be an...

High-end coffee companies that prioritize equity on a global level are looking closer to home to resolve racial bias in the coffee world.

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When COVID-19 ended dance parties, this Oakland audio company started a...

Waveworks founder Bradley Katz has turned to his other passion, coffee roasting, to get through the pandemic lull.

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You’ll never wait in line at this new Oakland coffee shop

At the Caffe by Mr. Espresso, java-seeking patrons will belly up to a bar instead of joining a queue.

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Workers unionize in 3 Peet’s Coffee shops in Berkeley and Oakland

Workers voted for a union at the Southside Berkeley, Temescal and Piedmont Avenue locations on Wednesday.

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Berkeley Starbucks workers strike over working conditions

More than 20 workers took to the picket line Friday, citing unsafe working conditions, such as a lack of AC during recent heat waves, and staffing issues.

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Downtown Berkeley Starbucks temporarily closed

The unplanned, temporary closure for repairs began on Friday, Oct. 13, the same day the Shattuck Avenue store’s unionized employees held a one-day strike.

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