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.
View ArticleAre 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.
View ArticleBack 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.
View ArticleThis 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?
View ArticleBig 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.
View ArticleAllegro 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
View ArticleThese 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.
View ArticleWhen 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.
View ArticleYou’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.
View ArticleWorkers 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.
View ArticleBerkeley 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.
View ArticleDowntown 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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