Fresh Cup Magazine

Fresh Cup Magazine has been at the forefront of the specialty coffee and tea sectors since 1992. With captivating and informative content available in both print and digital formats, Fresh Cup aims to educate and motivate people in the industry, including baristas, retailers, roasters, tea buyers, and agronomists.

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Can Darjeeling Tea Hope for a Climate-Resilient Future?

1 week ago | freshcup.com | Sohel Sarkar

When techie-turned-planter Rishi Saria acquired Darjeeling’s Rohini and Gopaldhara tea estates in 2004, one of the first things he did was set up an irrigation system. Saria’s decision was prompted by the substandard soil at Rohini, but proved wise given the climate challenges that the northeastern Indian hill district—famed for producing the so-called “Champagne of teas”—would face in the subsequent decades.
How Coffee Roasters Are Offering Formerly Incarcerated People a New Path Forward

1 week ago | freshcup.com | Fionn Pooler

Most people who leave prison end up being rearrested and incarcerated again. In the United States, two out of three former prisoners are rearrested within three years, and more than half end up incarcerated again. Breaking that cycle of recidivism, and reintegrating ex-offenders into the workforce, is challenging—having a criminal record reduces the chances of receiving a job callback by half.
Scientists Reveal How These Two Factors Can Improve Extraction

1 week ago | freshcup.com | Fionn Pooler

✉️ This story was featured in this week’s Coffee News Club👋 Get the Coffee News Club newsletter in your inbox weekly—sign up. One of the regular beats here at the Coffee News Club is following stories about climate change. Coffee is especially susceptible to harm and quality degradation based on fluctuating weather patterns, and scientists worldwide are exploring all kinds of solutions to keep coffee production viable in the future.
Coffee News Club: Week of April 14th

1 week ago | freshcup.com | Fionn Pooler

Coffee prices rise in response to tariffs. Plus, how your pouring technique impacts flavor, and China’s coffee boom expands beyond the big cities. ‘The Consumer Tariff Tax is Here. Coffee Shops are Starting to Raise Prices.’ – via Business InsiderIt’s been a chaotic week for the coffee industry.
U.S. Coffee Shops Raise Prices Amid Tariff Turmoil and Uncertainty

1 week ago | freshcup.com | Fionn Pooler

✉️ This story was featured in this week’s Coffee News Club👋 Get the Coffee News Club newsletter in your inbox weekly—sign up. It’s been a chaotic week for the coffee industry. United States President Donald Trump announced a series of tariffs on goods from almost every coffee-producing country, only to pause their implementation (save for China) almost immediately after they were set to begin.
Climate Change Hits India’s ‘Champagne of Teas’ Where It Hurts

2 weeks ago | freshcup.com | Sohel Sarkar |Sourced Journeys

For two years in a row, Anshuman Kanoria has seen yields decline at his Goomtee tea estate. Located in the hill district of Darjeeling in northeastern India, Goomtee is a 500-acre estate that produces about 70,000 kilograms of tea per year. When Goomtee’s previous owner was looking to sell in 2021, Kanoria, a veteran of the Darjeeling tea industry, readily took the plunge. But less than two years later, he was dealing with significant crop losses.
Tech Is Changing Sourcing for Roasters With Kat Melheim of Algrano

2 weeks ago | freshcup.com | Garrett Oden

Listen to the Coffee Think Tank Podcast, a show about trends, ideas, and innovations in coffee, on: Apple, Spotify, YouTube. And a big thanks to this season’s sponsor, SumUp, a modern point of sale and loyalty system for cafes. Coffee sourcing is undergoing a quiet, tech-enabled revolution—and there are few people who are better-equipped to talk about that than Kat Melheim.
What's That Coffee? An Electronic Nose Might Have the Answer

2 weeks ago | freshcup.com | Fionn Pooler

✉️ This story was featured in this week’s Coffee News Club👋 Get the Coffee News Club newsletter in your inbox weekly—sign up. How can you tell where a coffee comes from? Traceability is an important and valued aspect of the industry. In most cases, a bag of coffee will include information about where it’s from, whether a 12 oz bag of roasted beans or a burlap sack of green coffee.
Trump’s Tariffs Throw the Coffee Industry Into Chaos

2 weeks ago | freshcup.com | Fionn Pooler

To call the last week chaotic would be an understatement. After months of uncertainty, and several threats that never quite came to pass, the Trump administration announced on Wednesday, April 2 that it would place sweeping tariffs on nearly all countries that trade with the United States. Then, President Trump went golfing. The tariffs, which went into effect over the weekend, range from 10% to more than 40% on all U.S. imports—including coffee.
Coffee News Club: Week of April 7th

2 weeks ago | freshcup.com | Fionn Pooler

Trump’s tariffs rock the coffee industry. Plus, FairWave acquires Black & White and how an electronic nose could help stop coffee fraud. ‘Import Tax on Coffee Pressures US Roasters Already Facing High Prices’ – via ReutersOn April 2, the Trump administration announced sweeping tariffs against most of the United States’ trading partners. While widely anticipated, the scale of the move sent the world economy into turmoil.