Reflecting on the Specialty Coffee Industry’s Covid Response It’s trade show season! This won’t be Loring’s first time back in the ring since the Before Times (we attended SCA Boston and WOC Milan in 2022), but 2023 feels different, somehow. The Covid-19 pandemic did a number on hundreds of businesses within the specialty coffee industry […]
Sahra Nguyen firmly believes that robusta is the future of coffee. Her Vietnamese coffee company, Nguyen Coffee Supply, has championed the robusta bean and educated American consumers about why they should pay more for a bean that’s been historically misunderstood and criticized. Sahra has worked hard to start a conversation about robusta and the misconceptions […]
Cafe ZunZun started with humble beginnings selling coffee at the local farmers market in Cypress, Texas. The owners, Pascale and Joel knew they wanted to bring the slow-food lifestyle of their unique French and Cuban culture to their fast-paced American community. Their intention was to run an organic, sustainable, and environmentally friendly business and offer […]
COVID had quite the impact on the cafes and roasterys in Melbourne, Australia. The longest shutdowns in the world were in Melbourne, and their central business district is still not completely open to full capacity. Rumble Coffee owners, Joe and Matt, have had to shift their coffee company in order to adapt to the pandemic […]
From running clubs, brand collaborations, and donating to mental health charities, Hard Lines Coffee is cultivating a coffee centric community in Cardiff, Wales. Matt and Sophie have grown a fun, exciting, and instagramable brand since their early days of running an Aeropress bar six years ago. Their ability to harness social media to captivate their […]
In October 2021, Roast Magazine announced the winners of two of the most prestigious awards in the roasting industry: Macro Roaster of the Year, and Micro Roaster of the Year for 2022. For Macro Roaster of the year, Huckleberry Roasters was named winner. And for Micro Roaster of the Year, Little Waves Coffee Roasters took […]
Dickon and Joel had no idea that in just four years of starting their business, they would be nominated for “Best All-Round Specialty Coffee Roaster” at the London Coffee Festival. From avid home brewers to owners of New Ground Coffee, it has been a long and rewarding journey for Joel and Dickon. Joel and Dickon’s […]
Shared Roasting goes way beyond a space to lease coffee roasting equipment. Owners Jeff and Howard take a holistic approach to understanding the unique goals of every client in order to provide the support necessary for coffee businesses to succeed. The duo originally met over a decade ago in Hong Kong as co-workers at an […]
Robbie Roberts began roasting coffee in 1991. He founded the coffee company that became Joe Van Gogh, Inc., in 1994 and bought his first Loring ten years later. Joe Van Gogh roasts its coffee and runs its business from Hillsborough, NC, and it operates cafes in Durham and Chapel Hill, NC. Roberts lives in Chapel […]
Michael de Renouard is a certified Loring Roast Master, SCA Authorized trainer, and roasting consultant. He has been roasting with a Loring since 2011 at Solberg & Hansen in Oslo and has gained a tremendous amount of experience as a coffee industry professional since he started roasting in 2006. Michael hosts roasting workshops in Europe […]