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Sanremo Unveils the You, a Compact Dual-Boiler Espresso MachineDaily Coffee News by Roast Magazine
The new Sanremo You machine. All images courtesy of Sanremo. Italian coffee equipment brand Sanremo Coffee Machines has introduced its first professional dual-boiler, single-group espresso machine, the You (styled by the company as YOU). The Sanremo You is currently making its public debut at the HostMilano trade show in Milan, Italy. Pricing information has not yet been disclosed. The compact and modern-looking You features an optional horizontal paddle on the front of the group to modulate water pressure in real time. Extraction information is displayed live on the screen embedded above the group, and built-in software can also automate the
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Frozen Coffee Capsule Maker Cometeer Scores $35 Million MoreDaily Coffee News by Roast Magazine
Bricks of Cometeer coffee capsules are shipped in cold packs directly to consumers. Cometeer press photo. Gloucester, Massachusetts-based coffee technology and manufacturing company Cometeer has closed a $35 million Series B funding round, bringing the company’s running total of raised capital to $100 million. The latest cash infusion further cements Cometeer’s position as a specialty-coffee-segment rival to popular single-serve, single-use options like K-Cups or Nespresso pods. Cometeer focuses on the manufacture, sale and cold-shipment of single-serve frozen specialty coffee capsules designed to match peak quality with user convenience. Each recyclable aluminum capsule made by Cometeer contains a puck of coffee
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Etzinger Gets Hands On with the Etz-I and EtzMAN Manual GrindersDaily Coffee News by Roast Magazine
A pair of EtzMAN grinders from Etzinger. All images courtesy of Etzinger. Liechtenstein-based Etzinger, maker of the electric EtzMAX series of customizable grinders, has introduced two new hand-powered coffee grinders: the handheld Etz-I and the larger, tabletop-oriented EtzMAN. The company is currently accepting pre-orders for the new models, which like its predecessor is centered around a RRB (Rotating Ring Burr) grinding mechanism, in which the outer ring burr of the conical burr set rotates around a stationary inner cone burr. Shipping of the new models is expected later this fall. The Etz-I grinder. The handheld Etz-I has two variants
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Six or More Cups of Coffee Per Day Increases Dementia Risk, Research FindsDaily Coffee News by Roast Magazine
New research has found that people who drank more than six cups of coffee per day were more than twice as likely to develop dementia than people who drank coffee in moderation. The results gathered data from 17,702 participants in the UK Biobank between the ages of 37 and 73 who had available MRI information. It found a non-linear association between coffee consumption by volume and the risk of developing dementia or stroke. While non-coffee drinkers or decaffeinated coffee drinkers were found to have a slightly higher risk of developing lower brain volumes, dementia or stroke than moderate coffee drinkers,
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Austin’s Creature Coffee Gets Creative with In-House RoastingDaily Coffee News by Roast Magazine
Photo by @hannah_edelman courtesy of Creature Coffee. Creature Coffee has recreated itself, evolving from a Texas-focused multiroaster subscription company with one brick-and-mortar retail bar into a wholesale and online specialty coffee roasting company. “Over the years we have loved trying out coffees from all our friends, and we learned a lot,” Michael Craig, CEO of Creature Coffee, told Daily Coffee News. “Buying high-end specialty coffee can sometimes feel a little ‘samesie’ or even intense, so we wanted to be bright, bold, and fun, and most importantly, approachable.” Photo by @hannah_edelman courtesy of Creature Coffee. Creature worked with Miami, Florida-based graphic
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Why I Dislike the Word ‘Origin’ in CoffeeDaily Coffee News by Roast Magazine
Like “origin stories,” photos “of origin” shown in traditional consumer markets tend to romanticize coffee farming and production, rather than recognizing it as real work undertaken by real people. There are plenty of words in specialty coffee that are so overused, or used so variably, that they ultimately seem to signify very little. The word “specialty” itself comes to mind; “quality” is arguably still subjective; and then there’s “sustainability,” which can mean entirely different things to different people or organizations. Even the word “fresh” is contestable. While there may still be some redeemable virtues for these cornerstone descriptors, I’d like
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Japan-Based % Arabica Opens First US Roastery and Coffee Shop in BrooklynDaily Coffee News by Roast Magazine
The new % Arabica coffee shop in the shadow of the Brooklyn Bridge in Brooklyn’s Dumbo neighborhood. All images courtesy of % Arabica. Kyoto, Japan-based specialty coffee chain % Arabica has opened its first roastery and retail location in the United States, in the Dumbo neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York. Officially opened on June 11, the New York outpost is the brand’s 87th retail shop to date, adding to company-operated and franchise locations in 16 countries throughout Asia, Europe and the Middle East. Inside the % Arabica New York shop in Brooklyn. Core coffee offerings at all locations are consistent
