https://dailycoffeenews.com/tag/chicago/ Business news for specialty coffee professionals Tue, 21 Nov 2023 13:33:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.2 23960308 https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/11/20/with-media-and-marketplace-startup-u3-coffee-builds-consumer-connections/ Mon, 20 Nov 2023 14:24:40 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=174819 A Chicago-area coffee company called U3 Coffee launched this month with ambitious plans to connect consumers more deeply to the coffees in their daily cups.  Coming out of the gate...]]> 174819 https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/09/18/new-chicagoland-roaster-angora-coffee-keeps-it-clean/ Mon, 18 Sep 2023 14:11:35 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=173425 A Chicagoland startup roastery called Angora Coffee has opened its doors to the public, sharing a passion for high-quality, single-origin coffees and offering tightly packaged fresh bags to-go.  In the...]]> 173425 https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/08/23/with-huge-new-roastery-conscious-cup-coffee-has-growth-in-mind/ Wed, 23 Aug 2023 12:16:06 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=172667 Illinois-based Conscious Cup Coffee Roasters is intently focused on refining its operations through a new coffee roastery and training facility in Crystal Lake.  Approximately 45 miles northwest of Chicago, Conscious...]]> 172667 https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/07/20/dates-and-locations-of-2024-us-coffee-championships-preliminaries/ Thu, 20 Jul 2023 18:47:26 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=172252 The organizers of the U.S. Coffee Championships (USCC) have unveiled the dates and locations of the 12 preliminary competitions for the 2024 championship season. The championships are sanctioned by the...]]> 172252 https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/06/30/fairgrounds-worlds-fair-is-fueling-a-metroburb-in-chicagoland/ Fri, 30 Jun 2023 14:44:23 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=171363 In a sure sign that we are living in the future and that all that was old is new again, Chicagoland’s first “metroburb” is now open, with regional chain Fairgrounds...]]> 171363 https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/06/08/colectivo-coffee-workers-approve-first-union-contract/ Thu, 08 Jun 2023 16:16:50 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=171088 Approximately 95% of the unionized workers at Milwaukee-based specialty coffee chain Colectivo Coffee voted in favor of their first union contract this week, according to local union organizers. The agreement...]]> 171088 https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/05/23/lavazza-opens-training-center-in-downtown-chicago/ Tue, 23 May 2023 15:48:13 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=170621 Italian coffee giant Lavazza last week opened a training center on the Magnificent Mile in downtown Chicago. Inside the 444 North Michigan Ave office building, home to James Beard Award-winning...]]> 170621 https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/04/06/with-colombian-roots-magnifico-coffee-makes-marvelous-chicago-debut/ Thu, 06 Apr 2023 14:15:56 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=169010 Safely distanced from the touristy hustle and bustle of Chicago’s Magnificent Mile, a Colombian-family-owned coffee shop and roastery called Magnifico Coffee has opened on the city’s north side. “Everything that...]]> 169010 https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/04/04/2024-world-brewers-cup-and-cup-tasters-championships-coming-to-chicago/ Tue, 04 Apr 2023 16:13:45 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=169297 The Specialty Coffee Association (SCA) has announced that two of its seven sanctioned World Coffee Championships — Brewers Cup and Cup Tasters — are coming to Chicago in 2024. The...]]> 169297 https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/01/10/organized-workers-at-intelligentsias-chicago-bars-ratify-first-contract/ https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/01/10/organized-workers-at-intelligentsias-chicago-bars-ratify-first-contract/#comments Tue, 10 Jan 2023 19:18:50 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=167002 Baristas and shift leaders at Intelligentsia Coffee‘s five Chicago coffee bars ratified their first contract with the company through union representative IBEW Local 1220. It is the first high-profile ratified...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/01/10/organized-workers-at-intelligentsias-chicago-bars-ratify-first-contract/feed/ 1 167002