The United Baristas guide to buying an espresso machine
Coffee Shop Viability & Profitability
How can we make specialty coffee more sustainable?
Coffee’s scale, reach and connections enable us to play an important role in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.
Increasing coffee prices makes sense
Why increasing coffee cup prices is necessary. Plus United Baristas explains how to successfully implement a price rise.
How to value used coffee equipment
Whether you’re buying an item for your businesses or looking to upgrade your existing equipment, you’ll need to identify its value.
A Slight Change of Plans
The updated use class regime creates new opportunities for coffee businesses
One Size Doesn’t Fit All
Lisa Lawson – Coffee’s sustainability journey can be supported by the B Corp framework
Dear Green founder Lisa Lawson explores how the industry can be more sustainable and why it’s not always easy having ‘green’ in your name
Ideas to help the coffee community succeed in 2022
We’re heading into the new year with ideas from some of the coffee community’s leading thinkers
Tips for hiring great baristas
Finding the right person adds value to your operations, culture and profitability. Follow these tips gathered from United Baristas and from across the coffee industry to better your barista recruitment and increase business performance.
Is the price right? Let’s make the alt-milk surcharge fit-for-purpose in 2021
United Baristas analysis shows how we can get better environmental outcomes and enhance shop viability by updating our coffee menu pricing
Strengthening the coffee industry by eliminating the reusable cup discount
When lockdown lifts to permit coffee shop trade, we should end the customer discount for reusable cups. Here’s why, how we should use the money instead, and why this is the best moment to implement this change.
More Strengthening the coffee industry by eliminating the reusable cup discountWe’ve made progress on wages, but there’s still much more work to be done
