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Green coffee carbon calculators are wildly inaccurate
Coffee businesses using the current generation of tools risk making poor decisions.
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Offsetting is for wimps
Announcing an offset scheme is a public confession your business lacks a better plan.
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Getting ahead in 2023
It’s going to be another dynamic year. Here’s five tips to help coffee people navigate the coming 12 months.
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New Openings – Winter 2021/22
Roundup of the new shops catching our attention over Winter 2021/22, plus the trends shaping the industry.
Latest Editor’s Note
What’s been happening this year, plus a sneak peak into 2023
Well done, you’ve made it to the end of another dynamic year.
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Nicole Ferris – There’s an opportunity for specialty to make ‘quality’ synonymous with both sustainability and taste
There’s an opportunity for specialty to make ‘quality’ synonymous with both sustainability and taste.
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Climate Change & Coffee
The key cause of a coffee shop’s carbon footprint is (you guessed it) lattes
A new pilot study makes it increasingly clear how the coffee industry can reduce its carbon footprint
Here’s how coffee businesses can tackle climate change
United Baristas starts a new series exploring the carbon footprint of coffee businesses. We want to equip the industry to reduce its impacts and build a more sustainable future.
Coffee Shop Management
Boost your quality and productivity now, pay later with United Baristas
You can now pay for new coffee equipment over 3, 6 or 12 months. United Baristas Finance enables coffee businesses to upgrade their coffee-equipment to boost business profitability by increasing quality and productivity. Our all-new finance packages provide UK coffee companies with interest-free terms or low-interest monthly instalments when investing in new coffee equipment. There’s…
The United Baristas guide to buying an espresso machine
With hundreds of commercial espresso machines available, finding the right one can be a challenge. Follow this guide to get the right machine for your business.
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Industry Sustainability
Introducing Total Coffee
A new talks programme for coffee people curated by United Baristas. Today we announce the first sessions of the new talks programme, Total Coffee.…
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. We start this new series by…
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