Coffee Media Digest — 2026-09-06

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Pittsburgh’s La Prima Espresso Gets Second Wind in Expanded Roastery

Source: Daily Coffee News
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Pittsburgh’s La Prima Espresso Company expanded its roastery while introducing new packaging and a more focused rotating single-origin coffee program.

Detroit Tigers Ace Pitcher Was Traded To The Dodgers, And Took The Team Espresso Machine With Him | Sprudge Coffee

Source: Sprudge
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Tarik Skubal left for LA and took the espresso machine with him.

Weekly Coffee News: Colombia Earthquake Support + Brewing for Equity

Source: Daily Coffee News
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Colombian earthquake support, coalition for racial equity, Bay Area roastery sued in discrimination suit and more coffee news.

7 Brew Wins $143 Million Auction for Former Salad and Go Locations

Source: Daily Coffee News
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7 Brew outbid Dutch Bros with a $143.2 million offer for 73 former Salad and Go leases across Arizona, Texas, Nevada and Oklahoma.

Design Details: The Day to Night Gradient at Six Coffee + Wine in Kazakhstan

Source: Daily Coffee News
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NAAW uses stained glass, shell limestone and custom furnishings to transition Six Coffee + Wine in Almaty from morning cafe to evening wine bar.

Brew Ratio Bloat

Source: Barista Hustle
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Updosing first became a tendency of the Brewers Cup in its early years because of the compulsory service round. That’s the round where all the competitors use the same coffee. The sponsored coffee for this round was invariably so roasty that dosing massive amounts of coffee and underextracting it was viewed as the only way to deliver your judges some acidity. Not unlike the Boomer shots of the 1990/early 2000s. However, the open service allows you to bring your own coffee and in 2026, according to the Agtron (roast colour) numbers quoted by those finalists, there’s no way those coffees are roasty.

The Spent Puck, Puck Filter

Source: Barista Hustle
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It’s hard to accept that coffee grinds are worthless once you switch off a shot. I mean, composters like them. You can make MDF out of them and chopping boards. You can even turn ‘em into coffee cups.

Artificial Crema

Source: Barista Hustle
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Even though premade espresso is clearly not as good as freshly made espresso, when it comes to lattes, there does seem to be something going on that tips the balance towards the premades, and we’re pretty sure it’s got something to do with crema — or the absence of it.

Pre-batched Espresso vs Fresh

Source: Barista Hustle
Score: 0.7
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“We should be hyping this more” was a quote from a podcast we recorded this week. We’d just finished a blind cupping; one which could be more pivotal than we might like to admit. You’ll never guess what we were tasting …

I Got 21[0] Seconds to Spro

Source: Barista Hustle
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If you compete in the World Barista Championship, you’ve gotta make twelve beverages in fifteen minutes, right? That’s seventy five seconds per beverage. Easy enough, eh? But there’s a lot of chatting, hospitality, farm to cup explanations. It’s extraordinary how many first-time competitors are DQ’d for going overtime.