Cup of Excellence and the Alliance for Coffee Excellence partnered with Siip, a consumer coffee subscription platform, to make award-recognized coffees and their producers more visible to coffee drinkers. ACE said member brands will appear in the Siip app automatically without additional setup or integration. Siip launched its app in 2022 and offers personalized coffee subscriptions, reporting more than 10,000 users. The Coffee Quality Institute named Felipe Fallas Naranjo as program coordinator, citing his work since 2016 on quality and sustainability in smallholder systems and his master’s studies in project management. Starbucks Korea’s chief was fired after backlash over a “Tank Day” promotion tied to the May 18, 1980 Gwangju Uprising. The Global Coffee Platform opened public consultation for its 2026 review of its sustainability reference code and equivalence mechanism. Black Rock Coffee Bar faced shareholder investigation notices after a Q1 stock drop.
"Cup of Excellence and the Alliance for Coffee Excellence have partnered with consumer subscription platform Siip to make award-recognized coffees and their producers more visible to coffee drinkers. ACE said member brands will be made visible in the Siip app automatically, with no additional setup or integration required. Siip launched its app in 2022, offering personalized coffee subscriptions. The company says it has more than 10,000 users."
"The Coffee Quality Institute said Felipe Fallas Naranjo has joined the nonprofit as program coordinator. CQI said Fallas Naranjo has been working to strengthen coffee quality and sustainability in smallholder systems since 2016 and is pursuing a master's degree in project management at Costa Rica's Instituto Tecnológico."
"Starbucks Korea chief Sohn Jeong-hyun was fired after a "Tank Day" tumbler promotion launched on the anniversary of the May 18, 1980, Gwangju Uprising sparked widespread backlash in South Korea. The campaign prompted boycott calls, drew criticism from President Lee Jae Myung and was later withdrawn, according to Reuters and Al Jazeera."
"The Global Coffee Platform has opened a public consultation on the 2026 review of its Coffee Sustainability Reference Code and Equivalence Mechanism. GCP said stakeholders across the coffee value chain can submit feedback from May 19 through June 19."
#coffee-subscriptions #coffee-quality--sustainability #industry-partnerships #corporate-governance #starbucks
Read at Daily Coffee News by Roast Magazine
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]