The August + September 2026 of Barista Magazine features stories on:
Killin' It with Kindness: Emily Potter and Amélie Boulanger. Emily and Amélie built their coffee company, Washed Up Coffee, in Detroit, Michigan from the ground up, staring with a piece of plywood on sawhorses. Now it's a beloved fixture in their community, hosting events, serving coffee, and acting a nexus for the folks in their neighborhood to gather around.
Tech Talk: Rebilding Trust in the Coffee Equipment Service Industry. Making promises you can keep, matching service to your abilities, and being willing to acknowledge what you don't know will make your service tech more valuable and reliable write Justin Goldsberry and James Lee in this issue's "Tech Talk."
Hacks: Building Better Coffee Programs. Picking coffees that work for your store means more than just buying the most expensive or best lots available. Finding coffees at multiple price points which can serve multiple purposes, makes a coffee program sustainable and profitable, as we discover in this installment of "Hacks."
In the Bag: The Art & Science of Modern Coffee Packaging. Compostable, recyclable, long-lasting, which are the most valuable characteristics in your coffee packaging? It depends on what your coffee is expected to do. Will it be on grocery store shelves for a while or will it be flying off your cafés display table? Modern packaging options can provide a lot of choices, but knowing which ones are most valuable to your coffee will make the real difference.
One on One: Crystal Weaver. Crystal Weaver has been working in Lancaster County. Pa. for a couple of decades launching Prince Street Cafe and Passenger Coffee, which now both operate under her larger company Commons Company. In "One on One" Crystal talks about her agricultural background, the importance of supporting employees, and why she'd rather let her work do the talking than herself.
Also inside: Field Reports from Mexico City and Kigali Rwanda; Signatures: The Raspberry Danish Latte, reports on canal cafés in England, after-hours events as revenue generators, new gear and products, and much, much more!
88 pages.
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