Coffee Media Digest — 2026-05-22

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Ecotact Introduces TraceIQ for Green Coffee Shipment Tracking

Source: Daily Coffee News
Score: 0.9
Action: link-note

Ecotact launched the Trace IQ, a container-mounted device for monitoring green coffee shipments with real-time location and environmental data.

Cosori Shakes Up Automated Home Pourovers with the Juni Brewer

Source: Daily Coffee News
Score: 0.8
Action: explainer

Cosori introduced the Juni automatic pourover brewer, bringing app-controlled brew profiles and connected features to home and cafe users.

Wanderlust Coffee Turns a Corner with Second Indiana Cafe

Source: Daily Coffee News
Score: 0.7
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Wanderlust Coffee opened its second cafe in West Lafayette, Indiana, with bolder design near Purdue Research Park.

The Spent Puck, Puck Filter

Source: Barista Hustle
Score: 0.7
Action: explainer

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
Score: 0.7
Action: explainer

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
Action: explainer

“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
Score: 0.7
Action: commentary

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.

The Cezve is Mightier than the Spro

Source: Barista Hustle
Score: 0.7
Action: explainer

You’re at home, you decide you want a coffee, and you need it quick cause you’re about to run out the door. What do you make? I can tell you right now it’s not espresso. I timed myself to make coffee on some of our equipment at the BH office with a goal to work out the speed, energy demand, and cost effectiveness of each method

Florida Coffee Shop Owner Sues New York Real Estate Giant, Alleges Fraud

Source: Daily Coffee News
Score: 0.6
Action: link-note

Drip Coffee’s owner sued Kimco Realty over alleged lease fraud tied to a Fort Lauderdale Target redevelopment.

India Coffee Report: Soluble Coffee Drives Exports but Arabica Declining

Source: Daily Coffee News
Score: 0.6
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India coffee production is forecast to fall in 2026/27, while exports rise on soluble demand and new trade deals.