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Shrinking Stockpiles Are Pushing Prices Up Coffee prices have been on the move, and the numbers behind the surge tell a story that goes well beyond a bad harvest or a drought somewhere. At the center of it all is a straightforward problem: there simply isn't enough coffee sitting in the right ware

ProCigar's scholarship push is rewriting what it means to be a responsible industry There's a version of corporate social responsibility that looks good in a press release and doesn't do much else. Then there's what the Association of Dominican Cigar Manufacturers — known as ProCigar — has been qu

A Decade in the Making It took ten years of courtroom battles, dozens of legal filings, and arguments that stretched from a federal district court all the way to a circuit appeals panel, but the premium cigar industry finally has something it has been fighting for since 2016: a locked-in legal def

The numbers have finally landed, and the story they tell is one of remarkable staying power. Premium cigar imports into the United States for 2025 came in at 429.8 million cigars — virtually identical to the year before, according to data released by the Cigar Association of America. No growth, but

Colombia has long been synonymous with some of the world's finest coffee. It's one of those rare places where geography, climate, and generations of farming tradition have converged to produce a product that ends up in cups from Nashville to New York. But right now, something is going wrong on thos

For anyone who has grabbed a bag of coffee off the shelf lately and done a double-take at the price tag, the global coffee market is in the middle of one of its most chaotic stretches in years. Prices are swinging up and down almost daily, driven by forces that seem to be pulling in completely oppo

Coffee drinkers across the country know the price of their morning cup can swing depending on where they live, but nothing quite compares to what residents and visitors in Hawaii deal with at the counter. According to data from restaurant management software company Toast, the median price for a re

The Company Behind Every Diner Cup Just Changed Hands For nearly 70 years, if you walked into a roadside diner, grabbed a cup in a hospital waiting room, or helped yourself to the pot in an office break room, there was a good chance a BUNN machine made that coffee. Not a flashy machine. Not one th

The Kentucky House of Representatives passed a bill this week that cigar smokers across the state have been waiting for. House Bill 757, which aims to cap the state's existing 15 percent cigar tax at a maximum of 60 cents per cigar, cleared the chamber with a decisive 69-18 vote and now moves to th

The cigar world is no stranger to political headwinds, but the first months of this year have brought a wave of legislative action that every enthusiast needs to understand. From states cracking down on where and how tobacco can be sold, to others rolling out the welcome mat for new cigar bars, the