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Supporting a coffee shop doesn’t require grand gestures. Going back, recommending it honestly, writing a useful review and voting for it can all help a good café reach people who’ll appreciate what it does.
The People’s Choice Coffee Awards has a new dedicated website, and Season 3 is now open. Coffee drinkers around the world can vote for the cafés they genuinely love, while coffee shops can invite their communities to take part.
Coffee has always been about community, yet most of the communities we’ve built in specialty coffee have been for people who already work in the industry. That’s what makes Another Coffee Festival so refreshing. In this exclusive FLTR Magazine interview, the founders explain why they created a different kind of coffee event, one designed to welcome everyone from seasoned professionals to people discovering specialty coffee for the first time.
Jack Benchakul has quietly built one of America’s most influential specialty coffee bars. In this exclusive FLTR Magazine interview, the Endorffeine founder discusses kaizen, brewing, James Beard recognition, and why success isn’t measured by growth.
Specialty coffee likes to describe itself as a community. But when you look past the language and pay attention to how ideas actually move forward, a different reality appears. Progress isn’t driven by goodwill. It’s driven by money, risk, and a small number of people willing to move first without knowing whether it will work. Everyone else benefits later, once the cost has already been paid. That dynamic produces activity and visibility, but it doesn’t produce shared responsibility. And without shared responsibility, what remains isn’t a community at all.
A look at FLTR Magazine’s Top 10 most-read articles of 2025, why readers cared about them, and how The Home Barista Show shaped the year.
Noon, one of the Middle East’s largest e-commerce platforms, is now an official sponsor of The Home Barista Show. Every attendee will receive an exclusive Noon coupon, included in a collectible tote filled with curated gifts. Held on 14 June at Café Rider in Dubai, the event offers hands-on learning, tastings, and a chance to meet the UAE’s growing coffee community.
