Brewpoint Blog
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Visiting Puerto Rico's Forgotten Forest: A Journey into Specialty Coffee and Sustainability
By Melissa Villanueva
Read about Melissa's recent trip to Puerto Rico, which led here to the Forgotten Forest, a remarkable social enterprise intertwining specialty coffee production with reforestation and community empowerment.
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Switching Our POS System to Dripos
By Francesco Bondi
We’ve got some exciting news. We’ve switched over our Point of Sale system from Square to Dripos. Here’s why: Dripos is tailor-made for coffee shops like ours. 24/7 Support: With...
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Warehouse Update + Roastery Ambitions
By Francesco Bondi
Our weekend warehouse transformation in Illinois sets the stage for a collaborative roastery hub. With a 2024 launch, we're building an inclusive co-roasting space dedicated to empowering women and minority-owned...
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Warehouse Expansion
By Francesco Bondi
We’ve got some exciting news to share. Brewpoint Coffee has officially just secured its very own warehouse. This monumental step opens up a world of possibilities for us, allowing us...
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Letter to the Community: What we need to stay in business
By Melissa Villanueva
Letter to the Community Is it just me or does the whole world feel like that meme where the dog is in a burning house saying "this is fine"? The...
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Episode Three of “Brewpoint Coffee Podcast: Unfiltered!"
By Shaylin Fuller
Our newest podcast episode is extra official considering...we recorded a jingle! If you joined our discussion about the state of the service industry in “Reimagine Hospitality Part One & Part...
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Introducing Our New Podcast: “Brewpoint Coffee: Unfiltered”
By Shaylin Fuller
We just made our first podcast ever, and we are so stoked. With that news, we invite you to join a conversation that we’ve found ourselves devoting a lot of...
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Reimagining Hospitality: A vision to mend a suffering industry
By Shaylin Fuller
"I believe the core need is a cry to be humanized. To be paid enough to enjoy life, to not have to worry about catching a deadly disease at work,...
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Pivoting in a Pandemic: Melissa shares the true value of Brewpoint Craft
By Shaylin Fuller
"Our hope has always been to create authentic community spaces through our business. Now that we may be shifting out of the pandemic, I know that person-to-person connections in spaces...
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Workstations are back!
By Melissa Villanueva
We are happy to announce that tomorrow (1/26) we will OPEN for indoor workstation seating at our Workshop & Roastery location! 🎉 ⠀⠀Our region is moving to Tier 1 and...
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Discontinuing the Brewpoint App
By Melissa Villanueva
When the start of the pandemic happened, we scrambled to find all the different ways that we could make the customer experience easier. We added a number of new ways of...
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COVID Restrictions, Updates & Cafe Delivery
By Melissa Villanueva
COVID Restrictions, Updates & Cafe Delivery The return to tighter restrictions on the food and beverage industry in our area is indeed frustrating, but in line with prioritizing the safety...
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