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Fight Club Coffee Company Fight Club Coffee Company is a small batch roaster & private label coffee company in MO.

Caffeine is the single stat missing from every coffee menu board, yet it's the reason your 2pm order works and your empt...
09/21/2026

Caffeine is the single stat missing from every coffee menu board, yet it's the reason your 2pm order works and your empty-stomach espresso doesn't. A new Which? investigation put actual figures on that blind spot: Costa's cappuccino tested at roughly 180mg of caffeine, Starbucks' at about 50mg, in a similar-sized cup. That gap has never needed disclosing anywhere, though a new FDA guidance document taking shape this year could start to touch products like canned coffee and cold brew concentrate. Come see the full numbers on the blog. https://fightclubcoffeecompany.com/blog/the-caffeine-labeling-fight-why-the-fda-wants-a-number-on-your-cup/

The FDA just added caffeine labeling to its 2026 priorities. Here's what would change for coffee, and what probably won't.

"Robusta is more heat-tolerant than arabica, but it's drought-intolerant." That's Aaron Davis, lead author of a new revi...
09/18/2026

"Robusta is more heat-tolerant than arabica, but it's drought-intolerant." That's Aaron Davis, lead author of a new review from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, cutting through ten years of coffee-industry shorthand in one sentence. The "robusta will save us from climate change" story got repeated so often it started to sound like settled science, and nobody checked the actual water math until now. Pull the irrigation out from under the biggest robusta farms on the planet and you lose most of the volume propping up global supply, the detail the old research missed for a decade. We wrote up what the study actually found, and what it means for the rest of us who drink this stuff: https://fightclubcoffeecompany.com/blog/the-robusta-resilience-myth-the-climate-proof-bean-story-just-took-a-beating/

New Kew Gardens research says robusta's climate-proof reputation is an internet myth. Here's what that means for your coffee's price and your cup.

85% of coffee drinkers now drink their coffee at home, the highest share since 2012. Most of them are still figuring it ...
09/09/2026

85% of coffee drinkers now drink their coffee at home, the highest share since 2012. Most of them are still figuring it out alone with a machine that doesn't know their name.

The café used to be where people learned to actually like coffee. For a lot of home brewers now, that step gets skipped entirely.

So if it's not happening at the counter anymore, where is it happening: a subreddit thread, a Discord server, your own kitchen table?

https://fightclubcoffeecompany.com/blog/the-fourth-place-fight-how-home-brewers-are-building-coffee-community-without-a-cafe/

85% of coffee drinkers now brew at home, per NCA data. Here's where their real coffee community lives, and why it's not the café anymore.

Fellow Aiden Review: The $400 Drip Machine Throwing Punches at Your Pour-Over KitMost drip makers dump water in one flat...
09/05/2026

Fellow Aiden Review: The $400 Drip Machine Throwing Punches at Your Pour-Over Kit

Most drip makers dump water in one flat blast and leave the temperature to whatever the heating element feels like that morning. The Aiden actually holds a seal most machines don't bother chasing: the Specialty Coffee Association's Certified Home Brewer mark, earned for staying within about 1°F of its target the entire time it's brewing.

$399.95 is a lot to ask for a coffee maker. Our full verdict, gear breakdown and all: https://fightclubcoffeecompany.com/blog/fellow-aiden-review-the-400-drip-machine-throwing-punches-at-your-pour-over-kit/

Fellow's Aiden earned the SCA's Certified Home Brewer mark and holds brew temperature within 1°F. We test whether $399.95 actually buys pour-over-level clarity.

The Robot Barista Rematch: Why Round Two Might Not Go the Same WayIn 2020, a robot arm slinging espresso in San Francisc...
09/05/2026

The Robot Barista Rematch: Why Round Two Might Not Go the Same Way
In 2020, a robot arm slinging espresso in San Francisco lost to the coffee shop next door — the coffee was fine, but nobody wanted a glass box over a person who remembered their order. Six years later, robot baristas are back, better funded, and picking smarter fights: airports, office lobbies, retail kiosks, anywhere speed beats charm.
Spec sheets don't decide this fight. Location does.
So: would you order a latte from a robot arm if it meant skipping the line at your gate, or is that a hill you're dying on?
Read the full breakdown: https://fightclubcoffeecompany.com/blog/the-robot-barista-rematch-why-round-two-might-not-go-the-same-way/

Cafe X's robot baristas lost to human counters back in 2020. Better vision tech and tighter margins mean the rematch might not go the same way this time.

Ever had a shot choke and turn dark at the finish, only to find a sticky, dense puck and wonder what happened? The answe...
09/04/2026

Ever had a shot choke and turn dark at the finish, only to find a sticky, dense puck and wonder what happened? The answer was right there in your portafilter. A 2024 Zurich University of Applied Sciences study finally tested coffee fines using actual experimental controls to prove it.

We explained the reality of a clogged puck and an under-filled one. You can now fix both issues without any guesswork.

Full breakdown: https://fightclubcoffeecompany.com/blog/the-fines-fight-what-the-dust-in-your-grind-is-actually-doing-to-your-espresso/

Zurich University research from 2024 shows that coffee fines in espresso affect permeability rather than taste. Learn how this impacts your grind.

Light Roast vs. Dark Roast: The Caffeine Fight Both Sides Are LosingFill a tablespoon with dark roast and a tablespoon w...
09/03/2026

Light Roast vs. Dark Roast: The Caffeine Fight Both Sides Are Losing

Fill a tablespoon with dark roast and a tablespoon with light roast, and you have not measured the same amount of coffee. Darker beans lose density in the roaster, and that gap is where this whole argument lives.

Weigh your beans and most of the debate disappears.

Team Dark Roast or Team Light Roast? Grab a kitchen scale before you answer. https://fightclubcoffeecompany.com/blog/light-roast-vs-dark-roast-the-caffeine-fight-both-sides-are-losing/

Light roast fans and dark roast diehards are both citing the wrong number. A 2024 lab study finally names the real caffeine winner.

Flair NEO Flex vs. Wacaco Picopresso: The Portable Espresso Fight for TravelersWe put a $99 lever espresso maker up agai...
09/02/2026

Flair NEO Flex vs. Wacaco Picopresso: The Portable Espresso Fight for Travelers

We put a $99 lever espresso maker up against a $130 hand-pump pocket machine to see which one actually belongs in your travel bag.

The Wacaco Picopresso wins on size, full stop. It disappears into a jacket pocket. Everything else in this comparison, pressure control, grind tolerance, even how the water stays hot, goes to the Flair NEO Flex.

Every round, scored, right here: https://fightclubcoffeecompany.com/blog/flair-neo-flex-vs-wacaco-picopresso-the-portable-espresso-fight-for-travelers/

The Flair NEO Flex costs $30 less than the Wacaco Picopresso and weighs ten times more. Here's why the lever wins the portable espresso fight anyway.

There's a way to get iced coffee this good without giving up a full day to steep it.Cold brew steeps grounds in cold wat...
09/01/2026

There's a way to get iced coffee this good without giving up a full day to steep it.

Cold brew steeps grounds in cold water for 12-24 hours. It's easy, but cold water can't pull the same acids and aromatics hot water can, so a lot of that flavor never makes it into the glass. The twelve-hour steep isn't patience. It's just slower flattening.

Flash brew skips all of that: brew hot, pour over ice you weighed out ahead of time, and you're done in about three minutes.

Read the full breakdown, ratios included: https://fightclubcoffeecompany.com/blog/flash-brew-vs-cold-brew-the-iced-coffee-fight-that-steep-time-loses/

Cold brew is the safe pick. Flash brew is the better one. Here's the extraction science behind brewing hot and chilling on ice instead of steeping twelve hours.

A robot named Jarvis is already pulling espresso shots inside MUJI stores, and a Massachusetts startup called P!ng is ra...
08/31/2026

A robot named Jarvis is already pulling espresso shots inside MUJI stores, and a Massachusetts startup called P!ng is racing to build its own version for more street corners. This isn't a "future of coffee" trend piece. It's already clocked in.

Specialty coffee built its whole identity on the idea that a person's attention makes the drink better — the grind adjusted by feel, the "how's your day" that turns a counter into a third place instead of a vending machine with better branding. Automation doesn't have to win an argument about craft to succeed. It just has to be standing there when you want the drink fast.

Where do you draw your own line? Read the full breakdown: https://fightclubcoffeecompany.com/blog/the-robot-barista-fight-what-automation-wins-what-it-still-cant-touch/

Robot baristas are pulling real shots in real cafes now, backed by real money. Here's what automation actually wins, and where it still loses.

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Nixa, MO
65714

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