The National Restaurant Association (NRA) is known as the largest foodservice trade association in the world, supporting over 500,000 restaurant businesses, constantly empowering owners and operators to learn and achieve more. Every year, the NRA holds an event, the size and scale of which is comparable to its worldwide reach. This past May marked the…
It may be surprising, but iced tea is a fairly recent development relative to its warmer counterpart. Tea itself has been around as far back as the 3rd Century, first recorded in a medical text written by the famed Chinese physician, Hua Tuo. Although the precise origins are unclear, iced tea was born in 19th…
Foamed milk was first introduced to Italian coffee in the early 20th Century, and since then, its has shown little sign of disappearing. Aside from adding a texture to the much-beloved beverage it accompanies, foamed milk can provide an otherwise absent flavor when steamed correctly. It’s clear that the steamed foam fascination is more than…
The last week of April, Houston’s Rebecca Phillips, Geoff Dann, Amanda Hackathorn and Jarrod Bowren were invited to the Carlisle Foodservice headquarters and manufacturing plant in Oklahoma City, OK, and they were accompanied by our local Carlisle Broker, RHI. This trip included tours of two manufacturing plants, Carlisle’s distribution warehouse, and a meeting inside the…
The Specialty Coffee Association (SCA) is a nonprofit organization representing coffee professionals around the world, from roasters and baristas, to the farmers who start it all. This organization formed in 2017 when the Specialty Coffee Association of America (SCAA, established in 1982) and the Specialty Coffee Association of Europe (SCAE, established in 1998) unified under…
For 30 years, Specialty Coffee Association (SCA) has been the premier resource for keeping the coffee community updated with all of the most important information, news, and happenings brewing around the world. Well, this weekend (April 19-22) SCA has a little happening of its own. It’s the Specialty Coffee Expo! Seattle, WA is the home…
More than 40 years ago by Don Cline founded Pacific NW Outreach with the mission of “working hand in hand with Native Americans… physically and spiritually.” Located in Gresham, Oregon, the nonprofit organization aims to spread the Word of God to Native Americans while also providing physical assistance to relieve pain and hunger. The organization…
Juline Stolberg hasn’t been with Houston’s very long, but she’s already made herself a very valuable member of the Kansas City Warehouse team. She started with the team last June, as a Material Handler, where her attention to detail is a critical asset. Her work in receiving and auditing customer orders to ensure that they…
Kohana Coffee’s mission with cold brew coffee is to let the consumer be the barista – whether working at a coffee shop or using the coffee at home. The instructions are simple: Open bottle. Be creative. Taking its name from kohana flowers – the small white flowers that bloom just before the arrival of the…
Marv Bennett started in October 2017 as the Fleet Manager for HTrans, after a 4½ year stint with Sysco as Transportation Supervisor. Prior to Sysco he had been everything from a driver and dispatcher to a terminal manager with over 30 years in the transportation field. As Fleet Manager, Marv’s primary job entails working with…