There are 20 article(s) tagged Cxffeeblack:

• December 2025

  • Memphis rapper 8Ball debuts coffee brand

    One of Memphis’ most enduring hip-hop voices is lending his name to a different kind of grind.

    By Ellen Chamberlain 43 minutes ago

  • ‘Welcome home’ to Cxffeeblack’s new, larger location

    With a new roaster that will triple its capacity, the Cxffeeblack team is preparing for a wholesale expansion into Memphis grocery stores, new cafe partners across the city and a future described as “uncontained.”

    By Ellen Chamberlain December 10, 2025

  • Food Files: 3 new coffee shops are now brewing

    While three coffee shops are opening new locations, including the national chain Dutch Bros, one is taking a break.

    By Sophia Surrett December 05, 2025

• September 2025

  • 8Ball & son launch local nonprofit to be ‘extra hands’ and, on Mondays, feet

    Every Monday, a group of about 25 runners and walkers meets in The Heights at 5:30 a.m., but it’s not just about physical fitness.

    By Christin Yates September 15, 2025

• August 2025

  • At 3, he was diagnosed with kidney disease. At 35, he’s telling his story over coffee.

    In a Memphis coffeeshop, Artavius Veasey encourage people of color, who make up about 60% of the 100,000 individuals on the national transplant waiting list, to consider organ donation.

    By Aisling Mäki August 21, 2025

• June 2025

  • Breakfast, barbecue and a coffee bar: Three businesses bag $56K in loans

    Three Memphis-area small businesses received thousands of dollars in loans to renovate and expand their companies. Plus, CEVA Logistics and Medtronic Logistics agree on a tax adjustment plan. 

    By Dima Amro June 26, 2025

• May 2025

  • Brick-and-mortar Cafe Noir to blend literature and coffee

    The bookstore and coffee shop will open this summer at 635 Madison Ave. in the 1,960-square-foot front space within The Ugly Art Co. gallery.

    By Sophia Surrett May 21, 2025

• March 2025

  • Rappers, a grocery company and a retiree rally behind Cxffeeblack

    “Coffee brings people to the table,” Cxffeeblack founder Bartholomew Jones said.

    By Jennifer Chandler March 17, 2025

• September 2024

  • Food Files: Cxffeeblack in Hyatt Centric, Salata looking at Memphis

    Cxffeeblack is now serving its coffee at the Hyatt Centric on Beale, Salata Salad Kitchen looks at Memphis for expansion and Uncle Goyo’s reopens. 

    By Sophia Surrett September 20, 2024

• August 2024

  • Table Talk: For Commissary owner, FedEx golf means feeding volunteers

    For more than 20 years, The Commissary has fed at least 1,000 volunteers during the annual golf tournament. 

    By Jennifer Chandler August 17, 2024

• July 2024

  • Food Files: Cxffeeblack cans, Biggby Coffee expansion, Poppz Grand opening

    Cxffeeblack has slowly produced Gold Brew coffee cans to test the demand. Now, co-owner Bartholomew Jones said they can’t keep them in stock.

    By Sophia Surrett July 19, 2024

• February 2024

  • Cxffeeblack wins international award, plans expansion

    “We’ve had people over the last three to four years reach out and want to invest,” co-owner Bartholomew Jones said. “For the most part, I’ve told those people ‘no.’ Now feels like the perfect time to do this campaign in a way that’s real Memphis from the ground up.”

    By Christin Yates February 11, 2024

• January 2024

  • Memphis coffee company nominated for global roaster award

    The Heights area roaster is only one of two U.S. companies nominated.

    By Christin Yates January 26, 2024

• December 2023

  • The To-Do List: Coffee for Kwanzaa, cold play for New Year’s Day

    This week, Memphis Current says farewell, Mollie Fontaine pops up for a night and we’ve got your guide to New Year’s Eve parties.

    By Bianca Phillips, Elle Perry, Kelsey Bowen December 28, 2023

  • Brooks Museum and Loaf, Cxffeeblack parting ways over fundraising dinner

    The restaurant’s contract with the museum was terminated after it planned a dinner benefiting a Palestinian relief fund. Loaf will close the case inside the Brooks early next year.

    By Christin Yates December 08, 2023

• September 2023

  • With exchange program, Cxffeeblack is taking baristas to coffee’s African roots

    Memphis coffee trailblazers Cxffeeblack are returning to the brew’s African origins and taking others with them through their new Barista Exchange Program.

    By Christin Yates September 22, 2023

• January 2023

  • Cup after cup: From Otherlands to Comeback to the Anti Gentrification Coffee Club

    With the Grind City Coffee Xpo heating up this weekend, Chris Herrington looks at the way Memphis’ coffee culture has evolved. 

    By Chris Herrington January 17, 2023

• January 2021

  • Not a Coffee Shop aims to create conversation, change in the Heights

    Not a Coffee Shop is open Tuesdays through Thursdays from 6:45 to 11:15 a.m. and serves all of its coffee, including pour overs and espresso shots, black.

    By Omer Yusuf January 15, 2021

• January 2020

  • January playlist: Rep your city

    At gatherings, I only have to share one fact to get people interested: It’s music from Memphis. 

    By Elizabeth Cawein January 25, 2020

• December 2019

  • A new cast of characters changes Memphis’ coffee culture

    A podcast and a social activist's movement expand the coffee scene in the city.

    By Hira Qureshi December 05, 2019