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Intelligentsia Coffee is a specialty coffee roaster and retailer founded in 1995 in Chicago, Illinois, by Doug Zell and Emily Mange. The company is widely recognized as one of the pioneers of the third wave coffee movement, which emphasizes direct trade relationships with farmers, transparent sourcing, and treating coffee as an artisanal craft product rather than a commodity. Intelligentsia was acquired by JAB Holding in 2015 and continues to operate as an independent brand. The Intelligents...