intelligentsia

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In 2017, the Chicago-based chain Intelligentsia was bought by Peet’s Coffee; both were later absorbed by a German holding company that went public in 2020, valued at more than $13 billion.

From New York Times • Aug. 29, 2022

As part of "Coffee Week," writer Maggie Hennessy called on Bailey Manson, innovation manager at Chicago-based Intelligentsia, for some tips on brewing better French press coffee at home.

From Salon • Oct. 19, 2021

While the internet seized on what’s come to be known as the Great Oat Milk Shortage of 2018, Berg and the team at Intelligentsia were tasked with breaking the news to their loyal patrons.

From Slate • Jul. 20, 2021

His 2014 book, “Transformation of the African American Intelligentsia, 1880-2012,” won the American Book Award.

From Washington Post • May 6, 2019

But the actual control was in the hands of the less democratic elements—the landlords, the manufacturers, men of the liberal professions, and of the so-called Intelligentsia class.

From The Russian Revolution; the Jugo-Slav Movement by Kerner, Robert Joseph