El equipo de Desarrollo del Conocimiento de la SCA, como parte de la Agenda de Café Sostenible de la SCA, está implementando una encuesta dirigida a los actores de la cadena de suministro del café para evaluar y rastrear el impacto sobre cómo el valor es creado, medido, y distribuido en las cadenas de valor del café, hacia el objetivo más amplio de lograr una distribución equitativa del valor (EVD).

The SCA Knowledge Development team as part of the SCA Sustainable Coffee Agenda is implementing a survey aimed at actors across the coffee supply chain to assess and track the impact around how value is created, measured, and distributed in coffee value chains, toward a broader goal of equitable value distribution (EVD).

The SCA Knowledge Development team needs input from coffee educators to help shape future education programs. Tell us your thoughts in this 5 minute survey.

El equipo de Desarrollo del Conocimiento de la SCA necesita aportes de educadores del sector café para ayudar a dar forma a futuros programas educativos. Cuéntanos tu opinión en esta encuesta de 5 minutos.

Tell us about the state of your business to help us better understand the overall health of our industry in this short survey.

El grupo de desarrollo de contenidos de SCA necesita saber su opinión para diseñar los eventos y publicaciones de este año.

The SCA Content Development group need your input to help shape next year's events and publications. Take this survey.

Following up on the video The Science of COVID-19 Safety for Coffee Businesses, Professor William D. Ristenpart of the UC Davis Coffee Center will be live for a Q&A on October 15 at 8am PST / 4pm BST.

In the final part of this video, William D. Ristenpart goes in-depth about four things cafes and coffee businesses can do to increase safety. Building on the first three parts of this video that explain how the virus functions, we now look at how masks, increased ventilation, air purifiers, and limited exposure can go a long way to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and increase overall safety.

This third segment of the second video in our Community Impact of COVID-19 series dives into the data around COVID-19 transmission probability.

Here we share How Does the Virus Get Into the Air? - Part 2 of The Science of COVID-19 Safety for Coffee Businesses. This second segment of the video in our Community Impact of COVID-19 series provides a deeper explanation of the science of airborne transmission of viruses.

Here we share Why Worry About Airborne Transmission - Part 1 of The Science of COVID-19 Safety for Coffee Businesses. This first segment of the second video in our Community Impact of COVID-19 series gives an overview of the basics of airborne transmission.

In the second video in our series Community Impact of COVID-19, we’re joined by William D. Ristenpart to look at the science of airborne diseases and how we can use that information to maximize safety while serving coffee and other products.

In this first Community Impact of COVID-19 video, Katie von der Lieth and Peter Giuliano analyze what the SCA’s most recent survey tells us about the impact of COVID-19 on the specialty coffee community.

In the coming weeks, the SCA Research team will break down the results of the latest survey in a new video series: Community Impact of COVID-19, with support from Pacific Barista Series. The first video, Community Impact of COVID-19: An Introduction, presented by Katie von der Lieth and Peter Giuliano is now available.

As a part of the global specialty coffee community, the SCA is deeply concerned about the welfare of the businesses that form the basis of our professional network. In an attempt to understand and document the impact that COVID-19 is having on the specialty coffee industry, we have created this snapshot poll of the specialty coffee industry.

In episode 10 of Roundtable, Yannis Apostolopoulos hosts a conversation with CEOs of companies providing a range of good and services to the specialty coffee industry.

In episode 9 of Roundtable, Yannis Apostolopoulos hosts a conversation with CEOs of chain cafés in North America, Europe, and Africa.

In episode 8 of Roundtable, Yannis Apostolopoulos hosts a conversation with CEOs of small coffee roasters around the world.

In episode 7 of Roundtable, Yannis Apostolopoulos hosts a conversation with CEOs of major espresso machine manufacturers.

In episode 6 of Roundtable, Yannis Apostolopoulos hosts a conversation with CEOs of major manufacturers in the coffee industry.

In episode 5 of Roundtable, Yannis Apostolopoulos hosts a conversation with green coffee professionals from around the world.

Episode #4 of Roundtable features a conversation with Black CEOs in coffee focused on the Black Lives Matter movement, their experiences as Black professionals in the coffee sector, and what work is required to dismantle systemic racism in the coffee space and the wider culture.

In episode 3 of Roundtable, Yannis Apostolopoulos hosts a conversation with coffee producers and producer representatives from around the world.

In episode 2 of Roundtable, Yannis Apostolopoulos hosts a conversation with founders and CEOs of large coffee roasting companies from around the world.

This inaugural episode of Roundtable, Yannis Apostolopoulos hosts a conversation with four esteemed coffee professionals who share their experiences as owners of independent cafés amid the pandemic.

In Roundtable, a new video series from the SCA, CEO Yannis Apostolopoulos hosts conversations with leaders in the coffee industry from around the world with a view towards the future.

On Friday, April 17, CTG Chair Hylan Joseph and representatives from the guild discussed how to adapt to the changing business environment due to the COVID-19 pandemic in this special webinar.

Join us on Friday, March 27, at 8 am PDT / 3 pm GMT for a webinar with licensed marriage and family therapist and self-care coach Courtney Muir and representatives of all three guilds.

En este seminario virtual, discutiremos los impactos de la virus COVID-19 con dos representantes de la cadena de valores de café de los EEUU, Areli Barrera de Grodski y Jorge Cuevas. Areli y su pareja Leon son dueños de tres cafeterías y un negocio de tueste en Carolina del Norte y hablará de su experiencia cambiando el módelo de ventas rapidamente para responder diariamente a nuevas circumstancias.

We’ve put together a living database to collect some of the many resources being shared by our community across social media and from business to business as we look for answers on how to manage the rapidly evolving situation. 

On March 20, we hosted a webinar with food safety expert and coffee consultant Mike Ebert and the chairs of all three guilds. The aim of this webinar was to provide an overview of the current (and ever-evolving) situation, including what we know and what we don’t know, and the direct effects on various roles within the supply chain. Mike will be joined by members of the Barista Guild, Roasters Guild, and Coffee Technicians Guild leadership, who will lead a Q&A with questions collected from their communities.