In the final episode of the Systems Map Discussion Series, we look at brewing and roasting with coffee professionals working in these activities. You can watch the video recording here.

Last week we looked at all things exporting in episode #2 of our new discussion series. This week it's time to explore the other side of the coin—importing! Join us for the latest episode in our series about the Coffee Systems Map.

Episode #2 of the Systems Map Discussion Series is all about exporting. Through these conversations we hope to better illuminate the various relationships and gaps in our awareness, ultimately leading to a better understanding of how the entire coffee system works and who it works for.

To dig deeper into the Systems Map and the various connections it explores, we're launching a discussion series organized around the central activities of the map — beginning with farming and processing.

Join us for a brand new discussion series exploring the central activities in the coffee value chain.

This map outlines the relationships between key actors and actions in the specialty coffee industry and in doing so illustrates the complexity of this global value-generating ecosystem, while recognizing previously invisible actors and telling multiple stories.

Following the 2002 coffee price crisis, our industry turned to solutions focused on delivering greater value to consumers or introducing new market segments, but in hindsight, these have had a negligible impact on addressing the problem of stagnant producer income: only a tiny proportion of the increased value filters down to growers in the current model.

JENN RUGOLO distils findings of the SCA’s Price Crisis Response (PCR) report and offers some ways we can begin to put some of the report’s recommendations into practice immediately.

In today's lecture, representatives from the SCA Sustainability Center and Board of Directors identify factors that contributed to the wholly unsustainable economic position facing many coffee producers.

Last April, much of the discussion – at Expo and Re:co Symposium – was centered on the Coffee Price Crisis and the future of specialty. In a special episode to kick off the new year, we’re releasing a two-part lecture on the C market that sought to provide clarity and actionable data for the specialty industry. 

On December 19 at 9am PST/5pm GMT the Specialty Coffee Association hosted a webinar exploring the latest SCA Research the updated Economics of the Coffee Supply Chain: An Illustrative Outlook.

On Friday, November 22, 2019, the Specialty Coffee Association hosted an SCA Sustainability webinar on the coffee price crisis and the role of baristas, roasters, and technicians from the perspective of the SCA's three guilds: the Barista Guild, the Coffee Roasters Guild, and the Coffee Technicians Guild.

This piece is the first of a series by KIM ELENA IONESCU exploring the systems map developed as part of the SCA’s year-long Price Crisis Response (PCR) initiative. 

Today, we’re very happy to present the second episode of “Growing Consumption: Letting Go of Sameness,” a session recorded at Re:co Symposium this past April.

As the majority of specialty coffee consumption lies in the US, EU, and East Asia, “producing” countries have solely – and strategically – focused export, indenting to increase demand in “consuming” countries. 

By now, many readers will have heard about the coffee price crisis and the SCA’s response team, dubbed the Price Crisis Response Initiative. If you are among them, you likely understand that the price crisis is a complex issue and that there’s no easy, quick solution.

In this special episode of the SCA Podcast, we’re going to be listening to the audio of an interactive webinar we hosted last week on the SCA’s response to the coffee price crisis and the forthcoming report with recommendations for the coffee industry.

Este webinario es parte de una serie sobre los desafíos que enfrentan los productores de café y la sustentabilidad del café, especialmente a la luz de la actual crisis de precios.

In our first webinar in this series, Peter and Chad will present and answer questions about the Specialty Coffee Transaction Guide, a project run by researchers at Emory University that relies on an expanding group of data donors – roasters, importers, exporters, and others – who provide detailed contract data covering specialty coffee transactions from recent harvests.

JANINA GRABS examines the market actions which led to historic coffee price lows in August and September in Issue 07 of 25 Magazine.