An Emerging Market: The Rise of China’s Coffee Drinking Culture | 25, Issue 13

NICOLE LIN and CHARLEY BIDDLE share their view of the Chinese coffee market, tracing its rise through to the unexpected impacts of 2020’s COVID-19 pandemic.

Read, 25Specialty Coffee AssociationDecember 11, 2020Issue 13, Insight

An Unprecedented Journey: The FAO Coffee Mission to Ethiopia | 25, Issue 13

Professor LOURIVAL CARMO MÔNACO, a geneticist who took part in the coffee journey that identified several coffee varieties we enjoy nearly 60 years later, recalls the mission. As told to JONAS LEME FERRARESSO.

Read, 25Specialty Coffee AssociationDecember 11, 2020Issue 13, Viewpoint

Corn, Chile, Cacao | 25, Issue 13

JESSICA HERNANDEZ visits Oaxaca, Mexico.

Read, 25Specialty Coffee AssociationDecember 11, 2020Issue 13, Destinations

A Time to Reflect - 25, Issue 12

In this issue, we’re taking a step back and focusing on some big questions that could shape the future of our industry.

Read, 25, AnnouncementsJenn RugoloApril 30, 2020Issue 12, Welcome

The Vocabulary of Flavor - 25, Issue 12

Dr. ILJA CROIJMANS explores why the vocabulary we use to describe aromas matters, sharing findings of previous research on the evolution of sensory language from hunter-gathers to wine and coffee professionals.

Read, 25, FeaturesDr. Ilja CroijmansApril 30, 2020Issue 12, Spotlight

Taking Less, Not Giving More - 25, Issue 12

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.

Read, 25, FeaturesJenn RugoloApril 30, 2020Issue 12, Sustainability, Price Crisis

Understanding Coffee's Global Growth - 25, Issue 12

Specialty Coffee Association CEO YANNIS APOSTOLOPOULOS shares findings from the recent Coffee Growth Dynamics Report from Euromonitor International.

Read, 25, FeaturesYannis ApostolopoulosApril 30, 2020Issue 12, Research

Step Right Up - 25, Issue 12

We know that high-quality coffee comes at a cost, but what are the unseen costs of selling that coffee with a story? EVER MEISTER asks herself this question every day—and now she’s asking all of us.

Read, 25, FeaturesEver MeisterApril 30, 2020Issue 12, Viewpoint

The Real Deal - 25, Issue 12

NOA BERGER explores some of the different ways packaging helps to construct different types of authenticity.

Read, 25, FeaturesNoa BergerApril 30, 2020Issue 12, Insight

A Thriving Community: Steve Moloney Visits Helsinki - 25, Issue 12

Sitting at the crossroads between Scandinavia and the Baltics, Helsinki has this wonderfully Finnish feeling about it while remaining accessible, vibrant, and dynamic.

Read, 25, Community, FeaturesSteven MoloneyApril 30, 2020Issue 12, Destinations

Understanding Coffee Professionals’ Flavor Vocabulary: Early Results of a Brief Study - Issue 12 Online Exclusive

“An update on the status of coffee vocabulary is very much called for,” wrote Ilja. And so, when presenting this work at Sensory Summit in Zurich—complete with wine and coffee samples—Ilja also collected data.

Read, 25, FeaturesDr. Ilja CroijmansApril 30, 202025 Online Exclusive, Issue 12

Más allá del estereotipo – 25, Issue 11

Globalmente conocido por sus enormes establecimientos cafeteros, Brasil ocupa el primer lugar del marcador como el “productor de café más grande del mundo” desde hace 150 años.

Read, 25Specialty Coffee AssociationNovember 28, 2019Issue 11, Origins, Español

Las falacias de la “juventud”: Encontrar nuevas soluciones para los jóvenes en las comunidades de cultivo cafetero – 25, Issue 11

La generación más joven es en este momento la más grande del mundo, pero la edad promedio de los agricultores del café sigue aumentando.

Read, 25Specialty Coffee AssociationNovember 28, 2019Issue 11, Insight, Español

Opportunities Ahead – 25 Magazine, Issue 11

There’s no doubt that, as 2019 comes to a close, our community’s conversations have been dominated by the Coffee Price Crisis.

Read, 25Specialty Coffee AssociationNovember 28, 2019Issue 11, Welcome

Mapping the Complex: Designing a Map of the Global Coffee Sector – 25 Magazine, Issue 11

It’s been one year since the SCA set up the Price Crisis Response (PCR) Initiative, a one-year project tasked with producing a report of recommendations on both short- and long-term actions we can take to alleviate the crisis.

Read, 25Specialty Coffee AssociationNovember 28, 2019Issue 11, Sustainability, Systems Map

The Cost Conundrum – 25 Magazine, Issue 11

The current price crisis requires us to form a clear understanding of the determinants of profitability, or economic sustainability, for small farmers.

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Less Strong, More Sweet – 25 Magazine, Issue 11

If you ask most people to describe how black coffee tastes, you will almost invariably hear the word bitter.

Read, 25Specialty Coffee AssociationNovember 28, 2019Issue 11, Research, Brewing Fundamentals

Beyond the Stereotype – 25 Magazine, Issue 11

Known globally for its huge coffee farms, Brazil has been at the top of the leaderboard as the “highest global producer of coffee” for the past 150 years.

Read, 25Specialty Coffee AssociationNovember 28, 2019Issue 11, Origins