Después de muchas semanas de discusiones con nuestros socios sobre los impactos de COVID-19 en los eventos de SCA, hoy nos entristece anunciar que Re:co Symposium 2020 y la Specialty Coffee Expo programados para realizarse en Portland en abril ahora están cancelados.

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.

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.

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. 

Today, we are announcing an agreement with our partners at PTAK Warsaw Expo to postpone World of Coffee to October 15–17, 2020, the only dates available in 2020. We have informed all of our exhibitors and visitors via email, and our exhibitions team will be sharing more information next week.

Today, the 2020 Melbourne International Coffee Expo (MICE), featuring the 2020 World Barista Championship and World Brewers Cup, has been postponed by the show organizers to November 3-6, 2020. 

World Coffee Research (WCR) has designed a global survey on agricultural research priorities with input from other coffee organizations including the SCA. The survey aims to understand the needs of the coffee industry in agricultural research and development.

The Coffee Science Foundation (CSF) has announced that it will begin a new research project, “Towards a Deeper Understanding of Cold Brew Coffee.” 

Voting in the 2020 SCA Romania Chapter elections is officially open. The nomination stage is closed and the candidates listed below have accepted their nominations.

The Paderno Balanced Brew Coffee Maker has received the SCA’s Certified Home Brewer mark.

The landscape of coffee is continuously evolving and changing, with factors varying by country, region, and even continent.

The SCA has recognized the first Premier Training Campus in India—Araku Coffee, a certified organic luxury global Indian coffee brand.

Members of the Specialty Coffee Association have cast their ballots in the elections to fill six seats on the Board of Directors in the 2020-2021 cycle.

The Specialty Coffee Association (SCA) announced today a partnership with the Athens Metropolitan Expo to host World of Coffee in the Greek capital June 24 - 26, 2021.

Now in its 32nd year, the Specialty Coffee Expo is the largest gathering of specialty coffee professionals in North America, attracting over 14,000 visitors and featuring dozens of lectures, workshops, courses, and coffee competitions.

The Braun MultiServe Coffee Maker has been awarded the Specialty Coffee Association (SCA) Certified Home Brewer mark. 

Nominations are now open for the 2020 SCA Sustainability Awards. The deadline to submit an application is December 20, 2019.

The 2019 SCA Board of Directors elections will open Friday, November 1, and close on Saturday, November 30, 2019. 

The SCA's US Coffee Market Overview 2018 offers a large-scale understanding of coffee retail sales.