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The Fallacies of “Youth”: Finding New Solutions for Young People in Coffee Growing Communities – 25 Magazine, Issue 11

The youngest generation is now the largest generation on earth, but the average age of coffee farmers continues to increase.

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From Road to Cup: A Glimpse into Philippine Coffee – 25 Magazine, Issue 11

My gastronomic curiosities have frequently led me in the direction of Southeast Asia, yet I never thought the coffee trail would bring me back home to the Philippines.

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Braun’s MultiServe Coffee Maker Awarded SCA Home Brewer Certification
SCA National Chapter Spotlight: Germany

In this month’s SCA Chapter Spotlight, we caught up with Philipp Reichel, Events Coordinator for the SCA Germany Chapter.

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Nominations Now Open for 2020 Sustainability Award

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

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Voting Opens Today in the 2019 SCA Board of Directors Elections

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

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The Importance of Food-Grade Nitrogen In Delivering A Perfect Pour

Did you know that there are various levels of nitrogen purity when it comes to nitro cold brew? Are you aware of the impact this purity can have on your beverage?

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Together Is Better: Providing a More Equitable Return to Farming Communities

It’s fair to say that farming communities face even greater challenges now than they did 15 years ago.

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US Coffee Market Grew to US$87-88 Billion in 2018 - New Report

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

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El Enigma de los costos – 25, Issue 11

La crisis de precios actual nos exige formar un entendimiento claro de los factores que determinan la rentabilidad o la sustentabilidad económica para los pequeños agricultores.

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SCA Co-hosts Webinar: Learnings from Next-Generation Landscape Approach

Join the SCA, COSA, Farmer Brothers, and the Inter-American Development Bank for a webinar to share learnings from their joint undertaking to develop a landscape assessment framework for Jinotega, Nicaragua.

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SCA Announces First Event of the 2020 Sensory Program: Sensory Summit at UC Davis

Sensory Summit, a two-day conference designed to educate, inform, and inspire the specialty coffee sensory professional, will return to the purpose-built Sensory Theatre inside the Robert Mondavi Institute at the University of California Davis January 30 – February 1, 2020.

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Simonelli Group Partners with Coffee Science Foundation (CSF) for New Espresso Research

The SCA Coffee Science Foundation (CSF), launched by the Specialty Coffee Association (SCA) in April 2019, has announced that Italian coffee machine manufacturer Simonelli Group will become the first major partner of the organization, beginning a new four-year research project.

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Update on the Slate of Candidates for the 2019 SCA Board of Directors Elections

The slate of candidates, presented last month by the Nominating Committee of the SCA Board, led by Heather Perry, has been joined by a petition candidate.

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Designing a Map of the Global Coffee Sector | Part 1

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. 

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The Six Stages of the Coffee Price Crisis

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.

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SCA Alumni Spotlight: Sum Ngai of Coffee Project NY

Every year, over 30,000 coffee professionals complete an SCA education program with more enrolling each year. Meet Sum Ngai of Coffee Project NY.

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Leveraging Your Green Coffee Data to Reach Sustainability and Traceability Goals

Today, traceability and sustainability play an increasingly important role in the specialty coffee industry. Businesses in the industry realize their need to become more sustainable, environmentally, socially, and economically, and are looking for ways to achieve this.

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Presenting Slate of Candidates for the 2019 SCA Board of Directors Elections

On behalf of the SCA Board of Directors, it is my pleasure to present the slate of candidates for the 2019 SCA Board of Directors elections.

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Responsibilities and Risks - 25 Magazine, Issue 10

“It’s not easy to know that you are sacrificing your income, that what you are working on is subsidizing the coffee industry.”

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