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

Come Together – 25 Magazine, Issue 11

For the past five years, the city of Zürich has organized week-long festivals in inspirational cities around the world.

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

Linking Local and International: Meet the Barista Guild’s Incoming Chair, Jessie May Peter

If you’ve recently attended any SCA events around Europe, it’s highly likely that you interacted with Jessie May Peters.

Read, CommunitySpecialty Coffee AssociationNovember 26, 2019Barista Guild, Viewpoint

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.

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

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.

Read, 25Specialty Coffee AssociationNovember 25, 2019Destinations, Issue 11

Braun’s MultiServe Coffee Maker Awarded SCA Home Brewer Certification

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

Read, AnnouncementsSCA StaffNovember 18, 2019Certified Home Brewer Program

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.

Read, CommunityDanny PinnellNovember 18, 2019Chapters

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.

Read, AnnouncementsSierra HatcherNovember 13, 2019Sustainability, Re:co Symposium, Awards

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.

Read, AnnouncementsYannis ApostolopoulosNovember 1, 2019Elections, SCA Board of Directors

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?

ReadEnhanced Beverage SolutionsNovember 1, 2019News from Our Partners

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.

Read, CommunityMiguel ZamoraOctober 29, 2019Sustainability, Farm Profitability and Economics

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.

Read, AnnouncementsSierra HatcherOctober 29, 2019Research, Markets

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.

Read, 25Specialty Coffee AssociationOctober 28, 2019Issue 11, Spotlight, Español

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.

Read, AnnouncementsSierra HatcherOctober 17, 2019Sustainability, Webinar

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.

Read, AnnouncementsVicente PartidaOctober 16, 2019Coffee Roasters Guild, Sensory Summit

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.

Read, AnnouncementsSCA StaffOctober 15, 2019Research, Coffee Science Foundation

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.

Read, AnnouncementsYannis ApostolopoulosOctober 7, 2019Elections, SCA Board of Directors

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.

Read, AnnouncementsKim Elena IonescuSeptember 30, 2019Sustainability, Price Crisis

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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