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Building a Bright Future: Meet the Coffee Technicians Guild Vice Chair, Richard Muhl
Read, Community Susie Kealy 12/17/19 Read, Community Susie Kealy 12/17/19

Building a Bright Future: Meet the Coffee Technicians Guild Vice Chair, Richard Muhl

Richard Muhl views his involvement with the Coffee Technicians Guild as a natural progression.

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India's First SCA Premier Training Campus: Araku Originals Coffee Campus
Read, Announcements Sierra Hatcher 12/16/19 Read, Announcements Sierra Hatcher 12/16/19

India's First SCA Premier Training Campus: Araku Originals Coffee Campus

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

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SCA Alumni Spotlight: Regine Guion-Firmin of Karibu Kahawa (Welcome Coffee)
Read, Community Sierra Hatcher 12/16/19 Read, Community Sierra Hatcher 12/16/19

SCA Alumni Spotlight: Regine Guion-Firmin of Karibu Kahawa (Welcome Coffee)

Our second featured alumnus is Regine Guion-Firmin, an AST based in Nairobi and working mainly in East Africa with coffee producers.

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Meet the Members of the 2020-2021 SCA Board of Directors
Read, Announcements Yannis Apostolopoulos 12/10/19 Read, Announcements Yannis Apostolopoulos 12/10/19

Meet the Members of the 2020-2021 SCA Board of Directors

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.

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SCA Chapter Spotlight: Ukraine
Community, Read Danny Pinnell 12/9/19 Community, Read Danny Pinnell 12/9/19

SCA Chapter Spotlight: Ukraine

In this month's SCA Chapter Spotlight, we caught up with Olena Sereda, National Coordinator (Chair) for the SCA Ukraine Chapter.

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Registration is Now Open for the 2020 Specialty Coffee Expo
Read, Announcements SCA Staff 12/2/19 Read, Announcements SCA Staff 12/2/19

Registration is Now Open for the 2020 Specialty Coffee Expo

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.

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Más allá del estereotipo – 25, Issue 11
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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.

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

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Opportunities Ahead – 25 Magazine, Issue 11
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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.

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

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The Cost Conundrum – 25 Magazine, Issue 11
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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
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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.

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Beyond the Stereotype – 25 Magazine, Issue 11
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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.

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Come Together – 25 Magazine, Issue 11
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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.

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Linking Local and International: Meet the Barista Guild’s Incoming Chair, Jessie May Peter
Read, Community Specialty Coffee Association 11/26/19 Read, Community Specialty Coffee Association 11/26/19

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.

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The Fallacies of “Youth”: Finding New Solutions for Young People in Coffee Growing Communities – 25 Magazine, Issue 11
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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
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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
Read, Announcements SCA Staff 11/18/19 Read, Announcements SCA Staff 11/18/19

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. 

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SCA National Chapter Spotlight: Germany
Read, Community Danny Pinnell 11/18/19 Read, Community Danny Pinnell 11/18/19

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
Read, Announcements Sierra Hatcher 11/13/19 Read, Announcements Sierra Hatcher 11/13/19

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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