Today we are delighted to announce that the Re:co Fellowship and Re:co Scholarship programs are now open for applications.

MARCIN RZOŃCA, Marketing Coordinator for the SCA Poland Chapter, sat down with Agnieszka Rojewska after she picked up two more titles—Polish Coffee in Good Spirits Champion and Cezve/Ibrik Champion at the 2021 National Championships.

Due to popular demand, we are delighted to announce that we have opened the full Re:co experience to more countries globally, with the expansion of Re:co Home Experience Kit shipping beyond the Americas, and the introduction of more opportunities to connect in time zones more convenient to participants outside the Americas.

ANA VALENCIA speaks with KIM ELENA IONESCU and VERA ESPÍNDOLA about the compounding impacts of natural disasters on coffee growing regions and asks: What can we do to help?

The Specialty Coffee Association has announced Coffee Retail Summit, a new free virtual event and resource library for coffee retail businesses.

This week Raf Mlodzianowski, founder and CEO of Raf & Co, tells us about the company’s Premiere Training Campus located in Warsaw, Poland.

SHAKEEL PADAMSEY, DANA SIEDEM, and MICHAEL BUTEERA MUGISHA explore the challenges and opportunities of coffee production in Uganda.

Registration is now open for the 2021 Virtual Workshops Series, a series of workshops curated for a more in-depth understanding of topics relevant to specialty coffee from the entire value chain.

It’s now been about a year since lockdowns began, and coffee businesses are still having to adapt to an ever changing situation. We have reopened our short poll, The Impact of COVID-19, for a third time - with the aim to document and understand the impact of COVID-19 on the evolving specialty coffee industry.

Today we are announcing the cancellation of the 2021 World of Coffee (WOC) trade show, scheduled to take place in Athens this June, due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. We are continuing to pursue an alternative solution for the 2021 World Coffee Championships (WCC), which were to take place at the WOC trade show, and we will have more information on that subject in the coming weeks.

The Specialty Coffee Association has launched the SCA Coffee Directory, a new digital platform connecting buyers and sellers in the global coffee industry.

This week, Sanjeev Dutta, Executive Director of Commodities and Financial Services, told us about the Dubai Multi Commodities Centre (DMCC) located in Dubai, UAE.

We are in conversations with our partners, assessing the viability of moving forward with hosting the 2021 WOC and WCC events in Athens this June. Our community and staff's health and safety remain our top priority. We are committed to communicating a firm decision to you regarding these important events by Friday, February 26.

This week, JAMES RHYS, owner of a specialty coffee company that uses coffee to raise awareness and money for mental health charities, shares his distance learning experience.

This week, CINDY WU, founder of Coffeeland Inc tells us about the company’s Premiere Training Campus in Taiwan.

This week, ANDRES LOPEZ, barista leader at a café in Buenos Aires shares his distance learning experience.

In this SCA Community Spotlight, Daniela Mauro, Marketing & Communications Coordinator of the SCA Italy Chapter, tells us how the chapter’s volunteer network has mobilized to support Italian coffee professionals during the coronavirus pandemic.

In some ways, this issue is all about rebuilding our industry’s foundations.

DAGMAWI I.E. explores the long, obscured history of Ethiopian coffee as told by others, and how owning and changing the narrative can lead it to a more sustainable future.

Postdoctoral scholar SCOTT FROST, PhD candidate MACKENZIE BATALI, Professor JEAN-XAVIER GUINARD, and Professor WILLIAM D. RISTENPART share the results of sensory descriptive experiments at the UC Davis Coffee Center, revealing new trends in brewed coffee that suggest an updated brewing control chart.