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What You Know Matters: The Impact of Storytelling on Coffee Professionals’ Sensory Perception | 25, Issue 21

Corresponding author MATEUS MANFRIN ARTÊNCIO shares the findings of a recent paper, “The Impact of Coffee Origin Information on Sensory and Hedonic Judgment of Fine Amazonian Robusta Coffee,” published in the Journal of Sensory Studies, confirming the significant influence of origin information on the sensory perception of professional coffee tasters.  

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From Passive to Active: Expanding Our Understanding of Specialty Coffee Consumerism | 25, Issue 21

ALEXA ROMANO explores the emergence of specialty coffee culture as an embedded subculture within the broader coffee industry, and how the resulting shift from passive to active consumption asks us to rethink the consumer’s role in value creation and distribution.

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Applications Are Now Open for the 2024/2025 Intake of the Certificate of Advanced Studies in Coffee Excellence

The Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW), in collaboration with the Specialty Coffee Association (SCA), has opened registration for the CAS in Coffee Excellence 2024/2025 graduate certificate program intake of the Certificate of Advanced Studies in Coffee Excellence.

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Brewing Value: A Webinar on the Equitable Value Distribution Report

Join us for “Brewing Value: A Webinar on the Equitable Value Distribution Report” happening Tuesday, March 26th at 9am PDT, 12pm EDT, and 4pm GMT on Zoom. 

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SCA Report: Equitable Value Distribution Survey Findings

The Specialty Coffee Association (SCA) is proud to announce the release of its latest report, titled "Equitable Value Distribution Survey Findings," marking a significant milestone in the effort to shape mindsets and business behaviors in order to foster equitable value distribution as a sustainability tool for the specialty coffee sector.

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SCA Spain Chapter: Meet the New Coordinators

The SCA Spain Chapter has selected four new coordinators to join the committee for a two-year term.

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SCA Portugal Chapter: Meet the New Coordinators

The SCA Portugal Chapter has selected four new coordinators to join the committee for a two-year term.

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SCA Romania Chapter: Meet the New Coordinators

The SCA Portugal Chapter has selected four new coordinators to join the committee for a two-year term.

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SCA Netherlands Chapter: Meet the New Coordinators

The SCA Netherlands Chapter has selected four new coordinators to join the committee for a two-year term.

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SCA Romania Chapter: Vote Now in the 2023 Election

If you are an SCA member based in Romania, cast your vote for the SCA Romania Chapter committee now.

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SCA Portugal Chapter: Vote Now in the 2023 Election

If you are an SCA member based in Portugal, cast your vote for the SCA Portugal Chapter committee now.

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The Future is Velvety Smooth: Modernizing the South Indian Filter | 2023 Re:co Fellow Feature — Raghunath Rajaram

2023 Re:co Fellow RAGHUNATH RAJARAM, co-founder of Aramse, links their work to revive and modernize the South Indian Filter to the concept of value creation, reminding us that solutions to existing or emerging problems may already exist—and that they may hold the key to keeping more value where it’s created.

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SCA Germany Chapter: Meet the New Coordinators

The SCA Germany Chapter has selected four new coordinators to join the committee for a two-year term.

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SCA UK Chapter: Meet the New Coordinators

The SCA UK Chapter has selected one new coordinator to join the committee for a two-year term.

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SCA Ukraine Chapter: Meet the New Coordinators

The SCA Ukraine Chapter has selected two new coordinators to join the committee for a two-year term.

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Gentrification, Specialty Coffee, and Third Wave Cafés in Portland, Oregon | 2023 Re:co Fellow Feature — Dennis Cote

2023 Re:co Fellow DENNIS COTE, an ALM (Master of Liberal Arts in History) graduate candidate at Harvard Extension School, shared some of their thesis work on specialty coffee and gentrification in Portland, this year’s host city, from 1995-2020.

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Green Coffee Summit Returns this December

SCA is proud to announce the third edition of Green Coffee Summit, a free-to-attend virtual event for anyone involved in the green coffee trade. Mark your calendars for December 5-6, 2023, and prepare for two days filled with insightful presentations, lectures, and panel discussions.

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The Extraordinary Extrinsic | 25, Issue 20

If you’ve been following along with the SCA’s project to evolve the 2004 cupping system into a Coffee Value Assessment, there’s a good chance you’re already aware of the importance of extrinsic, or symbolic, attributes.

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Curriculum Development at the SCA: Building a Consistent, Collaborative Process | 25, Issue 20

The Specialty Coffee Association is the world’s largest coffee membership association, with a sustainability-driven purpose deeply ingrained in its structure as a non-profit trade organization: to make coffee better.

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