The Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW) has opened registration for the 2025/2026 graduate certificate program intake of the Certificate of Advanced Studies in Coffee Excellence, in collaboration with the Specialty Coffee Association (SCA).

SCA members in France cast their ballots in the 2025 election to select their new leadership. Today we are pleased to welcome and celebrate the SCA France Chapter’s new committee.

The nomination stage is closed and the candidates have accepted their nominations. If you are an SCA member based in France, cast your vote for the new Chapter Committee now!

The 2025 SCA France Chapter Election has started! That means that it’s time to make your voice heard by nominating and voting for the volunteer committee who will be leading the chapter's activities for the next two years. 

In the last installment of a three-part series, JENN RUGOLO offers tips on how to familiarize yourself with the concepts and workflow of CVA, including suggestions about how to teach and implement the assessments in your workplace.

The Specialty Coffee Association (SCA) is delighted to announce that the Aarke Coffee Maker has been awarded the SCA Certified Home Brewer mark. In a crowded and competitive market, the SCA Certified Home Brewer mark helps consumers find and choose the best coffee makers, backed by the science and experience of the Specialty Coffee Association.

In this second instalment of a three-part series, LAUREL CARMICHAEL shares stories from industry leaders about the ways the CVA’s Affective Assessment has created space for our industry’s increasingly diverse preferences.  

The Specialty Coffee Association (SCA) is delighted to announce that the Aiden Precision Coffee Maker by Fellow has been awarded the SCA Certified Home Brewer mark. In a crowded and competitive market, the SCA Certified Home Brewer mark helps consumers find and choose the best coffee makers, backed by the science and experience of the Specialty Coffee Association.

In this first instalment of a three-part series, LAUREL CARMICHAEL shares stories from industry leaders about the ways the CVA’s Descriptive Assessment has become an insightful and powerful tool for their work.  

The Specialty Coffee Association (SCA) is proud to announce that the Mr. Coffee Perfect Brew Intelligent Multi-Beverage Brewer has been awarded the SCA Certified Home Brewer mark. In a crowded and competitive market, the SCA Certified Home Brewer mark helps consumers find and choose the best coffee makers, backed by the science and experience of the Specialty Coffee Association.  

The Specialty Coffee Association (SCA) is proud to celebrate the recertification of the ZWILLING ENFINIGY Drip Coffee Maker as an SCA Certified Home Brewer. This recognition underscores the commitment of ZWILLING to delivering high-quality coffee brewing solutions that meet the rigorous standards set by the SCA. 

We are pleased to announce that the SCA Ireland Chapter has successfully formed a new committee to continue its important work within the community.

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

As presented to SCA members on August 30, the SCA Board of Directors, led by President Pamela Chng, nominated a group of seven professionals from a pool of dozens who responded to our annual call for nominations made in June. As the number of candidates this year is equal to the number of open seats, there is no need to proceed with a voting process, and the SCA Board has confirmed the seven professionals listed below as members of the SCA Board of Directors, in accordance with Section 7.4(f) of the SCA Bylaws.

As incoming editor of 25, I’ve seen my first issue as a great reminder that every conversation we have about coffee is a chance to interrogate what we think we know.

LAUREL CARMICHAEL, SCA Publications Manager, provides an update on the CVA, with a focus on its capacity for information-sharing.

For her master's degree, environmental science researcher LORENA PIEDRA CASTILLO set out to model how climate change could affect coffee flavor, in the hope of providing coffee growers with valuable information to develop strategies to ensure the continued availability of high-quality coffee in Veracruz state, Mexico in the future. 

Senior Program Manager for Coffee at IDH, the Sustainable Trade Initiative, METTE-MARIE HANSEN shares key insights from the recently published report, The Grounds for Sharing. The report was commissioned by the Global Coffee Platform, IDH, and Solidaridad and traces how value for coffees sold in the German retail sector is created and distributed along supply chains.

EILEEN GORDON-LAITY, Secretary General of the European Coffee Federation, shares what we know (and what we don’t know) about the EU Deforestation Regulation coming into effect in the future.

Researchers Dr. NANCY CORDOBA and Dr. DEVIN PETERSON, joined by PETER GIULIANO, share early results of a multi-year Coffee Science Foundation research project, undertaken at the Flavor Research and Education Center at Ohio State University, to establish foundational knowledge about the phenomenon of sweetness in coffee.