#37: Re:co Podcast - Janice Anderson on The State and Future of the Business of Coffee (S6 E2)

On this episode of the Re:co Podcast, we are pleased to welcome Janice Anderson, CEO of Premium Quality Consulting, LLC. At Re:co Symposium in April, Janice shares her research into the future of specialty coffee consumption, with a particular focus on the up-and-coming Generation Z.

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Coffee Price Crisis Webinar: Spotlight on the Specialty Coffee Transaction Guide

In our first webinar in this series, Peter and Chad will present and answer questions about the Specialty Coffee Transaction Guide, a project run by researchers at Emory University that relies on an expanding group of data donors – roasters, importers, exporters, and others – who provide detailed contract data covering specialty coffee transactions from recent harvests.

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The State and Future of the Business of Coffee | Re:co Symposium 2018

This is the opening panel of the “The State and Future of the Business of Coffee”, a session at Re:co Symposium this year. This session gathered business leaders in Specialty Coffee to discuss the ways that the specialty coffee trade has changed in the past decade, the challenges businesses face today, and how we might prepare for the future.

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#36: Re:co Podcast - The State and Future of the Business of Coffee (S6 E1)

Led by Nicholas Cho, a panel of Tracy Ging, Josh Owen, Teresa von Fuchs, and Dan McCloskey took the stage to debate and discuss an important question: are we in a specialty coffee roaster bubble?

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Optimizing Your AST Calendar

We’ve put together some instructions for how ASTs can keep their calendars up to date and optimized.

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Volunteer as a CSP Station Instructor at the 2019 Specialty Coffee Expo

Here are the ASTs who will be leading CSP courses at the Specialty Coffee Expo from April 11-14 in Boston, MA, USA. If you are planning to attend the event, there are opportunities to volunteer as a station instructor.

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Farm Profitability Q&A — Ed Canty

Ed Canty answers questions in this second installment of four following up from a recent sustainability webinar series on farm profitability.

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Anukampa Freedom Gupta-Fonner | The Evolution of Innovation | Re:co Symposium 2018

This is the second episode of “Evolution of Innovation: How New Ideas Will Shape Specialty Coffee,” a session recorded at Re:co Symposium this past April. This session offered a glimpse of new ideas in coffee from some leading thinkers in specialty coffee and a discussion of how they are likely to shape the future of our industry.

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#34: Re:co Podcast - Anukampa Freedom Gupta-Fonner on the Evolution of Innovation

This is the second episode of “Evolution of Innovation: How New Ideas Will Shape Specialty Coffee,” a session recorded at Re:co Symposium this past April. This session offered a glimpse of new ideas in coffee from some leading thinkers in specialty coffee and a discussion of how they are likely to shape the future of our industry.

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The Evolution of Innovation: How New Ideas Will Shape Specialty Coffee’s Future | Re:co 2018

Led by Ever Meister, the panel took the stage at Re:co this past April to explore the relationship between specialty coffee’s drive for constant innovation and its apparent reverence for tradition. What could innovation and irreverence do for specialty?

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#33: Re:co Podcast - The Evolution of Innovation (S5 E1)

This episode features a discussion with Ever Meister, Managing Editor at Cafe Imports; Arno Holschuh, Chief Operating Officer of Bellwether Coffee Company; Umeko Motoyoshi, VP of Product at Sudden Coffee; and Jay Ruskey, Co-Founder and CEO of Frinj Coffee.

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Farm Profitability Q&A — Janina Grabs

Janina Grabs answers questions in the first installment of a Q&A series following a recent farm profitability webinar.

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An Exciting and Daunting Time - 25 Magazine: Issue 7

In my last welcome as SCA President, I would like to thank all our members and community at large for the support and encouragement offered to SCA over the last two years.

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A Sustainable Coffee Industry? Not Quite

HANES MOTSINGER explores the opportunities and limitations of different types of initiatives in Issue 07 of 25 Magazine.

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C is for Commodity, Crisis, and Cost - 25 Magazine: Issue 7

The SCA’s FARMER PROFITABILITY AND PROSPERITY WORKING GROUP, led here in writing by CHAD TREWICK, examines the possible impact persistently low coffee commodity market pricing will have on the specialty coffee supply chain in Issue 07 of 25 Magazine.

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The Coffee Price Crisis and Price Volatility: Can We Tame the C Market? - 25 Magazine: Issue 7

JANINA GRABS examines the market actions which led to historic coffee price lows in August and September in Issue 07 of 25 Magazine.

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A Pivotal Moment: When Customer Demand Clashes with Core Values - 25 Magazine: Issue 7

When major brands moved their apparel construction and printing business overseas shortly following the signing of the North America Federal Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in January 1994, it spurred a new business philosophy at T-shirt screen-printing company TS Designs: people, planet, and profits.

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Touching Southern Clouds - 25 Magazine: Issue 7

Coffee Commune’s ERIC BADEN explores the impact volatile commodity pricing of both tea and coffee has made on Yunnan’s farming landscape in Issue 7 of 25 Magazine.

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Sara Al-Ali visits Abu Dhabi - 25 Magazine: Issue 7

My first visit to Abu Dhabi city was in 2012: it was a quick visit, and I have to confess my point of interest was Yas Island, home of the world’s only Ferrari theme park.

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Building a Better Coffee Future in Kenya - 25 Magazine: Issue 7

When KIM ELENA IONESCU first called PETER MBATURE, it was to see if he would be willing to contribute to a story on young coffee-producing professionals in Issue 6. It quickly became an ongoing conversation about the future of coffee farming, some of which they share here in Issue 7 of 25 Magazine.

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