Many coffee businesses don’t have online presences or are struggling develop them during this time. Hear from experts in online commerce, including platform developers and coffee companies with strong online sales.

With producers facing issues of climate change, migration of the younger generations to urban areas, and fluctuating coffee prices, it has become increasingly difficult for smallholder farmers to be successful and sustainable. Here, a panel discussion featuring Jörn Severloh, Christopher Mujabi, Karina Orellana, Sara Morrocchi, and Kathrine Löfberg brings together coffee industry leaders and farmers to discuss these critical issues to find common understandings and a path forward.

From March 18-23, the SCA ran a survey among the specialty coffee community designed to assess the impact to businesses throughout the supply chain. In a recording of the first webinar in the series, Heather Ward and Peter Giuliano go over the results of the survey, along with key insights from respondents, including respondents’ suggestions for business adaptation in the new environment.

The second instance of the United by Sustainability open discussion series focused on the living income movement. Watch both discussions here.

This week on Recap: La Marzocco mourns Honorary President, Piero Bambi; the C market price of coffee has risen as large companies "stockpile" coffee ahead of expected decreased freight capacity; specialty coffee companies around the world continue to innovate new products and ways to work as the pandemic continues; a recent survey by the National Coffee Association USA has found that US Americans drink more coffee than ever; the second academic paper of the SCA's Brewing Fundamentals research project with the UC Davis Coffee Center, supported by Breville, was published in the Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture.

Join us for the first webinar "Survey Results and Key Learnings" in a series covering the results of this survey, hosted by Heather Ward and Peter Giuliano on Friday, April 3, at 8am PDT / 4pm GMT.

This first webinar in the series is an introduction and discussion led by Kim Elena Ionescu, Chief Sustainability and Knowledge Development Officer, covering the reason for this holding this series, what has changed and is changing in our industry, and the role of sustainability during a pandemic.

The SCA Sustainability & Knowledge Development Department is hosting a webinar series for our community in this time of change and uncertainty. The series will take place over several weeks with multiple webinars per week.

We will feel the effects of the current dual crisis everywhere in the speciality coffee value chain, and we know challenging times are ahead. What can we do to support you?

After many weeks of discussions with our partners regarding the impacts of COVID-19 on SCA events, today we are sad to announce that the 2020 Re:co Symposium and Specialty Coffee Expo scheduled to take place in Portland in April will be canceled.

Después de muchas semanas de discusiones con nuestros socios sobre los impactos de COVID-19 en los eventos de SCA, hoy nos entristece anunciar que Re:co Symposium 2020 y la Specialty Coffee Expo programados para realizarse en Portland en abril ahora están cancelados.

Join us on Friday, March 27, at 8 am PDT / 3 pm GMT for a webinar with licensed marriage and family therapist and self-care coach Courtney Muir and representatives of all three guilds.

On Thursday, March 19, the Chief Executive Officer of the Specialty Coffee Association, took part in a webinar hosted by Sustainable Harvest. It was recorded live and is available to watch now.

En este seminario virtual, discutiremos los impactos de la virus COVID-19 con dos representantes de la cadena de valores de café de los EEUU, Areli Barrera de Grodski y Jorge Cuevas. Areli y su pareja Leon son dueños de tres cafeterías y un negocio de tueste en Carolina del Norte y hablará de su experiencia cambiando el módelo de ventas rapidamente para responder diariamente a nuevas circumstancias.

This week on Recap: the COVID-19 outbreak continues to have a devastating impact on the coffee industry; the SCA has postponed World of Coffee and the World of Coffee Championships; World Coffee Research continues important work on the future sustainability of the coffee supply chain; Colombia invests in a newly-launched coffee stabilization fund; Folgers, the leading brand of ground coffee in the US, adopts blockchain technology.

The staff and leadership of the Specialty Coffee Association and affiliated guilds and chapters are carefully monitoring developments related to the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak to understand its impact on our global community and activities. This blog post is part of a series of articles and other content written by members of our community, reflecting on the current COVID-19 pandemic and how it’s affecting their work and livelihoods.

As a part of the global specialty coffee community, the SCA is deeply concerned about the welfare of the businesses that form the basis of our professional network. In an attempt to understand and document the impact that COVID-19 is having on the specialty coffee industry, we have created this snapshot poll of the specialty coffee industry.

We’ve put together a living database to collect some of the many resources being shared by our community across social media and from business to business as we look for answers on how to manage the rapidly evolving situation. 

On March 20, we hosted a webinar with food safety expert and coffee consultant Mike Ebert and the chairs of all three guilds. The aim of this webinar was to provide an overview of the current (and ever-evolving) situation, including what we know and what we don’t know, and the direct effects on various roles within the supply chain. Mike will be joined by members of the Barista Guild, Roasters Guild, and Coffee Technicians Guild leadership, who will lead a Q&A with questions collected from their communities.

Today, we are announcing an agreement with our partners at PTAK Warsaw Expo to postpone World of Coffee to October 15–17, 2020, the only dates available in 2020. We have informed all of our exhibitors and visitors via email, and our exhibitions team will be sharing more information next week.