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.

This week's #AskAnExpert is all about coffee. What should coffee techs know about coffee quality? Join Kaleb Leach and Marty Roe for a presentation and Q&A on the SCA's standards for green grading, cupping, water, and brewing. 🛠 Powered by the Coffee Technicians Program, an educational curriculum of the Specialty Coffee Association.

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 Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW), in collaboration with the Specialty Coffee Association (SCA), has launched a new postgraduate Certificate of Advanced Studies (CAS) in Coffee Excellence.

World Coffee Research announces its next five year strategy will prioritize origin diversity; researchers at the the University of Reading, the Andean Information Network, and Pontificia Universidad Católica del Peru explore the similarities between Bolivia and Peru’s coffee and coca trades; 12 of the 16 winning lots in the recent ACE Private Collection auction with Hawaii’s Isla Custom Coffees featured controlled yeast fermentation in processing.

Hylan Joseph and Michael Teahan host an energizing panel discussion on the basic electrical skills that every coffee technician needs for field service. 🛠 Powered by the Coffee Technicians Program, an educational curriculum of the Specialty Coffee Association.

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

Join the @coffeeroastersguild on Instagram Live this Friday, February 19— straight after the final session of Sensory Summit Europe & Africa— for a Virtual Origin Trip to Guatemala with Jiyoon Han and Anabella Meneses.

Register now to join us on Wednesday, February 24 for an informational webinar on the application process for professionals interested in becoming Authorized SCA Trainers (ASTs) for the new Coffee Technicians Program.

Hylan Joseph and Michael Teahan host an energizing panel discussion on the basic electrical skills that every coffee technician needs for field service. 🛠 Powered by the Coffee Technicians Program, an educational curriculum of the Specialty Coffee Association.

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

The Alliance for Coffee Excellence announced a partnership with scientific traceability company, Oritain, to build a database of coffee origin “fingerprints”; a new study explores the relationship between coffee leaf rust and a co-evolved hyperparasite; the International Coffee Organization’s Coffee Development Report 2020 finds the that the value of annual coffee exports has more than quadrupled from 1991 to 2018.

In this episode of Ask an Expert, Hylan Joseph and Mark Robey host a panel discussion on the basic systems in super-automatic espresso machines currently in the market.

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.

Interested in educating your customers in total equipment care? In this episode, Maria Cleaveland, Director of Sales, North America at Urnex, shares the essentials of equipment cleaning and maintenance. Maria will dive into the chemistry and form factors for each category of equipment and give you the knowledge you need to gain confidence in steering customers from common pitfalls.

Rabobank Group, a lender known for financing agricultural traders, joined other commodity lenders in reducing its activity following a difficult year; the Hivos 2020 Coffee Barometer suggests there is little evidence coffee companies’ voluntary sustainability efforts have made an impact; Sucafina has announced a number of growth initiatives, including the acquisition of a Costa Coffee green supplier, Complete Coffee Limited; Seven Miles Coffee Roasters has launched a new telemetry system.