Announcing the 2021 Milan World Coffee Championships and an Update on the Taipei WCCs

Today, the Specialty Coffee Association (SCA) has announced the 2021 Milan World Coffee Championships, featuring the World Barista Championship, World Brewers Cup, and World Cup Tasters Championship, will take place at HostMilano, Italy, from October 22-26.

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Ask the Pros Episode #23: Flow

Join us live for Episode #23 on Friday, July 23.

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Build Your Own Coffee Business at the First All-Guild Workshop at Expo 2021

Join the first-ever cross-guild workshop: a hands-on, collaborative team exercise that will challenge you to develop the skills you need to build a coffee business from the ground up.

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Livelihoods in Coffee Episode #3: The Business Case of Living Wage

The Livelihoods in Coffee webinar series continues this Thursday, July 15.

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Ask the Pros Episode #22: Accounting and Your Service Business

Join us live for Episode #22 on Friday, July 16.

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Registration Open for Joint Webinar on Coffee Fermentation in Collaboration with The Fermentation Association

Registration is open for a free webinar on the current state of coffee fermentation science, hosted in partnership with The Fermentation Association, on Wednesday, August 11.

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Submissions Open for The Scientific Poster Session at The Specialty Coffee Expo 2021

The highly anticipated Scientific Poster Session is back!

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Livelihoods in Coffee Episode #2: Living Wage / Living Income - The Concepts

The Livelihoods in Coffee webinar series continues this Thursday, July 8.

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June's Coffee Retail Summit Videos Now Available

Now available in the Coffee Retail Summit resource library: nine videos from June’s summit offered in the CEST timezone.

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A Conversation with Roland Horne, CEO, WatchHouse | Coffee Retail Summit

Stephen Morrissey speaks with Roland Horne about WatchHouse’s rapid expansion and diversification, the challenges this poses, tactics for standing out, and the reason for the brand’s inception in 2014.

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The Importance of a Strong Team to Support Your Vision | Ximena Pastor and Alexander Zeleniuch | Coffee Retail Summit

Specialty coffee thrives on big visions, but successful retail coffee businesses thrive on more than vision alone.

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Don’t Be Afraid of Change: Designing Coffee Business Success | Panos Konstantinopoulos | Coffee Retail Summit

Growing from a specialty coffee takeaway shop to a 500 shops in seven countries requires learning as you go, designing customer experiences, and—of course!—not being afraid of change.

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Big Brands, Small Companies | Claudia Sans, David Nigel Flynn, and Gabriella Matheny | Coffee Retail Summit

Branding, events, digital engagement, packaging, anchor visuals in the design of the space: is investing in all these things critical for success in a market more accustomed to the novelty of latte art?

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The Potential of Sustainable Economics in Specialty Coffee: The Story of Fuglen | Einar Holthe | Coffee Retail Summit

Einar Holthe, Founder and CEO of Fuglen, shows us how retail can serve as a model for ways to improve cityscapes and build sustainable value chains beyond coffee.

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Futureproofing Coffee Retail: Making Decisions to Provide for Your Business Tomorrow | Lynsey Harley | Coffee Retail Summit

Lynsey Harley’s story provides insight on how to take chances and approach futureproofing your retail coffee business.

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Five Key Takeaways from The National Coffee Data Trends Study - Specialty Coffee Breakout Report | Katie von der Lieth | Coffee Retail Summit

With so many data points in the National Coffee Data Trends Specialty Coffee Breakout Report to consider, what are some of the main takeaways for coffee retail businesses to keep in mind?

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All-Day Store: Utilizing Training and Hospitality to Create Retail Experiences | George E. Loukas | Coffee Retail Summit

Learn more about the benefits and opportunities of expanding your opening hours and your offerings through coffee, wine, food, and hospitality.

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Responsible Design Strategies for Coffee Shops | Rhiannon Laurie | Coffee Retail Summit

Minimizing the negative impact of our designs, specifications, and construction methods on both human and planetary health is more important than ever.

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Bill Ristenpart on Using Science to Change the Way We Brew Coffee | Re:co Symposium 2020

In this talk, we'll explore the assumptions behind this time-tested tool, and learn about new research that tests the foundations of coffee brewing, sensory evaluation of coffee, and how to measure it all.

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Ilja Croijmans on Talking About Flavors Online: Describing Coffee (and Wine) | Re:co Symposium 2020

In this talk, Dr. Croijmans will go into recent studies that have looked at wine and coffee language, offer suggestions to adapt online coffee sales, and discuss open questions to align coffee descriptions to what consumers expect, informed by insights from wine and coffee research.

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