There are big questions facing specialty coffee sellers and buyers.

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We are happy to announce that the 2022 Cezve/Ibrik Championship (CIC) will take place at World of Coffee in Warsaw, Poland, from June 23-25. The CIC joins the four World Coffee Championships previously announced for Warsaw—the World Latte Art, World Coffee in Good Spirits, World Cup Tasters, and World Coffee Roasting Championships.

Submissions are now open for the 2022 Specialty Coffee Expo Best New Product and Coffee Design Awards. Deadline for submissions is March 14, 2022

The Specialty Coffee Association is proud to announce qualified sponsors for the 2022-2025 World Barista Championship; the Tempesta by Storm Barista Attitude is the Qualified Espresso Machine, the Mythos ​​MY75 by Victoria Arduino is the Qualified Espresso Grinder, and BWT water+more is the Qualified Water Filtration sponsor.

– Following the success of the first and second Coffee Retail Summit events in 2021, the SCA is proud to announce the third virtual event of its kind, continuing a line of retailer-focused programming and content. This free-to-attend event will be delivered virtually with three days of presentations, lectures, and panel discussions on February 21, 23, and 25, 2022. Interested attendees can learn more and RSVP on retail.sca.coffee.

As a beverage equipment technician, we can see many different types of machines that heat water. These are espresso machines, drip coffee machines, tea brewers, hot chocolate machines, hot water machines and others. Servicing a machine with a heating issue begins with understanding the heating circuit, its path, and the parts in the path.

What sets apart one technician from another? What are the two different paths a technician can choose to take? And what lessons can we learn from Greek mythological figures Prometheus and Epimetheus?

Members of the Specialty Coffee Association have cast their ballots in the elections to fill five seats on the Board of Directors in the 2022-2023 cycle.

The ZWILLING ENFINIGY has been awarded the Specialty Coffee Association (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. Certified Home Brewers are thoroughly tested in the laboratory and must meet the SCA’s quality standards for brewing specialty coffee at home.

How many techs does it take to turn a bolt?

From managing your fellow humans to financial literacy and digital tools, setting up a service department is a skill in itself. If you’ve been tasked with founding or leading a service department for a roaster-retailer, this one’s for you. (And if you enjoy brilliant tech-based jokes, this one may also be for you…)

Today we are celebrating new members on the Leadership Councils for our three guilds: Barista Guild, Coffee Roasters Guild, and Coffee Technicians Guild!

Tickets for the US edition of Sensory Summit, the only event in coffee dedicated to sensory science and research for sensory professionals, are now available. After hosting Sensory Summit digitally, the Specialty Coffee Association is delighted to bring Sensory Summit back as an in-person event hosted at UC Davis, CA, USA, from February 4-6, 2022.

Updated Rules & Regulations have been released for the 2022 World Latte Art, World Coffee in Good Spirits, World Cup Tasters, and World Coffee Roasting Championships. These rules contain minor formatting and clarification updates along with edits for consistency across competitions.

We’ve written quite a bit, recently, about the value of coffee.

CECILIA HAE-JIN LEE traces the history of coffee in Korea.

DEOGRACIAS KALIMA explores the complex history and state of coffee growing in Malawi.

Professor CARLOS CARPIO, PhD and KATIE VON DER LIETH share a preview of a forthcoming multidisciplinary Coffee Science Foundation research project on specialty coffee labor dynamics in El Salvador and Honduras.

Lead Author NIZAM ABDU shares the findings of a recent meta-analysis of coffee ecolabeling published in Heliyon, an all-science, open access journal.

JANICA ANDERZÉN and Professor V. ERNESTO MÉNDEZ of the Agroecology and Livelihoods Collaborative at the University of Vermont trace the efforts of a new initiative, the State of the Smallholder Coffee Farmer, and explain what’s needed to take the project beyond this first stage.