The 2023 SCA Austria Chapter Election has started! That means that it’s time to make your voice heard by nominating and voting for the volunteer committee who will be leading the chapter's activities for the next two years.
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Submissions now open for the 2023 Coffee Design Awards taking place at Specialty Coffee Expo in Portland, Oregon, USA from April 21-23, 2023.
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Submissions now open for the 2023 Best New Product Awards taking place at Specialty Coffee Expo in Portland, Oregon, USA from April 21-23, 2023.
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In this series, SCA Sustainability Director, ANDRÉS MONTENEGRO, explores different sustainability frameworks in relation to the SCA’s sustainability agenda of equitable value distribution, beginning with “climate justice.”
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In Autumn 2022, the Barista Guild, the Coffee Roasters Guild, and the Coffee Technicians Guild all nominated new members for their respective Leadership Councils. We’re pleased to welcome new faces to the guilds from February 2023!
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Today, the Specialty Coffee Association released updated Rules & Regulations for the 2023 World Barista Championship (WBC), World Brewers Cup (WBrC), World Cup Tasters Championship, and Cezve/Ibrik Championship. The WBC and WBrC updates mark the largest competition changes since before the pandemic, opening up new service possibilities for competitors and major changes in how judges score and evaluate performances.
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"When I first ventured into the world of coffee in 2007, in my final year at Ashesi University in Ghana, I like many others had no idea that any coffee was produced in Ghana. There was no access to coffee education, no introduction to green coffee courses, or any training on processing methods, roasting, or barista training. Fast forward 15 years and the African coffee landscape has completely evolved. With the rise of global coffee chains and artisan roasteries, coffee education and barista championships have finally come to Africa."
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The Coffee Science Foundation (CSF) is excited to announce the launch of a new research project, “Sweetness in Coffee: Sensory Analysis and Identification of Key Compounds,” in collaboration with the Flavor Research and Education Center (FREC) in the College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences (CFAES) at The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio.
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On December 8 at 9am PST/5pm GMT the Specialty Coffee Association will host a webinar discussing the latest SCA Research report in collaboration with Whittier College entitled “Carbon and Coffee: GHG Emission Reductions Progress and Strategies Across the Value Chain”
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MARIO R. FERNÁNDEZ-ALDUENDA, PhD explains the learnings of the evaluation phase of the SCA’s Coffee Value Assessment System work as well as an update on the pilot process at the heart of the project’s ongoing evolution phase.
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Read MoreCoffee Science Foundation Executive Director PETER GIULIANO sat down with DR. MACKENZIE BATALI, lead author of a recent milestone study, “Sensory Analysis of Full Immersion Coffee: Cold Brew Is More Floral, and Less Bitter, Sour, and Rubbery Than Hot Brew,” of the Coffee Science Foundation’s project, “Towards a Deeper Understanding of Cold Brew” to learn more about the process and the results of the study.
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We’re thrilled to announce that nominations are now open for the 2023 Sustainability Awards! The deadline to submit an application is January 13, 2023. There are three categories in the 2023 Sustainability Awards: Business Model, Individual, and Project.
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The Coffee Science Foundation is excited to announce this output from the Cold Brew Extraction research project. This project is underwritten by Toddy, LLC and the research related to this publication was performed by a research team led by DR. MACKENZIE BATALI, at the University of California, Davis.
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We are pleased to announce that we have received sufficient nominations to fulfil five open coordinator roles to form the SCA France Chapter Committee for a new term.
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We’re proud of Specialty Coffee Expo’s growth year-on-year and excited to announce that the Roaster Village is moving to a prominent area on the main show floor!
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