The Algrano market report is a once-annual analysis of coffee sourcing and production trends, and to date has focused on the European market. Over the course of one hour, the panelists will discuss how the trends they identified at the end of 2021 and at the beginning of 2022 have evolved over the course of the past year, and they will provide insight into what these evolutions might mean for the coffee sector going forward.

Smallholder coffee farmers face unique challenges in improving their coffee production and productivity. Recognizing this, the coffee sector has rolled out a variety of interventions and programs over the past decade (or more) aimed at enhancing productivity, profitability, and eventually, the income of these smallholder farmers. But have these programs worked?

This session pairs high-quality national data with the personal experiences of specialty coffee professionals for an overview of coffee consumption in the UK and Europe in 2022: who is drinking coffee, how their preferences are changing, and which companies are growing fastest to meet that demand.

The five-minute SCA Extrinsic Assessment Survey is your chance to collaborate with the Specialty Coffee Association and play a pivotal role in shaping the ultimate Extrinsic Attribute list for Coffee Value Assessment. Take the survey today.

The Specialty Coffee Association is pleased to announce that qualified testing of espresso machines for use in the World Latte Art Championship is now open. The criteria has been expanded to include fully-automatic espresso machine manufacturers who wish to bid for sponsorship in the 2024-2027 World Latte Art Championships.  

If you are an SCA member based in Poland, cast your vote for the SCA Poland Chapter committee now.

SCA Sustainability Director ANDRÉS MONTENEGRO hosts a conversation on doughnuts & coffee with ERINCH SAHAN of the Doughnut Economics Action Lab; discussing how embracing the circular economy can lead the coffee sector to a sustainable future and make coffee better, for all. Register on Zoom for Thursday August 17, at 4pm BST.

The Coffee Roasters Guild (CRG) and Diedrich Roasters have announced the 2023 Diedrich Roasters Scholarship program for CRG Retreat, taking place September 28 to October 1 in Blaine, Washington, USA.

The 2023 SCA Poland 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. 

The Coffee Science Foundation is excited to announce this output from a project intended to understand the role of labor in specialty coffee.

World of Coffee Copenhagen will take place at Bella Center Copenhagen, June 27 to 29, 2024, and will feature the 2024 World Latte Art, World Coffee in Good Spirits and World Coffee Roasting Championships. This World of Coffee will run in addition to the SCA's annual World of Coffee trade shows in Dubai January 21 to 23, 2024 and the inaugural World of Coffee Busan, scheduled for May 1 to 4, 2024. This is the first time that the SCA has held three global World of Coffee trade shows in the same year.

The Specialty Coffee Association is now accepting nominations for the 2024-2025 SCA Board of Directors. Nominations close on Tuesday, June 26, and interviews with the Nominating Committee will take place in July. The SCA will announce the slate of candidates selected through the interview process by Wednesday, August 31.

The SCA Greece Chapter has selected two new coordinators to join the committee until the current two-year term is complete in 2024.

El equipo de Desarrollo del Conocimiento de la SCA, como parte de la Agenda de Café Sostenible de la SCA, está implementando una encuesta dirigida a los actores de la cadena de suministro del café para evaluar y rastrear el impacto sobre cómo el valor es creado, medido, y distribuido en las cadenas de valor del café, hacia el objetivo más amplio de lograr una distribución equitativa del valor (EVD).

The SCA Knowledge Development team as part of the SCA Sustainable Coffee Agenda is implementing a survey aimed at actors across the coffee supply chain to assess and track the impact around how value is created, measured, and distributed in coffee value chains, toward a broader goal of equitable value distribution (EVD).

Today, the Specialty Coffee Association (SCA) released updated Rules & Regulations for the 2023 World Latte Art, World Coffee in Good Spirits, and World Coffee Roasting Championships. These rules will be used for the first time at the Taipei World Coffee Championships, hosted at Taiwan International Coffee Show in Taipei, Taiwan, from November 17-20, 2023. 

The 2023 NCDT Market Research Series is an exclusive compendium of the most in-depth coffee industry market research currently available. The SCA is partnering with the NCA to help deliver key insights to coffee professionals.

If you are an SCA member based in Greece, cast your vote for the SCA Greece Chapter committee now.

Visitor registration is now open for the 2023 World of Coffee trade show taking place June 22-24, 2023, at Athens Metropolitan Expo in the historic city of Athens, Greece. World of Coffee is Europe’s premier coffee trade show, organized by the Specialty Coffee Association (SCA) and proudly supported by Host Sponsor BWT water+more.