2023 Re:co Fellow RAGHUNATH RAJARAM, co-founder of Aramse, links their work to revive and modernize the South Indian Filter to the concept of value creation, reminding us that solutions to existing or emerging problems may already exist—and that they may hold the key to keeping more value where it’s created.
Read MoreDuring the past decade, specialty coffee has seen at least a dozen regional retail brands explode onto the national (and even the international) market, gaining recognition and multi-channel distribution by leveraging venture capital.
Read MoreWhat knowledge and practices are essential to today's coffee industry leaders? As coffee culture undergoes a transformative shift, learning and education are paramount.
Read MoreIt's easy to make assumptions about what makes a business like Coffee Collective successful, but the truth is that success - and growth - result from a complex web of decisions.
Read MoreWe are proud to announce two important new developments in the SCA Coffee Value Assessment (CVA); a global introductory and immersive events initiative and a Patrons program to facilitate philanthropic support for the continued growth and development of the initiative.
Read MoreToday, the Specialty Coffee Association is releasing updated rules & regulations for the 2024 World Barista Championship (WBC), which takes place at World of Coffee Busan, Korea, May 1-4.
Read MoreThe SCA Germany Chapter has selected four new coordinators to join the committee for a two-year term.
Read MoreThe SCA UK Chapter has selected one new coordinator to join the committee for a two-year term.
Read MoreThe SCA Ukraine Chapter has selected two new coordinators to join the committee for a two-year term.
Read More2023 Re:co Fellow DENNIS COTE, an ALM (Master of Liberal Arts in History) graduate candidate at Harvard Extension School, shared some of their thesis work on specialty coffee and gentrification in Portland, this year’s host city, from 1995-2020.
Read MoreSCA is proud to announce the third edition of Green Coffee Summit, a free-to-attend virtual event for anyone involved in the green coffee trade. Mark your calendars for December 5-6, 2023, and prepare for two days filled with insightful presentations, lectures, and panel discussions.
Read MoreIf you’ve been following along with the SCA’s project to evolve the 2004 cupping system into a Coffee Value Assessment, there’s a good chance you’re already aware of the importance of extrinsic, or symbolic, attributes.
Read MoreThe Specialty Coffee Association is the world’s largest coffee membership association, with a sustainability-driven purpose deeply ingrained in its structure as a non-profit trade organization: to make coffee better.
Read MoreSARAH CHARLES, writer, Communications Officer at the International Trade Centre, and author of a recent dissertation on mandatory supply chain due diligence, outlines the history, opportunities, and challenges of regulatory sustainability approaches while offering a path forward for coffee businesses grappling with the shift from a voluntary to a regulatory approach.
Read MoreNeuroscientist Dr. FABIANA CARVALHO shares the recent results of a Coffee Science Foundation study, supported by Savor Brands Inc., to understand how packaging color influences consumer behavior.
Read MoreEconomists DAVIDE DEL PRETE and ROCCO MACCHIAVELLO recently completed a literature review of sustainability interventions for the Coffee Science Foundation; here, with PETER GIULIANO, they summarize its findings.
Read MoreCognitive psychologist BENTE KLEIN HAZEBROEK and language professor ILJA CROIJMANS explore the role and construction of coffee’s linguistic descriptions—those flavor notes and descriptions across coffee packaging and websites!—in a consumer’s willingness to pay.
Read MoreNOA BERGER explores how the “field” of coffee was inspired by (and inspires) related industries like fine wine, cacao, and—more recently—vanilla, and queries its impacts.
Read MoreAs presented to SCA members on August 31, the SCA Board of Directors, led by President Konstantinos Konstantinopoulos, nominated a group of four professionals from a pool of dozens who responded to our annual call for nominations made in June. As the number of candidates this year is equal to the number of open seats, there is no need to proceed with a voting process, and the SCA Board has confirmed the four professionals listed as members of the SCA Board of Directors, in accordance with Section 7.4(h) of the SCA Bylaws.
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