SCA Style Guide: Word List
A
ad hoc (no hyphen, even as a modifier)
administration e.g., the Trump administration (CMOS 8.65)
aging (not ageing)
agroclimatic
agroforests
Agtron (number)
alkalinity
Americano among (not amongst)
Airbnb
Anacafé
appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC)
Authorized SCA Trainers (ASTs)
Avance (sustainability conference)
arabica/arabicas
B
Barista Guild
Barista Guild Espresso Survey
bilateral
bittersweet
Bloomberg
Bourbon (variety)
buildup (noun)
business’s (singular possessive)
C
C. arabica
C. canephora
C market (upper case C only, no hyphen not even for ‘C market prices’)
C price (upper case C only, no hyphen)
café
Café de Colombia
Camellia sinensis
Castillo
Catimor
Catuai
Caturra
Champagne (the drink)
cheesemaker
cheesemonger
Chief Research Officer
Co-founder
Coffea arabica
Coffea canephora
Coffea eugenioides
Coffee Brewing Control Chart
Coffee Lexicon (name of dictionary)
coffee makers
CoffeeMind
coffee price crisis
coffee producing (no hyphen, even if used as a modifier)
Coffee Science Manager
Coffee Skills Program
Coffee Systems Map
Coffee Taster’s Flavor Wheel
Coffee Technicians Guild (no apostrophe)
Coffee Value Assessment
commodity-grade coffee
conflict resistant crops
consorzio
cooperation
COVID-19
crema
D
Daily Coffee News
decision-makers
decision-making
demitasse
demucilagers
data (plural)
decor (no accent)
dialogue (not dialog)
drip brew coffee
E
e.g., (roman and followed by comma: CMOS 10.7 and 6.51)
electrical conductivity
ELMU
Ethiopian Fine Coffee
EUDR (EU Regulation on deforestation-free products)
F
Fairtrade International (organization), Fair Trade USA (organization), fair trade (philosophy)
Farmer Profitability and Prosperity working group
farmgate
(Fig. 1 and 3. See also fig. 5)
firsthand
first wave
flat-bottom baskets
Flavor Wheel
focused
forgo (not forego)
free fall
Free on Board (FOB)
G
gauge (not gage)
gas, not petrol
Geisha (italics), or the coffee producer’s preferred spelling
Global North
Global South
(the) government of ... (also US government, etc.)
gray
greenhouse
ground-truthing
H
Harrar
haut café
Hivos Coffee Barometer
I
ibrik coffee
Idaho potatoes
i.e., (roman and followed by comma: CMOS 10.7 and 6.51)
International Coffee Day
International Coffee Organization (ICO) (the International Coffee Organization/the ICO)
in-depth
initial public offering (IPO)
Institute (if used in full title: CMOS 8.68)
institute (if used alone: CMOS 8.68)
internet
J
Job titles: uppercase, Eg. Tara Smith, Director of Marketing
K
L
Lactobacillus helveticus
latte (no accent)
lungo
M
MA (master’s of arts) (no full points)
mashupmaster’s (degree)
microlot
microroast, microroasting, microroaster
mid-Mildsmin. (minutes)
mindset
multi-serve
multisite
N
NACS Show
Napa Valley wines
Nasdaq
National Coffee Association (NCA)
New York C price
NGO (an NGO)
Nonexistent
nonprofit
northeast
northwest
O
oak wood
open-minded
origin (term used to describe a coffee-producing country)
Origin Trip
Overpaying
P
Pacamara (italics)
Parma hamper pound green
petrol – use ‘gas’ instead
place names
portafilter
pour-overpractice (with a ‘c’ in all instances)
Price Crisis Response (PCR) Initiative
prosciutto di Parma
Pu-erh tea
public–private (en dash, not hyphen)
Q
Q Grader (from The Coffee Dictionary)
Q Processing course
qahwa (Arabic for ‘coffee’)
quaker (in reference to coffee beans)
R
real (Brazilian currency)
Roasters Guild (no apostrophe)
Re:co Specialty Coffee Symposium
RTD
ristretto
robusta
rollout
roundup
S
SCA references: the SCA (include ‘the’)
SCA Handbook
SCA Roaster and Retailer Financial Benchmarking study
SCAA’s Water Quality Handbook
SCAEScotch (do not use in relation to people)
Scotch Lambsec. (seconds)
second waves
emi-conical baskets
semifinal
Sidamo single-serve
SL28
SLs (last ‘s’ not in italics)
smallholder(s)
smoky (no ‘e’ when used as an adjective)
southeast
southwest
specialty (with one ‘i’, except as part of a proper name, e.g., ‘traditional speciality guaranteed’ - EXCEPT FOR … Speciality Coffee Association of Europe (SCAE)
Stakeholder committee
standalone states (US states should not be abbreviated)
sustainability conference
Systems Map
T
T-shirttaste testing/taste test
tea producing countries (no hyphen)
The Economistthe Financial Times
the New York Times
The Wall Street Journal
third wave movement
ton (not tonne)
total hardness
towards (with an s)
trade-off
traditional specialty guaranteed (TSG)
travels, traveling, traveled
tree cover (not hyphenated)
Typica
U
UNESCO World Heritage Sites US not USA (the US)
V
W
Washington DC (no full stops)
well-made (modifier)
while (not whilst)
World Barista Champion
World Brewers Cup (WBrC) (no apostrophe)
World of Coffee (event)
World Coffee Championships
World Coffee Research (WCR)
X
Y
Yemenia
Yirgacheffe (as used by the Ethiopian Coffee Exchange)
yogurt