Fuego Eruption in Coffeelands Prompts Fundraising Efforts Following the unexpected eruption of Volcan de Fuego in the southern region of Guatemala on Sunday, June 3, a number of fundraising efforts have been announced to provide relief to those affected. As of Tuesday, June 12, CONRED – Guatemala’s National Coordinator for Disaster Reduction – reports nearly …
BWT WATER+MORE IS GIVING AWAY 10 ORIGINAL COFFEE MONSTERS AT WORLD OF COFFEE 2018! Stefan Kuhnigk loves really good coffee. And he loves cartoons. Chance (in the form of spilt coffee), spontaneous inspiration, and his artistic skills have induced him to combine the two together and use this to create wholly wonderful creatures: his little …
By VICENTE PARTIDA Great coffee is synonymous with great design, and increasingly serves a critical function in distinguishing specialty coffee. Design Lab seeks to celebrate this effort through three key platforms, coffee spaces, coffee vessels and a packaging showcase. Design Lab is a platform for showcasing great design in specialty coffee, taking place at the …
By ALEX BERNSON “Coffee crosses borders, it crosses cultures, political hardships, and everything. I think it’s one of the best ways to create community in the divided times we live in.” – Mokhtar Alkanshali Port of Mokha is many things—it is the port in Yemen where coffee first left Ethiopia and arrived in the Ottoman …
By DONALD SCHOENHOLT This year marks the 30th specialty coffee conference put on by the association. For perspective on the earliest gatherings, we turned to Donald Schoenholt, who was the first president of the Specialty Coffee Association of America, and instrumental in the early growth of the specialty association and industry. He runs Gillies Coffee …
By ANGELA PELAEZ My journey through the labor issue started long time ago when I was a young woman helping my father in our coffee farm. During that time workers’ scarcity was not a big issue but poverty, invisibility and vulnerability have been a permanent menace for farmworkers. Decades later I had the fortune to …
By LYELA MUTSIYA As a coffee farmers daughter I understand the challenges my father faces and it is important for me to do something about it. In 2017 I established Kenspeco (short for Kenya Specialty Coffee) a coffee exporting and farm management company. I opened this company with one goal in mind, to eradicate poverty …
By JOE MARROCCO The Roasters Guild and the Roaster Guild of Europe are now the Coffee Roasters Guild (CRG). After months of work and meetings behind the scenes, the RG and RGE leadership groups are ready and excited to bring together the members of both guilds into one collaborative community of professional roasters. As one …
By MARK HUNDLEY Through education and certifications, the Barista Guild of America (BGA) has been committed to helping baristas find their places within the coffee industry. We’ve focused on Barista Camps and have strived to continually keep offering the SCA certification program at its highest level while finding new elements to add to each camp …
Contributors: MARK HUNDLEY (BGA Events Chair, Bolt Coffee Company), FILIP AKERBLOM (CRG Events Chair, Lilla Kafferosteriet), REBECCA McNELLY (CTG Education Chair, Heartland Tech) & STUART RITSON (BGE Events Chair, Cafe Imports) 2018 Guild Events CoLab: Bucharest – 29-31 May | Bucharest, Romania CRG Retreat – August 23-26 | Stevenson, Washington, USA EU Barista Camp – September 3-6 | Evora, Portugal Access …