Honoring those who contribute their expertise to the coffee industry, the Specialty Coffee Association of America (SCAA) has announced the recipients of its 2015 Recognition Awards and Sustainability Award. Each year, SCAA honors outstanding achievements in the specialty coffee industry and unique contributions to the association. These leaders have made contributions to the industry, resulting …
Candidate profiles for the 2015 Board of Directors election are now available! Electronic ballots will be sent on Monday, February 16, 2015 to eligible voting members. To learn more about the nomination and election process, you are encouraged to review the SCAA bylaws here. Candidate Profiles Heather Perry, Klatch Coffee Heather is the Director of Training and Consulting …
By Danny Pinnell, SCAA This week, our coffee talk focused on the space where coffee is consumed, the context in which we enjoy this beverage. Peter Giuliano led the talk, setting the scene in Ethiopia, the birthplace of the coffee industry. According to him, “All coffee conversations should start in Ethiopia because that’s where coffee started.” Coffee is native …
By Danny Pinnell, SCAA Nicholas Cho, a former member of the Barista Guild of America Executive Council and SCAA Board of Directors, stopped by the office for our most recent staff meeting to lead our weekly coffee talk. Among Nick’s many contributions to SCAA, he led the development of the U.S. Brewers Cup, a competition that is now …
By Danny Pinnell, SCAA We had the honor of hosting Portola Coffee Lab’s Jon Paul Doerr (pictured) at our last staff meeting, who graciously volunteered to come down to SCAA headquarters and make coffee for everyone in the office, bringing the coffee he plans to use in the U.S Barista Championship next month. He screen-sorted this …
By Kim Elena Ionescu, Counter Culture Coffee Symposium is our community’s annual opportunity to come together and address, collaboratively, the big issues we are all grappling with and trying to understand. Sometimes these issues emerge as threats, as coffee leaf rust did in 2013, and other times, they present us with the chance to learn …
by Kimberly Easson, Coffee Quality Institute You’ve probably been hearing a lot about gender equity and women’s empowerment, and it’s no coincidence, since the development world has been highlighting the importance of this issue in global development circles. Statistics are impressive for both the challenge and the opportunity. For example, these data are taken from the …
By Danny Pinnell, SCAA This week’s staff meeting was wholly dedicated to The Event in April, but we (of course!) set aside some time for our weekly coffee talk, focusing on Brazil’s impact on the coffee industry. While sipping on a brew of Future Great Coffee, a Brazilian natural coffee with taste characteristics similar to …
By Tracy Allen I am honored to invite you to peruse the virtual pages of The Specialty Coffee Chronicle’s annual SCAA Event issue, where you’ll learn about the exciting things in store for our 27th Annual Exposition. The show kicks off on the evening of Thursday, April 9, with the Opening Ceremonies and SCAA Block Party, …
By Danny Pinnell, SCAA Excitement is building and plans are well underway for another stellar SCAA Event in Seattle this spring. As we prepare to return to this world-renowned coffee city, we are also pleased to welcome back Starbucks as the Official Host Sponsor of SCAA’s 27th Annual Exposition. “This past April, we had the honor of welcoming …