After months of hard work, we are pleased to present the new SCAA Exposition Website! Designed to be more user friendly, easy to navigate, and interactive the site gives visitors the ability to create their own custom daily itineraries simply by clicking on the events or classes they’d like to attend.If you’d like to create …
We are pleased to announce the official Host Partner sponsors of the 22nd annual exposition, The Event for 2010: F. Gaviña & Sons, Inc.The Gaviña family has been in the coffee business for over 130 years as growers, importers, and roasters of gourmet coffee. The most important word in this statement is family. A strong …
Our hearts and prayers go out to the families of the victims of the shooting in a coffee shop in Tacoma earlier today.
Happy Thanksgiving from the SCAA family!
I thought it might be helpful to post information on how to get started promoting your coffee business online. I know that many of our members are already well established in this area, but if you’re new to social media, it can seem pretty intimidating at first. So, my first post on using social media …
The next stop on the map for the RBC is Austin, Texas for the South Central competition. Hosted by Cuvee Coffee, the SCRBC will take place at the Downtown Sheraton hotel January 7-10th, 2010.If you live in the area, or just need a better than average excuse for a road trip-mark your calendars. We’re only …
In case you hadn’t noticed, the SCAA has had it’s own “Extreme Makeover” over the past year. We’ve welcomed new staff members, overhauled our main website, launched the Member Portal, embraced new technologies, and we just launched our new and much improved Exposition website.The best feeling in the world is when a member gets excited …
This award acknowledges individuals, businesses and organizations that have created innovative projects to expand and promote sustainability within the coffee world while inspiring others to initiate similar endeavors. The application process is now open, and the deadline for submissions is January 29, 2010. To read more about the history of the award, criteria, SCAA’s participation …
We are going to be adding polls to our SCAA Facebook page to gather information from our fans for future Chronicle issues. But we need your help! If we can get enough people to participate, we will be publishing our results in upcoming issues. Our current poll asks: Do you use Facebook to find information …
I came across this wrap up of our recent SESBW in Charlotte NC (hosted by Dilworth Coffee) on the Batdorf & Bronson website. Thanks for the great review, and for participating in the workshop Chandler and Aaron!