#81 | The Science of Coffee Freshness | Samo Smrke, Expo Lectures 2019
This podcast was brought to you with the support of Coffee freshness is one of the core values of specialty coffee. But why is preserving the freshness so important? We might strive to maximize coffee’s potential to keep its vibrancy as fresh as the day when roasted or we keep coffee fresh to ensure quality …
Opportunities Ahead – 25 Magazine, Issue 11
As we prepare to release the results of the SCA Price Crisis Response (PCR) Initiative’s work, it’s clear that managing this crisis – and moving it into a recovery stage – is going to take years of effort, collaboration, and intervention. Hearteningly, we also see a number of short-term actions our industry can start to …
The Cost Conundrum – 25 Magazine, Issue 11
ANDREA ESTRELLA, STEVE BOUCHER, and CHRISTOPH SAENGER share results of a recent research collaboration between the University of Muenster’s TRANSSUSTAIN research project, University of California Davis, and the International Coffee Organization that could help build an ongoing benchmark for farmer profitability. One of the reasons why a benchmark for farmer profitability doesn’t yet exist is …
Mapping the Complex: Designing a Map of the Global Coffee Sector – 25 Magazine, Issue 11
It’s been one year since the SCA set up the Price Crisis Response (PCR) Initiative, a one-year project tasked with producing a report of recommendations on both short- and long-term actions we can take to alleviate the crisis. JENN RUGOLO sat down with the SCA’s Chief Sustainability Officer, KIM ELENA IONESCU, to explore one of …
Less Strong, More Sweet – 25 Magazine, Issue 11
Graduate student MACKENZIE BATALI, Professor CARLITO LEBRILLA, Professor JEAN-XAVIER GUINARD, and Professor WILLIAM D. RISTENPART share surprising results of “fractionation” experiments at UC Davis exploring the natural sweetness of black drip brew coffee in partnership with the SCA and Breville Corporation. If you talk to aficionados of specialty coffee, however, you quickly learn that other …
The Fallacies of “Youth”: Finding New Solutions for Young People in Coffee Growing Communities – 25 Magazine, Issue 11
JOANNA FURGIUELE asks: Do we really understand why young people are leaving coffee, or are we making damaging assumptions that keep us from finding real solutions? In Latin America, 20 percent of the region’s total population is between 15 and 24, the largest proportion of young people ever in the region’s history.[1] Across Africa, there …
Beyond the Stereotype – 25 Magazine, Issue 11
But, says JONAS LEME FERRARESSO, there’s more to the country than high volumes and cutting-edge crop technology – Brazil’s coffee crop has undergone enormous changes and many challenges over the past century-and-a-half. It’s not just that Brazil has held the title of the highest coffee producing country for so long that makes some associate “Brazil” …
Come Together – 25 Magazine, Issue 11
This year’s Festival of Two Cities took place in Seoul, bringing together political leaders, artists, musicians, researchers, tech innovators, and – as you may not have expected – the specialty coffee community. Many local specialty coffee communities meet regularly at events all over the world, from major international tradeshows to domestic coffee festivals. And so, …
From Road to Cup: A Glimpse into Philippine Coffee – 25 Magazine, Issue 11
The metropolitan capital of Manila is a city whose growing fascination with specialty coffee seems to closely rival its obsession with karaoke ballads — that’s saying a lot, considering old school love songs are the norm on even the most rickety jeepney ride. Since the coffee rust invasion of 1889, the Philippines has largely remained …
Webinar Exploring Economics of the Coffee Supply Chain Research
On December 19 at 9am PST/5pm GMT the Specialty Coffee Association is hosting a webinar exploring the latest SCA Research the updated Economics of the Coffee Supply Chain: An Illustrative Outlook. Register here. The coffee chain is complex, so it can be hard to pin-point all of the different factors influencing the final price of a …
The SCA Updates Illustrative Outlook on the Specialty Coffee Value Chain
By Peter Giuliano At the SCA, one of the most common questions we are asked has to do with how coffee is priced. How much of the cost of a cup of coffee comes from transporting the coffee from its place of origin, or from roasting loss, or from the labor at the coffee shop? …
Linking Local and International: Meet the Barista Guild’s Incoming Chair, Jessie May Peters
SUSIE KEALY draws a spotlight to one of our long-term volunteers in a new series on SCA News. This month, she’s interviewed the Barista Guild’s incoming chair, Jessie May Peters. Originally from the United Kingdom, Jessie May is the current Vice Chair of the Barista Guild (BG). She’s a familiar face around many expositions, national and international …