Dr Marco Wellinger – Water for coffee extraction
All CoLab: Antwerp ‘coffeetalks’ – by speakers such as Charlotte Malaval, Emma Sage and Stephen Morrissey – were produced by our content partner Tamper Tantrum. We’ll be releasing the videos of these talks over the next months so we keep fuelling discussion and building an inventory of knowledge. Don’t hesitate to share your comments, thoughts or …
Talor Browne – Coffee, I love you but you’re bringing me down
All CoLab: Antwerp ‘coffeetalks’ – by speakers such as Charlotte Malaval, Emma Sage and Stephen Morrissey – were produced by our content partner Tamper Tantrum. We’ll be releasing the videos of these talks over the next months so we keep fuelling discussion and building an inventory of knowledge. Don’t hesitate to share your comments, thoughts …
Rob Berghmans – Integrating the EK43 into Caffeination
All CoLab: Antwerp ‘coffeetalks’ – by speakers such as Charlotte Malaval, Emma Sage and Stephen Morrissey – were produced by our content partner Tamper Tantrum. We’ll be releasing the videos of these talks over the next months so we keep fuelling discussion and building an inventory of knowledge. Don’t hesitate to share your comments, thoughts or …
SCA Sustainability Webinar: The Profitability of Coffee Farming
Update on February 9, 2018: We have included a Q&A session from the webinar at the end of this post. Update on January 31, 2018: Thanks to our attendees and panelists who joined this SCA Sustainability Webinar yesterday. The number of registrations overwhelmed the webinar system we use, preventing many registrants from joining the session. …
SCA Lectures Podcast #13: Building a Roasting Plant
In this episode of the SCA Podcast from the 2017 Specialty Coffee Expo, Andi Trindle, Director of Coffee at Philz Coffee (and member of the Coffee Roasters Guild Unification Committee) moderates a panel of coffee roasting professionals discussing the process of managing the building of a roasting plant. Learn how to manage the design, build …
Charlotte Malaval – Freelance Barista
All CoLab: Antwerp ‘coffeetalks’ – by speakers such as Charlotte Malaval, Emma Sage and Stephen Morrissey – were produced by our content partner Tamper Tantrum. We’ll be releasing the videos of these talks over the next months so we keep fuelling discussion and building an inventory of knowledge. Don’t hesitate to share your comments, thoughts or …
Now Accepting Submissions for Design Lab at Expo 2018
Design Lab was established at our 2016 Expo in Atlanta, focusing initially on coffee packaging, but grew in 2017 to include drinking vessels and spaces, both educational and retail. Learn more about Design Lab and apply on the Expo website here. Application deadline is February 16th. Hundreds of submissions were received last year, and carefully …
SCA Lectures Podcast #12: Coffee Botany 101
In this episode of the SCA Podcast from the 2017 Specialty Coffee Expo, SCA Coffee Science Manager Emma Sage talks about the scientific fundamentals all coffee professionals should understand about the coffee plant. Learn about how coffee genetics interact with environmental factors to influence yield and performance, the history of coffee breeding, the basics of …
Expanding the Conversation: Specialty Coffee Retail Sentiment Index (RSI)
By HEATHER WARD Let’s focus for a moment on the retailer segment of the industry. Perhaps you can think back to a conversation you have had with a friend at a coffee event. You and your friend both own a coffee shop and the conversation may have gone something like this: Your friend tells you she …
Take Our Survey and Help Shape the Agenda of the SCA Research Center
By PETER GIULIANO UPDATE: This survey has now closed. Thanks to the hundreds of SCA members and friends around the world who contributed. It is our desire to focus our research agenda on topics that are relevant, valuable, and useful to our members and to the larger Specialty Coffee community. To that end, the SCA …
Sustainability Spending: Understanding What We’re Funding
By KIM ELENA IONESCU According to a 2016 report commissioned by the Specialty Coffee Association (SCA), the Global Coffee Platform, and the Sustainable Coffee Challenge, the global coffee industry spends $350 million USD each year on sustainability initiatives directed at coffee producers. In addition to that total figure, the Coffee Sustainability Catalogue, which is based …
Announcing New DC Policy and Events Site Criteria Committees and Task Force on Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
A message from PAUL STACK, President of the SCA Board of Directors. For the past few weeks, members of the SCA Board of Directors and staff have attended community-organized town halls to listen to you, our members, and answer questions on the objectives and the process that led to the creation of the Deferred Candidacy …