Former SCAE Executive Director David Veal to Leave the SCA
The Specialty Coffee Association (SCA) announces today that David Veal will be leaving the association at the end of June 2018. David was Executive Director of the Speciality Coffee Association of Europe (SCAE) from 2011 until 2017, overseeing a strong growth in their membership, activity and engagement in the coffee community. Latterly, he has been …
The Future Of Coffee, And The Futures Market – Mette Marie Hansen
Mette Marie Hansen speaking at Barista Camp Estonia 2016. Mette-Marie works as a coffee trader with Sucafina, a family-owned business and one of the leading trade houses in the world. She sources coffee from most coffee producing countries around the globe, and interacts with coffee buyers and suppliers at every level of the supply chain. …
Call for Nominations for the 2019-2020 SCA Board of Directors
By JAMES HUMPOLETZ Translations available: Chinese, French, German, Italian, Korean, Russian, Spanish. About the SCA Board of Directors The SCA Board of Directors currently has 18 volunteer members that are serving either a 2 year or 3 year term, and are supported by two non-voting Executive Board Members, the CEO and Deputy CEO. The members elected to serve on the 2019-2020 SCA …
Farmworkers & Coffee: The Case for Inclusion
Excerpt from KIM ELENA IONESCU’s introduction of the newly republished SCA White Paper titled Farmworkers & Coffee: The Case for Inclusion. When we published the Blueprint for Farmworker Inclusion in early 2016, it felt as though specialty coffee had scarcely begun to consider the risks and opportunities associated with coffee farm labor – or at …
The State and Future of the Coffee Economy | Re:co Seattle 2018
David Griswold moderates a panel with Lindsey Bolger, Phyllis Johnson, Teddy Esteve, Christine Condo Umuhoza, and Kent Bakke at Re:co Symposium in Seattle in April 2018. This is the first video release from Re:co Symposium 2018, which was a special one for us; 2018 was the 10th Specialty Coffee Symposium we put on in the …
#20: Re:co Podcast – The State and Future of the Coffee Economy
Welcome to the very first Re:co podcast, a new series where we’ll be sharing talks and discussions from Re:co Symposium, SCA’s premier event dedicated to amplifying the voices of those who are driving specialty coffee forward. We’ll also be having special interviews with the speakers themselves, learning more about their perspectives and innovations. In this …
Propel Climate Action in Your Cafe
By Anukampa Freedom Gupta-Fonner (Freedom). Sponsored content provided by Design By Freedom. A climate action plan is relevant to every business in the country, especially for coffee shops. The coffee industry is already being severely impacted by climate change. Without major changes in our ways of thinking and acting, we will not have a habitable …
Announcing New Agreement Between SCA and Dubai World Trade Center
World Of Coffee Dubai Taking Place at GulfHost Show March 2020 The Specialty Coffee Association (SCA) has partnered with the Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC) to launch an annual World of Coffee Dubai trade show within the GulfHost Show beginning March 2020. This event will run in addition to the SCA’s annual World of Coffee …
Aged, Creamy, and Stinky: What Cheese Can Teach Us About the Power of Language – Francis Percival
Francis Percival speaking at CoLab Barcelona 2016. Within the Anglo-Saxon world, farmhouse cheese sits in a very similar niche to specialty coffee: although consumers eat plenty of cheese, most do so at a commodity grade. The precipitous decline of the industry over the course of the twentieth century has not just made farmhouse cheesemakers an …
SCA Podcast #19: The Science of Coffee Freshness
This week on the SCA Podcast, we feature a talk by Samo Smrke, Research Scientist at the Coffee Excellence Center of the Zurich University of Applied Sciences. Samo covers research he conducted in collaboration with the SCA on the effects of carbon dioxide degassing on coffee freshness and espresso extraction. Research by Samo and his …
Coffee Degassing: Impact on Freshness and Extraction – Samo Smrke
Samo Smrke, Research Scientist at the Coffee Excellence Center of the Zurich University of Applied Sciences, speaking at Roaster Camp Poznan in October 2017 about research he conducted in collaboration with the SCA on the effects of carbon dioxide degassing on coffee freshness and espresso extraction. Research by Samo and his colleagues at the Coffee …
April 2018 in National Coffee Competitions: A Recap of New Champions from Around the Globe
Here is our recap of the winners of national coffee competitions from around the world in collaboration with World Coffee Events (WCE) for the month of April 2018. These dedicated coffee competitors have earned the right to represent their country in coffee competitions at the international level. For more information on upcoming world championships and …