SCA Lectures Podcast #3: Molding All Star Baristas
Anna Gutierrez on how specialty coffee business owners and managers can implement a training program to mold all star baristas.
Ida Steen | Measuring Sensory Performance
Training for subjectivity can be time-consuming and expensive. At Re:co Dublin 2016, CoffeeMinds sensory scientist Ida Steen presents her PhD work on identifying sensory learning strategies and training, to close the gap between subjectivity and objectivity as effectively as possible.
SCA Releases Access to Results of 2017 Coffee Roaster/Retailer Benchmarking Study
In April of this year, the Specialty Coffee Association (SCA) launched a survey for the new Roaster/Retailer Financial Benchmarking Study: a business tool that offers roasters and retailers a way to measure their company performance against the objective industry standard. The idea is to deliver business information to people and companies in the specialty coffee …
SCA Lectures Podcast #2: Pulp Fiction
Lucia Solis and Laurent Berthiot discuss fermentation, a process historically used to remove mucilage from the coffee seed to prevent spoilage during drying, as an opportunity to enhance aroma and improve quality.
Nick Cooper | Storytelling: The Power of Narrative
Stories are baked into the specialty coffee experience. At Re:co Dublin, Nick Cooper of Salt Media explains how important those stories are to tell in order to break through the noise.
Collaboration – The Key to a Better Cup
Sponsored content provided by Cropster. Successful roasters are like Formula One drivers Formula One, like roasting, requires an almost miraculous collaboration of people whose efforts come together in the hands of just one person. A single person who can make or break the results of all that effort. If you have ever stood beside …
In Memoriam: Skip Finley
By Ric Rhinehart For the staff of the SCA the world contains a little bit less light today, because today Skip Finley has physically left us. As we mourn Skip throughout the coffee world, we also have a chance to remember his spirit, which remains very much with us. In an organization that was founded …
Introducing Avance, SCA’s New Sustainability Conference
This fall, sustainability leaders and passionate advocates from across the coffee value chain will gather in Guatemala City to participate in Avance, the first sustainability conference hosted by the Specialty Coffee Association (SCA). This inaugural event will be held on October 11-12, 2017, at the headquarters of Anacafé, Guatemala’s national coffee association. The two-day event …
Webinar and Q&A: The Road to a Unified Coffee Roasters Guild
Over the past six months, following the Specialty Coffee Association (SCA) unification vote, the leadership of the Roasters Guild (RG) and the Roaster Guild of Europe (RGE) have been paving the way towards the unification of the two organizations to form the Coffee Roasters Guild (CRG)— the trade guild of the SCA for professionals dedicated …
SCA Lectures Podcast #1: Women’s Coffee, Part II
The disparities between male and female coffee smallholder farmers have been amply illustrated by research and reports. This is part 2/2 of a talk presented live at the 2017 Global Specialty Coffee Expo, the largest annual gathering of specialty coffee professionals, where panelists discussed the impact of women’s coffee and other market initiatives for women …
SCA Lectures Podcast #1: Women’s Coffee, Part I
The disparities between male and female coffee smallholder farmers have been amply illustrated by research and reports. This is part 1/2 of a talk presented live at the 2017 Global Specialty Coffee Expo, the largest annual gathering of specialty coffee professionals, where panelists discussed the impact of women’s coffee and other market initiatives for women …
Best of Panama Sets a New Record Price for Coffee
By Wilford Lamastus, President of the Specialty Coffee Association of Panama A new record in coffee pricing was established at the 21st edition of the “Best of Panama” coffee auction which took place on July 18th as part of an annual event hosted by the Specialty Coffee Association of Panama. The auction yielded a total …