Announcing the 2018 Best New Product and Best Booth Winners
The Specialty Coffee Association (SCA) is proud to announce the winners of the Best New Product Awards at the 2018 Specialty Coffee Expo in Seattle. The Best New Product Awards, a long-running feature of Expo, recognize new products judged on their quality and value to the specialty coffee and tea industry. Ten different product categories are evaluated …
Meet the 2018 Specialty Coffee Expo Volunteers
Name: Shawna Kidney Lives in: Austin, TX Works as: Store Manager at Starbucks Volunteering: Check-in, Green Team Quote: “I used to sell ski gear and went to their show, but this is my first coffee Expo. It’s been awesome finding out more about all of the different things you can learn in coffee!” Name: …
Discover the Science Behind Delicious Coffee at the Certified Home Brewer Showcase
Developed by coffee science experts and professional coffee tasters, the SCA Certified Home Brewer program reviews machines designed for in-home use to determine if they meet the rigorous requirements of brewed coffee quality as determined by the SCA. These requirements are based on decades of industry knowledge and research by the Coffee Brewing Center. All …
World of Coffee & World Barista Championship Head to Amsterdam
The largest coffee trade show in Europe is traveling to Amsterdam this 20-23 June. Thousands of baristas, coffee roasters, buyers and F&B professionals will travel to RAI Amsterdam for the newest products, inspiring lectures, tastings, and innovations. The event is organized by the Specialty Coffee Association (SCA) and is also the venue for the prestigious …
Announcing the Design Lab Winners at the 2018 Specialty Coffee Expo in Seattle
By VICENTE PARTIDA Great coffee is synonymous with great design, and increasingly serves a critical function in distinguishing specialty coffee. Design Lab seeks to celebrate this effort through three key platforms, coffee spaces, coffee vessels and a packaging showcase. Design Lab is a platform for showcasing great design in specialty coffee, taking place at the …
Tips For Having Your Best Expo, From Show Veterans
By DAN MARMADUKE Each year, the Specialty Coffee Expo welcomes industry professionals with varying levels of experience and time spent working in coffee. Whether you are just starting out and experiencing Expo for the first time or you visit the show every year, it is very valuable to have a game plan going in. Fortunately, …
The Monk of Mokha: Meet Mokhtar Alkanshali & Port of Mokha
By ALEX BERNSON “Coffee crosses borders, it crosses cultures, political hardships, and everything. I think it’s one of the best ways to create community in the divided times we live in.” – Mokhtar Alkanshali Port of Mokha is many things—it is the port in Yemen where coffee first left Ethiopia and arrived in the Ottoman …
A Look Back At The 2017 World Coffee Roasting Championship in Guangzhou
By CONNOR CLARKE It’s been a whirlwind three months for Italy’s Rubens Gardelli since he was crowned the 2017 World Coffee Roasting Champion at Hotelex Guangzhou, China last December. At the WCE (World Coffee Events) All-Stars event in Shanghai, China last month Rubens’ win felt poignant, with audiences eager to pick up some knowledge from …
IWCA Celebrates 15 Years
By MARIA HILL Every year the international coffee community comes together at the Specialty Coffee Expo. This event brings together professionals from every step of the coffee supply chain to discuss, learn, and make new contacts. 2018 marks a significant milestone for IWCA as we celebrate the organization’s 15th anniversary. As a global network, IWCA …
30 Years of Expo
By DONALD SCHOENHOLT This year marks the 30th specialty coffee conference put on by the association. For perspective on the earliest gatherings, we turned to Donald Schoenholt, who was the first president of the Specialty Coffee Association of America, and instrumental in the early growth of the specialty association and industry. He runs Gillies Coffee …
Recap: Bloom Providence
By TODD MACKEY Established in 2016, and since its inception hosted in Los Angeles, Chicago, and San Francisco, Bloom was created by the BGA to bring together some of the best minds in coffee. The event aims to ignite a national conversation while illuminating the ideas that emerge. Attendees listen, ponder, and respond to thought-leaders …
A Collaborative Approach to Improve Farmworkers Well-Being in Colombia
By ANGELA PELAEZ My journey through the labor issue started long time ago when I was a young woman helping my father in our coffee farm. During that time workers’ scarcity was not a big issue but poverty, invisibility and vulnerability have been a permanent menace for farmworkers. Decades later I had the fortune to …