SCA Launches New Initiative to Address the Coffee Price Crisis and Appoints New Executive Director
The effort will be led by Ric Rhinehart who will be stepping down from his role as Executive Director of the association to be succeeded by Yannis Apostolopoulos, the current Deputy Executive Director. The coffee value chain is long and most coffee producers are not paid enough for their coffee to maintain profitable farming operations. …
Meet the Members of the 2019-2020 SCA Board of Directors
By JAMES HUMPOLETZ Translations available: Chinese, French, German, Italian, Korean, Russian, Spanish. SCA members chose between eight candidates to fill six seats in the election managed by third-party elections company UK Engage. In accordance with the SCA Bylaws, the six newly-elected coffee professionals will join the board on January 1st, 2019 at which point the terms of six existing members of the …
November’s Four New World Coffee Champions
Of the 140 competitors at Brazil International Coffee Week (7-9 November 2018) for the Brazil World Coffee Competitions, four national champions – representing chapters in Europe, Asia, and Australia – were awarded the highest title in their competitive field. 2018 World Latte Art Champion: Irvine Quek | Malaysia At the World Latte Art Championship, baristas …
What’s Unique About Coffee In Bucharest? – Panel Discussion
Silvia Constantin (Barista School), Vlad Buda (Steam Coffee Shop), Cezara Carteș (Coca-Cola HBC Romania), and Alexandru Niculae (BOB Coffe Lab) speaking with Stuart Ritson at CoLab Bucharest 2018. Every coffee community has it’s own story to tell. From the first specialty cafe to creating competitors, we invite local coffee professionals to join host Stuart Ritson to discuss …
Water Security and Coffee: Protecting a Critical Resource
Excerpt from KIM ELENA IONESCU’s introduction of the newly republished SCA White Paper titled Water Security and Coffee: Protecting a Critical Resource While all the SCA White Papers were written by volunteers, the Blueprint for Water Security in the Coffeelands stands apart for having been written by a team of volunteers who all arrived to the coffee industry …
Presenting Slate of Candidates for the 2018–2020 CRG Advisory Council
Meet the 2018 Sustainability Award Winners: Twin & Twin Trading Ltd.
RICHARD STILLER interviews RICHARD ANSTEAD, Managing Director of Twin & Twin Trading Ltd., in the second of two SCA News interviews with the 2018 Sustainability Award Winners. The Business Model category of the SCA Sustainability Award celebrates the hard work of individuals, businesses, and organizations who create and implement sustainable business models. Twin & Twin …
Save the Date for Re:co Symposium Boston 2019
Through a mixture of speakers, interactive experiences and opportunities for conversation, Re:co looks at the specialty coffee market, the challenges we face and some of the solutions we have, and also shine a light on opportunities for growth and development and will delve into how these can be approached. This year’s program will take place …
Save the Date for the Specialty Coffee Expo
The Specialty Coffee Association will be hosting the 2019 Specialty Coffee Expo at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center from April 11-14. Join over 13,000 coffee professionals to discover the latest trends, innovations, and education in specialty coffee. Registration opens on December 3, 2018. Badge Types Early Bird Pricing available through February 14 Re:co Symposium …
Coffee Farm Misconceptions and Actual Diversity – Lisanne Oonk & Ivania Calderón
Lisanne Oonk & Ivania Calderón speaking at CoLab Bucharest 2018. What comes to mind when you hear the words “coffee farmer?” Lisanne, a cultural anthropologist working in coffee sales at Primavera Imports, investigates this question through the lens of coffee equality and social justice. Ivania, a third generation coffee producer from Nicaragua, joins Lisanne in the …
Brazil to Host the Second Edition of the World Coffee Producers Forum
Brazil will host the second edition of the World Coffee Producers Forum (WCPF) July 10-11, 2019, at the Royal Palm Plaza Resort in Campinas, São Paulo. First held in Medellín, Colombia in July 2017, the WCPF facilitates discussion around an agenda prepared by coffee producers with the goal of achieving a more sustainable path for …
Meet the 2018 Sustainability Award Winners: Manos al Agua
RICHARD STILLER interviews ANDREA MORDÓ, Trading and Business Development Coordinator for the Federacion National de Cafeteros de Colombia (FNC) and leader of the Communication Committee for the Manos al Agua project, in the first of two SCA News interviews with the 2018 Sustainability Award Winners. The Project category of the SCA Sustainability Award celebrates innovative …