SCA Introduces Specialty Coffee Roaster/Retailer Financial Benchmarking Study
By Heather Ward The market research focus at Specialty Coffee Association (SCA) is to examine the landscape of specialty coffee businesses and provide insight to our members and the coffee community. The idea is to deliver information that supports business decisions, leading to improved business performance. One way to deliver insights is through the specialty …
Donnie Madia | Being Present
Donnie Madia speaking at the Fall 2016 Bloom event in Chicago. Among the city of Chicago’s most acclaimed restaurateurs, Donald J. Madia has mastered the art of collaboration to execute his singular unerring instincts for style, atmosphere and hospitality. His unique blend of visionary inspiration, attention to detail and sense of unlimited possibility informs all …
Marcus Boni | Carving a Career in Coffee
Marcus Boni speaking at the Fall 2016 Bloom event in Chicago. Marcus has had the sincere pleasure of being a member of the Specialty Coffee Community for the past 14 years and is currently the Vice President of Retail with Intelligentsia Coffee.
Ria Neri | The Value of Perspective
Ria Neri speaking at the Fall 2016 Bloom Event in Chicago. Ria is the co-founder of Four Letter Word Coffee in Istanbul, Turkey. In late 2015, she expanded roasting operations to Chicago. Simultaneously, she co-founded Whiner Beer Co., a brewery dedicated to barrel-aging and wild fermentations.
2017 Best New Product Winners Announced for World of Coffee 2017 in Budapest, Hungary
Each year, the Specialty Coffee Association’s Best New Product Awards recognize new products that represent quality and add value to the specialty coffee and tea industry. Awards were presented at the World of Coffee in Budapest, Hungary in June. The Best New Product Awards for 2017 went to: COFFEE ACCESSORIES Espazzola, PROTONEA Senger CONSUMER EQUIPMENT …
Recognizing and Celebrating the 2017 SCA Sustainability Award Winners
By Rosemary Trent Producing a great cup of coffee amid global threats is growing challenge for the world’s coffee growers. In 2003, the SCA Sustainability Council created the Sustainability Award to promote, encourage and celebrate the efforts of those who serve as role models and innovators in the coffee industry. Yearly applications for the prestigious …
Sustainability Report to Debut at Avance, SCA’s First Sustainability Conference
By Kim Elena Ionescu In the early days of 2017, the SCA sent out a survey to all our members on the subject of sustainability. The survey asked questions about challenges to the sustainability of the coffee industry, about how respondents interpret sustainability in the context of their businesses, as well as what the role …
A Few Moments With Mbula Musau – 25 Magazine: Summer 2017
As a talented taster, Q grader, barista trainer, sensory judge, soon-to-be roaster and tireless campaigner for gender equity, Mbula knows a thing or two about coffee.
Seoul Spaces – 25 Magazine: Summer 2017
Good Genes – 25 Magazine: Summer 2017
Many of the world’s coffee genebanks are underfunded and under threat, yet the future of coffee depends on protecting these precious genetic resources. So what would a better global conservation system look like in the future and how can the industry support it? In a humid tropical forest that shrouds a sacred mountain on the …
The Making of Champions – 25 Magazine: Summer 2017
The journey to find this year’s coffee champions began in autumn 2016 when the first of more than 75 competitions was held in Mexico. 25 traces the steps that lead coffee’s top competitors to the world stages of Budapest, Seoul and Guangzhou. The world of competitive coffee is wide.
Land of The Long White Cloud – 25 Magazine: Summer 2017
Within the beer industry, New Zealand is heralded as one of the great hop growing nations. The new world varieties of hop it produces are typically big in both flavor and aroma with most varieties grown in the Nelson region at the North of the South Island. Nelson Sauvin is prized for its passion fruit …