Roasters Guild Trierside Chat: What’s the RG up to?
Streamed live on Mar 30, 2016 What’s the RG up to? Find out in today’s “Trierside Chat” led by the Roasters Guild Executive Council!
Join the Green Team at SCAA Expo 2016
Greetings! For those of you I haven’t met, please let me introduce myself: my name is Kim Elena Ionescu and I am the Director of Sustainability at the Specialty Coffee Association of America. This year’s SCAA Expo draws near and all the pieces are falling into place, including defining the responsibilities of the volunteers that make this monumental undertaking …
Stéphane Cataldi – Managing a Micro-Roastery
All CoLab: Paris ‘coffeetalks’ – by speakers such as Klaus Thomsen, Katie Carguilo and Morten Münchow – were produced by our content partner Tamper Tantrum. We’ll be releasing the videos of these talks over the next months so we keep fuelling discussion and building an inventory of knowledge. Don’t hesitate to share your comments, thoughts …
SCAA Announces Recipients of 2016 Annual Recognition Awards and Sustainability Award
Honoring those who contribute their expertise to the coffee industry, the Specialty Coffee Association of America (SCAA) has announced the recipients of its 2016 Recognition Awards and Sustainability Award. Each year, SCAA honors outstanding achievements in the specialty coffee industry and unique contributions to the association. These leaders have made contributions to the industry, resulting …
Is Coffee Farming Profitable?
Streamed live on Mar 3, 2016 Join the discussion about the profitability of coffee farming!
O Pioneers! Navigating a New Landscape: Letter From the Editor
In 1992, a book called Technopoly by Neil Postman was released, in which he wrote, “Stated in the most dramatic terms, the accusation can be made that the uncontrolled growth of technology destroys the vital sources of our humanity. It creates a culture without a moral foundation. It undermines certain mental processes and social relations …
Technology of Our Own: Developing Information and Communication Technology for the Coffee Industry
By Stephanie Ratanas, Dogwood Coffee In every sector of the specialty coffee industry, growth and progress now demand more information and precision than ever before. Producers, exporters, importers, and roasters want greater detail about a coffee—they require cupping for quality down to the day of harvest and geographic area of a farm. Exactly measured data …
Social Strategies for a Changing Customer
By Tara Smith, SCAA Social media, a major element of the new digital landscape, changes nearly every day. Some changes are small, some are large, but change is a constant in the social media world. I believe that what coffee companies should actually be most tuned into is not what is changing on social media …
Coffee Plants of the World: A Resource for Aspiring Coffee Botanists
By Emma Sage, SCAA This work began about three years ago, leading up to the SCAA Symposium in Boston, where we had a scientific session focusing on coffee genetics. Little did I know at the time that this project would turn into a multi-year, multi-disciplinary treasure hunt. For a presentation on this topic at …
Finding Our Way: The Hidden House Coffee Story
By Ben Briggs, Hidden House Coffee The rapid expansion and growth of the coffee industry has drawn a variety of people to the market. The dream of owning a small “mom and pop” shop is becoming more attractive with the success that many are having in the industry. The journey that most people do not …
The Sublime Non-Science Behind an iPad Point-of-Sale System
By Andy Freivogel, Science Retail A successful niche retailer and I sat down yesterday in preparation for what promised to be an ugly phone call with a point-of-sale (POS) company, whose software was inexplicably failing. The retailer asked me, “Who are these guys? Are other guys better? Take sign makers, for example. I had a …
Climate Change: Adapting to a Changing Environment
By Alex Morgan, Rainforest Alliance. Contributions from Meredith Taylor, Counter Culture and Alvaro Gaitan, Ph.D. head of Plant Pathology, Cenicafe. Climate change has already made the difficult even more difficult. Coffee farmers around the world are feeling the impacts of these changes, whether through increased frequency of floods or droughts, pest outbreaks, or catastrophic weather …