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 …
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, …
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 …
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 …
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 …
*Update on May 22: Point 2 in the participation criteria has been simplified to 3 years of experience in the coffee industry, removing the mid- to senior-level management experience previously required. LEAD is designed to open doors to underrepresented people in our community and we believe this change in the requirements is the right step towards …