Collaborating with Your Community | 25, Issue 15

Issue 15 sponsor, Pacific Barista Series, shares its approach to developing and delivering community support programs.

Read, 25Specialty Coffee AssociationOctober 13, 2021Issue 15, Sponsored Content

Beyond Recovery | 25, Issue 14

As we trundle into 2021, this second year of pandemic, the conversation has shifted from questions of management to those of recovery.

Read, 25, AnnouncementsSpecialty Coffee AssociationApril 13, 2021Welcome, Issue 14

Hanging in the Balance: Zimbabwe's Precarious Coffee Recovery | 25, Issue 14

RAY MWAREYA and NYASHA BHOBO tell the story of Zimbabwe’s coffee collapse and recovery as the country grapples with the legacies of its colonial history.

Read, 25Specialty Coffee AssociationApril 13, 2021Issue 14, Spotlight

A Snapshot in Time: Contextualizing the Community Impact Survey | 25, Issue 14

KATIE VON DER LIETH revisits the findings of the SCA’s COVID-19 Community Impact Survey while exploring the role of “snapshot” surveys in a greater ecosystem of market data.

Read, 25Specialty Coffee AssociationApril 13, 2021Issue 14, Research

Profit Sharing: Towards a Just and Stable Future for Coffee Growers | 25, Issue 14

Researchers Dr. JANINA GRABS and Dr. ELIZABETH A. BENNETT explore profit sharing with suppliers as an innovative way to secure a more just and stable future for coffee growers and, thus, the entire supply chain.

Read, 25Specialty Coffee AssociationApril 13, 2021Issue 14, Sustainability

COVID-19 Could Not Stop the Premiumization of Coffee | 25, Issue 14

Rabobank’s JIM WATSON, STACIE WAN, SUDIP SINHA, and GUILHERME MORYA share an overview of COVID-19’s impact on the global coffee market.

Read, 25Specialty Coffee AssociationApril 13, 2021Issue 14, Insight

The Limits of “Empowerment”: Towards Justice and Accompaniment | 25, Issue 14

ERIKA KOSS explores the nuances of the word “empowerment,” the complications of its twenty-first century usage, and why an update to our vocabulary is required.

Read, 25Specialty Coffee AssociationApril 13, 2021Issue 14, Viewpoint

A Vibrant, Developing Scene: JACK MOCKFORD Explores Leicester | 25, Issue 14

Once an industrial powerhouse and exemplar of post-war urban modernism, the city of Leicester would eventually lose its place as the jewel in the crown of the United Kingdom’s East Midlands, overtaken by its aesthetically more majestic neighbor Nottingham.

Read, 25Specialty Coffee AssociationApril 13, 2021Issue 14, Insight

Rebuilding Our Foundations | 25, Issue 13

In some ways, this issue is all about rebuilding our industry’s foundations.

Read, 25, AnnouncementsSpecialty Coffee AssociationDecember 11, 2020Welcome, Issue 13

Ethiopian Coffee: The Untold Story of Beauty and the Waves to Come | 25, Issue 13

DAGMAWI I.E. explores the long, obscured history of Ethiopian coffee as told by others, and how owning and changing the narrative can lead it to a more sustainable future.

Read, 25Specialty Coffee AssociationDecember 11, 2020Issue 13, Spotlight

Towards a New Brewing Chart | 25, Issue 13

Postdoctoral scholar SCOTT FROST, PhD candidate MACKENZIE BATALI, Professor JEAN-XAVIER GUINARD, and Professor WILLIAM D. RISTENPART share the results of sensory descriptive experiments at the UC Davis Coffee Center, revealing new trends in brewed coffee that suggest an updated brewing control chart.

Read, 25Specialty Coffee AssociationDecember 11, 2020Issue 13, Research, Brewing Fundamentals

Trouble Brewing: Climate Change, Labor Migration, and Implications for the Sustainability of the Coffee Industry | 25, Issue 13

LISA ANTOSHAK and EVIE SMITH share the results of an interdisciplinary research project conducted during the summer of 2019 that sought to learn more about the biggest challenges facing coffee producers today.

Read, 25Specialty Coffee AssociationDecember 11, 2020Issue 13, Sustainability

An Emerging Market: The Rise of China’s Coffee Drinking Culture | 25, Issue 13

NICOLE LIN and CHARLEY BIDDLE share their view of the Chinese coffee market, tracing its rise through to the unexpected impacts of 2020’s COVID-19 pandemic.

Read, 25Specialty Coffee AssociationDecember 11, 2020Issue 13, Insight

An Unprecedented Journey: The FAO Coffee Mission to Ethiopia | 25, Issue 13

Professor LOURIVAL CARMO MÔNACO, a geneticist who took part in the coffee journey that identified several coffee varieties we enjoy nearly 60 years later, recalls the mission. As told to JONAS LEME FERRARESSO.

Read, 25Specialty Coffee AssociationDecember 11, 2020Issue 13, Viewpoint

Corn, Chile, Cacao | 25, Issue 13

JESSICA HERNANDEZ visits Oaxaca, Mexico.

Read, 25Specialty Coffee AssociationDecember 11, 2020Issue 13, Destinations

A Time to Reflect - 25, Issue 12

In this issue, we’re taking a step back and focusing on some big questions that could shape the future of our industry.

Read, 25, AnnouncementsJenn RugoloApril 30, 2020Issue 12, Welcome

The Vocabulary of Flavor - 25, Issue 12

Dr. ILJA CROIJMANS explores why the vocabulary we use to describe aromas matters, sharing findings of previous research on the evolution of sensory language from hunter-gathers to wine and coffee professionals.

Read, 25, FeaturesDr. Ilja CroijmansApril 30, 2020Issue 12, Spotlight

Taking Less, Not Giving More - 25, Issue 12

JENN RUGOLO distils findings of the SCA’s Price Crisis Response (PCR) report and offers some ways we can begin to put some of the report’s recommendations into practice immediately.

Read, 25, FeaturesJenn RugoloApril 30, 2020Issue 12, Sustainability, Price Crisis

Understanding Coffee's Global Growth - 25, Issue 12

Specialty Coffee Association CEO YANNIS APOSTOLOPOULOS shares findings from the recent Coffee Growth Dynamics Report from Euromonitor International.

Read, 25, FeaturesYannis ApostolopoulosApril 30, 2020Issue 12, Research

Step Right Up - 25, Issue 12

We know that high-quality coffee comes at a cost, but what are the unseen costs of selling that coffee with a story? EVER MEISTER asks herself this question every day—and now she’s asking all of us.

Read, 25, FeaturesEver MeisterApril 30, 2020Issue 12, Viewpoint

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