Updated Rules & Regulations have been announced for the 2021 World Latte Art, World Coffee in Good Spirits, and World Coffee Roasting Championships, scheduled to take place at the Taipei International Coffee Show in November. You can find the rules and scoresheets for each of the competitions linked below, with changes broadly focused on COVID-19 related precautions and updates that were introduced for the other 2021 World Coffee Championships.
Read MoreThe USA Chapter of the Specialty Coffee Association (SCA USA Chapter) completed its inaugural lottery election process to elect incoming members of the Chapter Committee.
Read MoreWatch Yannis Apostolopoulos, CEO of the Specialty Coffee Association, welcome Coffee Retail Summit’s attendees to a program focused on three main topics: Navigating COVID-19, Business of Coffee, and Building Your Brand.
Read MoreThe Specialty Coffee Association is pleased to announce that the Specialty Coffee Expo will return September 30 to October 3, 2021 in the city of New Orleans, Louisiana. Many of the popular Expo features will return with new COVID-19 safety measures in place led by a designated COVID-19 Safety Officer.
Read MoreAs we trundle into 2021, this second year of pandemic, the conversation has shifted from questions of management to those of recovery.
Read MoreThe Specialty Coffee Association (SCA) are proud to announce the winners for the 2021 Sustainability Awards.
Read MoreRegister now to join us on Wednesday, April 21 for an informational webinar on the application process for professionals interested in becoming Authorized SCA Trainers (ASTs) for the new Coffee Technicians Program.
Read MoreThe Specialty Coffee Association (SCA) and the National Coffee Association (NCA) have announced a new collaborative effort supporting the NCA’s biannual National Coffee Data Trends (NCDT) report. In addition to the biannual reports released by the NCA, this agreement between the two associations will result in the publication of a special report focusing on data related to specialty coffee — made available at no cost to all coffee professionals and businesses.
Read MoreThe Specialty Coffee Association (SCA) are proud to announce the winners for the Best New Product Awards, Coffee Design Awards, and Sustainability Awards for this year’s SCA Awards.
Read MoreThe Specialty Coffee Association (SCA) are proud to announce the winners for the Best New Product Awards.
Read MoreToday we are delighted to announce that the Re:co Fellowship and Re:co Scholarship programs are now open for applications.
Read MoreDue to popular demand, we are delighted to announce that we have opened the full Re:co experience to more countries globally, with the expansion of Re:co Home Experience Kit shipping beyond the Americas, and the introduction of more opportunities to connect in time zones more convenient to participants outside the Americas.
Read MoreThe Specialty Coffee Association (SCA) are proud to announce the finalists for the Best New Product Awards, Coffee Design Awards, and Sustainability Awards for this year’s SCA Awards.
Read MoreThe Specialty Coffee Association has announced Coffee Retail Summit, a new free virtual event and resource library for coffee retail businesses.
Read MoreRegistration is now open for the 2021 Virtual Workshops Series, a series of workshops curated for a more in-depth understanding of topics relevant to specialty coffee from the entire value chain.
Read MoreIt’s now been about a year since lockdowns began, and coffee businesses are still having to adapt to an ever changing situation. We have reopened our short poll, The Impact of COVID-19, for a third time - with the aim to document and understand the impact of COVID-19 on the evolving specialty coffee industry.
Read MoreToday we are announcing the cancellation of the 2021 World of Coffee (WOC) trade show, scheduled to take place in Athens this June, due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. We are continuing to pursue an alternative solution for the 2021 World Coffee Championships (WCC), which were to take place at the WOC trade show, and we will have more information on that subject in the coming weeks.
Read MoreThe Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW), in collaboration with the Specialty Coffee Association (SCA), has launched a new postgraduate Certificate of Advanced Studies (CAS) in Coffee Excellence.
Read MoreThe Specialty Coffee Association has launched the SCA Coffee Directory, a new digital platform connecting buyers and sellers in the global coffee industry.
Read MoreRegister now to join us on Wednesday, February 24 for an informational webinar on the application process for professionals interested in becoming Authorized SCA Trainers (ASTs) for the new Coffee Technicians Program.
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