El equipo de Desarrollo del Conocimiento de la SCA necesita aportes de educadores del sector café para ayudar a dar forma a futuros programas educativos. Cuéntanos tu opinión en esta encuesta de 5 minutos.
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The Specialty Coffee Association (SCA) are proud to announce the 2023 Sustainability Award finalists.
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Coffee champions from Egypt, Qatar, Bolivia, and Venezuela will be joining the World Coffee Championships in Athens this year. We are so excited to be working with four new independent partners in each of these communities and we can't wait for you to meet them.⠀
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If you are an SCA member based in Canada, cast your vote for the new National Coordinator for the SCA Canada Chapter now.
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On Monday, February 6, 2023, the southeast region of Turkey was hit by two powerful earthquakes that devastated the area, affecting not only Turkey but also neighboring countries such as Syria and Lebanon. The earthquakes caused widespread destruction, with thousands of buildings being destroyed, countless lives lost, tens of thousands of people injured, and access to basic necessities being cut off. The harsh winter weather is exacerbating the situation, making rescue efforts more difficult and putting even more people at risk.
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The Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW), in collaboration with the Specialty Coffee Association (SCA), has opened registration for the October 2023 intake of the Certificate of Advanced Studies in Coffee Excellence.
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In Autumn 2022, the Barista Guild, the Coffee Roasters Guild, and the Coffee Technicians Guild all nominated new members for their respective Leadership Councils. We’re pleased to welcome new faces to the guilds from February 2023!
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Today, the Specialty Coffee Association released updated Rules & Regulations for the 2023 World Barista Championship (WBC), World Brewers Cup (WBrC), World Cup Tasters Championship, and Cezve/Ibrik Championship. The WBC and WBrC updates mark the largest competition changes since before the pandemic, opening up new service possibilities for competitors and major changes in how judges score and evaluate performances.
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We’re thrilled to announce that nominations are now open for the 2023 Sustainability Awards! The deadline to submit an application is January 13, 2023. There are three categories in the 2023 Sustainability Awards: Business Model, Individual, and Project.
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We’re proud of Specialty Coffee Expo’s growth year-on-year and excited to announce that the Roaster Village is moving to a prominent area on the main show floor!
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As presented to SCA members on August 31, the SCA Board of Directors, led by President Juan Luis Barrios, nominated a group of eight professionals from a pool of dozens who responded to our annual call for nominations made in June. As the number of candidates this year is equal to the number of open seats, there is no need to proceed with a voting process, and the SCA Board has confirmed the eight professionals listed below as members of the SCA Board of Directors, in accordance with Section 7.4(h) of the SCA Bylaws.
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Exhibitor and visitor registration is now open for the 2023 World of Coffee Dubai taking place January 11-13, 2023 at the Dubai World Trade Center in the United Arab Emirates.
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On a very basic level, we all know that our present actions are the seeds of our future—but it can be easy to forget the exact steps you took to get to where you are, unless you deliberately stop to mentally retrace them.
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The SCA’s Cupping and Grading Protocol has become the universal language of trade within the specialty coffee community, which is critically important to coffee producers, traders, and roasters, as well as the skilled professionals who work within the value chain. Today, we are announcing that we will appoint a task force to help build a stronger, more accessible, and more transparent system for coffee cuppers and graders.
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The SCA’s Cupping and Grading Protocol has become the universal language of trade within the specialty coffee community, which is critically important to coffee producers, traders, and roasters, as well as the skilled professionals who work within the value chain. Today, we are announcing that we will appoint a task force to help build a stronger, more accessible, and more transparent system for coffee cuppers and graders.
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We are actively seeking pitches from and nominations for academics, industry leaders, journalists, writers, researchers, and other contributors of all backgrounds, especially those whose voices are often underrepresented in our industry.
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Today, it is my pleasure to present the slate of candidates for the 2022 SCA Board of Directors election. The Nominating Committee, chaired by SCA Board President Juan Luis Barrios, has put forward a group of five professionals after an extensive interview process with the dozens of SCA members who responded to our call for nominations made in June.
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The Specialty Coffee Association announced today that Garfield Kerr and Cosimo Libardo, two members of the 2023-2024 Board of Directors, have been elected by the current SCA Board of Directors to take on roles as SCA Board Officers in the coming year.
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The Specialty Coffee Association announces Green Coffee Summit 2022, a Virtual Event and Resource Library for Anyone Involved in the Green Coffee Trade.
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