India's First SCA Premier Training Campus: Araku Originals Coffee Campus

The SCA has recognized the first Premier Training Campus in India—Araku Coffee, a certified organic luxury global Indian coffee brand.

Read, AnnouncementsSierra HatcherDecember 16, 2019Education

SCA Alumni Spotlight: Regine Guion-Firmin of Karibu Kahawa (Welcome Coffee)

Our second featured alumnus is Regine Guion-Firmin, an AST based in Nairobi and working mainly in East Africa with coffee producers.

Read, CommunitySierra HatcherDecember 16, 2019Education

Meet the Members of the 2020-2021 SCA Board of Directors

Members of the Specialty Coffee Association have cast their ballots in the elections to fill six seats on the Board of Directors in the 2020-2021 cycle.

Read, AnnouncementsYannis ApostolopoulosDecember 10, 2019Elections, SCA Board of Directors

SCA Chapter Spotlight: Ukraine

In this month's SCA Chapter Spotlight, we caught up with Olena Sereda, National Coordinator (Chair) for the SCA Ukraine Chapter.

Community, ReadDanny PinnellDecember 9, 2019Chapters

Registration is Now Open for the 2020 Specialty Coffee Expo

Now in its 32nd year, the Specialty Coffee Expo is the largest gathering of specialty coffee professionals in North America, attracting over 14,000 visitors and featuring dozens of lectures, workshops, courses, and coffee competitions.

Read, AnnouncementsSCA StaffDecember 2, 2019Events, Expo 2020

Más allá del estereotipo – 25, Issue 11

Globalmente conocido por sus enormes establecimientos cafeteros, Brasil ocupa el primer lugar del marcador como el “productor de café más grande del mundo” desde hace 150 años.

Read, 25Specialty Coffee AssociationNovember 28, 2019Issue 11, Origins, Español

Las falacias de la “juventud”: Encontrar nuevas soluciones para los jóvenes en las comunidades de cultivo cafetero – 25, Issue 11

La generación más joven es en este momento la más grande del mundo, pero la edad promedio de los agricultores del café sigue aumentando.

Read, 25Specialty Coffee AssociationNovember 28, 2019Issue 11, Insight, Español

Opportunities Ahead – 25 Magazine, Issue 11

There’s no doubt that, as 2019 comes to a close, our community’s conversations have been dominated by the Coffee Price Crisis.

Read, 25Specialty Coffee AssociationNovember 28, 2019Issue 11, Welcome

Mapping the Complex: Designing a Map of the Global Coffee Sector – 25 Magazine, Issue 11

It’s been one year since the SCA set up the Price Crisis Response (PCR) Initiative, a one-year project tasked with producing a report of recommendations on both short- and long-term actions we can take to alleviate the crisis.

Read, 25Specialty Coffee AssociationNovember 28, 2019Issue 11, Sustainability, Systems Map

The Cost Conundrum – 25 Magazine, Issue 11

The current price crisis requires us to form a clear understanding of the determinants of profitability, or economic sustainability, for small farmers.

Read, 25Specialty Coffee AssociationNovember 28, 2019Issue 11, Spotlight

Less Strong, More Sweet – 25 Magazine, Issue 11

If you ask most people to describe how black coffee tastes, you will almost invariably hear the word bitter.

Read, 25Specialty Coffee AssociationNovember 28, 2019Issue 11, Research, Brewing Fundamentals

Beyond the Stereotype – 25 Magazine, Issue 11

Known globally for its huge coffee farms, Brazil has been at the top of the leaderboard as the “highest global producer of coffee” for the past 150 years.

Read, 25Specialty Coffee AssociationNovember 28, 2019Issue 11, Origins

Come Together – 25 Magazine, Issue 11

For the past five years, the city of Zürich has organized week-long festivals in inspirational cities around the world.

Read, 25Specialty Coffee AssociationNovember 28, 2019Issue 11, Community

Linking Local and International: Meet the Barista Guild’s Incoming Chair, Jessie May Peter

If you’ve recently attended any SCA events around Europe, it’s highly likely that you interacted with Jessie May Peters.

Read, CommunitySpecialty Coffee AssociationNovember 26, 2019Barista Guild, Viewpoint

The Fallacies of “Youth”: Finding New Solutions for Young People in Coffee Growing Communities – 25 Magazine, Issue 11

The youngest generation is now the largest generation on earth, but the average age of coffee farmers continues to increase.

Read, 25Specialty Coffee AssociationNovember 25, 2019Issue 11, Insight

From Road to Cup: A Glimpse into Philippine Coffee – 25 Magazine, Issue 11

My gastronomic curiosities have frequently led me in the direction of Southeast Asia, yet I never thought the coffee trail would bring me back home to the Philippines.

Read, 25Specialty Coffee AssociationNovember 25, 2019Destinations, Issue 11