The Specialty Coffee Association is proud to announce qualified sponsors for the 2022-2025 World Barista Championship; the Tempesta by Storm Barista Attitude is the Qualified Espresso Machine, the Mythos MY75 by Victoria Arduino is the Qualified Espresso Grinder, and BWT water+more is the Qualified Water Filtration sponsor.
Read MoreMembers of the Specialty Coffee Association have cast their ballots in the elections to fill five seats on the Board of Directors in the 2022-2023 cycle.
Read MoreThe ZWILLING ENFINIGY has been awarded the Specialty Coffee Association (SCA) Certified Home Brewer mark. In a crowded and competitive market, the SCA Certified Home Brewer mark helps consumers find and choose the best coffee makers, backed by the science and experience of the Specialty Coffee Association. Certified Home Brewers are thoroughly tested in the laboratory and must meet the SCA’s quality standards for brewing specialty coffee at home.
Read MoreTickets for the US edition of Sensory Summit, the only event in coffee dedicated to sensory science and research for sensory professionals, are now available. After hosting Sensory Summit digitally, the Specialty Coffee Association is delighted to bring Sensory Summit back as an in-person event hosted at UC Davis, CA, USA, from February 4-6, 2022.
Read MoreUpdated Rules & Regulations have been released for the 2022 World Latte Art, World Coffee in Good Spirits, World Cup Tasters, and World Coffee Roasting Championships. These rules contain minor formatting and clarification updates along with edits for consistency across competitions.
Read MoreWe’ve written quite a bit, recently, about the value of coffee.
Read MoreYour Assistance is Requested to Help Ensure the Future of Coffee. The Specialty Coffee Association community is invited to share their perspective on motivations and barriers to sustainability and research investments in this 15-minute survey.
Read MoreThe SCA Content Development group need your input to help shape next year's events and publications. Take this survey.
Read MoreThe votes are in! Today we’re celebrating new SCA Chapter Committees in: Portugal, Russia, UK, Germany, Ukraine, and the Netherlands!
Read MoreWe’re thrilled to announce that nominations are now open for the 2022 Sustainability Awards! The deadline to submit an application is January 7, 2022. There are three categories in the 2022 Sustainability Awards: Business Model, Individual, and Project.
Read MoreThe publication of the new Coffee Sensory and Cupping Handbook by Dr. Mario R. Fernández-Alduenda, Technical Officer at the Specialty Coffee Association, and Peter Giuliano, Executive Director of the Coffee Science Foundation and Chief Research Officer of the Specialty Coffee Association is now available for print and digital purchase in the SCA Store.
Read MoreExhibitor registration is now open for the 2022 World of Coffee trade show in the United Arab Emirates from January 12-14, 2022. World of Coffee Dubai will mark the first time SCA’s premier coffee trade show expands to the Middle East. This event will run in addition to the SCA’s annual World of Coffee Warsaw trade show scheduled to take place in Poland June 23-25, 2022.
Read MoreThe 2019 SCA Board of Directors elections will open Friday, November 1, and close on Saturday, November 30, 2019.
Read MoreAlmost 100 competitors joined us across three World Coffee Championships this past week at HostMilano, and now you can find the full rankings for each round of competition.
Read MoreWorld of Coffee will take place in the beautiful city of Warsaw, June 23-25, 2022. Poland’s capital city was scheduled to host the show in 2020, when the pandemic forced a postponement of the show. We are now extremely excited to welcome back exhibitors, attendees, sponsors, and the wider coffee community for Europe’s largest specialty coffee trade show.
Read MoreSCA Board Vice President Juan Luis Barrios, Second Vice President Konstantinos Konstantinopoulos and CEO Yannis Apostolopoulos will host a conversation with the six professionals who were chosen after an extensive interview process to fill the final ballot in the 2021 SCA Board of Directors election.
Read MoreThe 2021 Milan World Coffee Championships, featuring the World Barista Championship, World Brewers Cup, and World Cup Tasters Championship, will take place at HostMilano, Italy, this week from October 23-26.
Read MoreEven the simplest communication requires two parties for a message to truly “transmit”: a sender and a receiver.
Read MoreAs announced in August, the SCA Board of Directors Nominating Committee, chaired by Board President Colleen Anunu, proposed a slate of professionals to fill five seats on the SCA Board in this year’s election process. Today, we are announcing the final ballot in the 2021 election, with Giovanni Fucili, Sales Manager at Simonelli Group, joining the slate as a petition candidate.
Read MoreThe Ratio Six Coffee Maker has been awarded the Specialty Coffee Association (SCA) Certified Home Brewer mark. In a crowded and competitive market, the SCA Certified Home Brewer mark helps consumers find and choose the best coffee makers, backed by the science and experience of the Specialty Coffee Association. Certified Home Brewers are thoroughly tested in the laboratory and must meet the SCA’s quality standards for brewing specialty coffee at home.
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