Specialty Coffee Association

SCA Officially Adopts New Cupping Forms and Standards

After years of development, feedback and marketing, the Specialty Coffee Association has officially adopted its three new standards for professional coffee evaluation. The move effectively replaces the SCA’s coffee cupping...

2024.11.06

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SCA USA Chapter Launching Inaugural Re:Bloom Event in Chapel Hill

The United States chapter of the Specialty Coffee Association is planning to host Re:Bloom (styled RE:BLOOM by the group), a free education event created by and for specialty coffee professionals....

2024.09.03

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SCA Reprises ‘Educator Summit’ Program with Events in Philadelphia, Houston

The Specialty Coffee Association (SCA) is reprising its Educator Summit program for 2024, offering five full-day conferences geared towards coffee educators in cities across the globe. The first two of...

2024.08.21

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Four New World Coffee Champions from World of Coffee Copenhagen

Four more 2024 world coffee champions were crowned at the World of Coffee trade show in Copenhagen, Denmark, last week. Designed to celebrate different coffee skills and barista innovation, the...

2024.07.02

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SCA and ACE/Cup of Excellence Enter Strategic Partnership

The Specialty Coffee Association (SCA) and the Alliance for Coffee Excellence (ACE)/Cup of Excellence (CoE) have entered a strategic partnership with the shared goal to “unify the approach to defining...

2024.06.29

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Report: 45% of US Adults Said They Drank Specialty Coffee Yesterday

Consumption of specialty coffee in the United States is on the rise, driven by younger consumers, according to the latest report from the National Coffee Association and the Specialty Coffee...

2024.06.13

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Coming in July: The First Detroit Coffee Week

The inaugural Detroit Coffee Week is coming July 22-27, offering lectures, training opportunities, competitions, cuppings, parties, prizes and more for the professional specialty coffee community. Detroit-based company Dessert Oasis Coffee...

2024.06.10

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This Headgear Might Help You Understand Your Feelings About Coffee

A potentially novel new tool designed to identify bias in coffee evaluation may soon be in the works: a tasting helmet. Researchers in Italy say they have demonstrated the feasibility...

2024.04.17

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Here Are the Newest 2024 World and US Coffee Champions

The world has two new coffee champions for 2024: World Brewers Cup Champion Martin Wölfl of Austria; and World Cup Tasters Champion Dionatan Almeida of Brazil. Both champions were anointed...

2024.04.17

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SCA Mines the Coffee Industry’s Mindset On Value Distribution

The Specialty Coffee Association has released the results of a pioneering survey on the topic of equitable value distribution in the coffee industry. The findings will support a broader effort...

2024.03.21

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