Ask Emma: Is coffee dehydrating?
Dear Emma, I have heard many in the coffee industry refer to coffee as dehydrating, is this true? How much water should I drink to offset my coffee drinking?! Thanks, Parched in Portland…
SCAA Announces Digital Opportunities to Complete Knowledge Tests for Certificate Programs
As of June 1, 2013, the Specialty Coffee Association of America (SCAA) will be conducting all knowledge tests for their Certificate programs in a secure online format. This exciting new digital system…
Baseball Player, Chef, Doctor, or Specialty Coffee Professional?
By Mike Ebert, Alterra Coffee Roasters Personally, I was going to be a rock star, but coffee got in the way. Back in the late 80’s, there were few people who set out…
So You Want to Work in Specialty Coffee?
By Erin Meister, Counter Culture Coffee “When I retire, I want to open a coffee shop.” For years, those words rankled me. As a coffee professional with a decade’s worth of experience culled…
SCAA Professional Development Programs Bring World Class Education to the Coffee Marketplace
By Lily Kubota, Content & Communications Manager, SCAA The Specialty Coffee Association of America (SCAA) is a membership organization that, for the past quarter of a century, has provided its members with resources,…
Why Build a Career in Coffee?
By Timothy J. Castle, President, Castle & Co. Are you thinking of making your way in the coffee business? If so, why? Can you answer that question? If you can’t, maybe stop reading…
Careers in Coffee: Logging Time
By Thomas Hodges, Director of Coffee, Lamill Coffee I will begin and conclude this brief article with my own coffee-roasting axiom: “There is no substitute for time behind the iron.” In fact, Malcolm Gladwell’s recent book…
Profile: The Specialty Coffee Scientist
By Emma Bladyka, Coffee Science Manager, SCAA Coffee scientists all over the globe are examining important issues in coffee. There are research groups investigating everything from volatile aroma components, pest and disease biology…
90+ Profiles: Getting to Know Rick Peyser
Who are you and what do you do in coffee? I’m Rick Peyser, Director of Social Advocacy and Supply Chain Community Outreach for Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc. (GMCR). In my current role,…
Erin Wang of Molinos de Honduras Wins 5th Annual U.S. Cup Tasters Championship
Awarded at 25th Annual SCAA Event in Boston, MA The Specialty Coffee Association of America (SCAA) declared Erin Wang of Molinos de Honduras as the winner of its 5th Annual U.S. Cup Tasters…
