Salzburg Café Diaries: Searching for the “Coffee” in Coffeehouse
By Shauna Alexander Mohr, Consultant In June, just after the World 2012 Barista Championships concluded in Vienna, my family traveled to Salzburg. Intentionally, I didn’t ask around in advance about good cafés or…
What I Learned From Walking: South Sudan, Cultural Sensitivity, and the Search for Wild Coffea arabica
By Emma Bladyka, Coffee Science Manager, Specialty Coffee Association of America Disclaimer: I went to Africa with no idea what to expect. I could not imagine the right way to ready myself for my…
Korea’s Exploding Interest in Specialty Coffee
By Kyonghee Shin, Freelance Writer, Apprentice Roaster at Wrecking Ball Coffee Roasters In 2007, a serial-drama titled Coffee Prince hit Korean television screens; with 20 percent of Korean households tuning in weekly. The…
Exploring Guatemala with Max Quirin
An Interview by Lily Kubota How did you end up working in coffee? I started pushing the big wooden forks for turning over the thin coffee layer on the patio at the coffee…
Being There: A Sensory Diary of a Trip to Brazil
By Christopher Schooley, Coffee Design & Experience Coordinator, SCAA, and Lily Kubota, Content & Communications Manager, SCAA Traveling to a coffee producing country is an experience like no other. Seeing coffee production first-hand…
Discovering Specialty Coffee: South West
By Alexandra Littlejohn, Verve Coffee Roasters I believe that drinking every coffee, from as many roasters, at as many shops, made by as many different baristas as possible is by far one of…
Discovering Specialty Coffee: South East
By Jason Dominy, Batdorf & Bronson Coffee Roasters, Atlanta, GA When asked about the South East coffee scene, I’m realistic and optimistic at the same time. As far as a region goes, the…
Insights into Consumer Purchasing Choices
The Specialty Coffee Association of America (SCAA) has released a new study that explores specialty coffee consumer behaviors, motivations, and perceptions. The qualitative study was designed to gain insight from coffee drinkers who…
Discovering Specialty Coffee: South Central
By David Buehrer, Greenway Coffee Company The South Central region of the United States isn’t exactly the most travelled when it comes to coffee. Overlooking such an expansive and rapidly growing area would…
Hosting A Successful Public Tasting
By Christopher Schooley, SCAA Coffee Design & Experience Coordinator The central experience in the world of specialty coffee is tasting coffees, thinking about them, and discussing them with others. Perhaps we enjoyed a…
