World Coffee Research at Work
By Emma Bladyka, Coffee Science Manager, Specialty Coffee Association of America Update on the South Sudan C. arabica Conservation Project Back in April of 2012, World Coffee Research led an expedition trip to…
Coffee and Climate Change: Reading Past the Headlines
By Emma Bladyka, SCAA Coffee Science Manager By now you have likely heard of the new scientific study published last week in the online peer-reviewed journal PLOS ONE that has sparked a flurry…
The Tasting Experience: Our Five Senses and Some of the Ways They Influence Each Other
By Emma Bladyka, Coffee Science Manager, Specialty Coffee Association of America Recently, there has been a lot of discussion in the industry about specialty coffee as an experience rather than a product. In…
Why Does Shade Matter?
By Emma Bladyka, Coffee Science Manager, SCAA As the specialty coffee industry grows more concerned with sustainable practices at origin, we often find ourselves in conversations about shade-grown coffee. No one…
What is the Shelf Life of Roasted Coffee? A Literature Review on Coffee Staling
By Emma Bladyka, Coffee Science Manager, SCAA Coffee is what is known in the food science field as a shelf-stable product, which after roasting…
New Research Update: The Impact of Coffee Processing on River Water in Ethiopia
By Emma Bladyka, Coffee Science Manager, SCAA A new study, published in the Journal of Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, has investigated the specific environmental impact of coffee waste on river water in the…
The FNC´s National Coffee Research Center (Cenicafé) was awarded with the Blue Planet Prize 2010-2011
For more than 70 years Cenicafé has researched on themes that include coffee production, harvesting methods, wet mill processest, quality, by-products management, and natural resource conservation. The protection, recovery, and appropriate management of…
The Global Coffee Quality Research Initiative and Upcoming Congress
After a series of signals, some of which have been ringing in our ears for years–rising differentials, world consumption numbers outpacing production, land and labor pressures, climate change, and even lesser known threats,…
