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…
Differing Perspectives, Common Goals: Demystifying Specialty Coffee
By Lily Kubota, Communications Specialist, Specialty Coffee Association of America Specialty coffee is deeply rooted in a complex and intricate value chain, made up of individuals whose passion and dedication to quality is…
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…
Is Coffee Just Like Wine?
By Trish Rothgeb, Owner / Roastmaster, Wrecking Ball Coffee It may be a bit unseasonal, but I recently found myself reminded of the words uttered at the end of that classic Jimmy Stewart movie…
Defining Specialty: An Origin Perspective
By Emilio Lopez Diaz, Coffee Producer, Cuatro M Single Origin Coffees Long gone are the days when coffee was just a commodity, when only big corporations would have access to coffee at origin,…
Disruptive Innovation: Anticipating the Effects of the Single Serve Market
By James Hoffmann, Co-Owner of Square Mile Coffee Roasters Disruptive innovation is often defined as the kind of innovation that creates new markets. Single serve coffee has certainly been such an innovation—and since its…
Hot Coffee: The Cult of Cool
By Julie Wolfson Discovering How Specialty Coffees Are Heating Up in the Foodie Frenzy How, I wondered, did I find myself standing with coffee growers from around the world watching Charles Babinski do…
90+ Profiles: Getting to Know Dan Cox
Who are you and what do you do in coffee? I’m Dan Cox, president of Coffee Enterprises and its affiliates: Coffee Analysts and Coffee Extracts and Ingredients. My job includes: setting the corporate…
Portfolio | Issue No. 3 (2012) | Global
3rd Moscow International Coffee Forum Date: September 17, 2012 Venue: Russia, Moscow, Convention Center, Swissotel Red Hills Moscow International Coffee Forum (MICF) is traditionally held every two years. Over the years, Forum has…
Portfolio | Issue No. 3 (2012) | People
Raul Rodas from Guatemala takes the position of World Barista Champion at the 2012 event, which took place at the Speciality Coffee Association of Europe’s World of Coffee Event in Vienna, Austria from…
