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Membership Education Events Knowledge Store News Login Back About SCA Our Staff Board of Directors Volunteer Work with Us Contact Us Back About SCA Membership Company Benefits Individual Benefits SCA Guilds SCA Community Partners Member Login Back SCA Events Calendar Global Coffee Events Calendar Awards World Coffee Championships Back Coffee Value Assessment Coffee Value Assessment Events Coffee Value Assessment Patrons About SCA Research Sustainability Available Research Research: Member Access Certified Commercial Equipment Certified Home Brewers Coffee Standards Back Digital Products Physical Products Back SCA News Newsletters COVID-19 Resources Read 25 Press Resources Home About About SCA Our Staff Board of Directors Volunteer Work with Us Contact Us Membership About SCA Membership Company Benefits Individual Benefits SCA Guilds SCA Community Partners Member Login Education Events SCA Events Calendar Global Coffee Events Calendar Awards World Coffee Championships Knowledge Coffee Value Assessment Coffee Value Assessment Events Coffee Value Assessment Patrons About SCA Research Sustainability Available Research Research: Member Access Certified Commercial Equipment Certified Home Brewers Coffee Standards Store Digital Products Physical Products News SCA News Newsletters COVID-19 Resources Read 25 Press Resources Login Who We Are The is a nonprofit, membership-based organization that represents thousands of coffee professionals, from producers to baristas all over the world. Built on foundations of openness, inclusivity, and the power of shared knowledge, we foster a global coffee community and support activity to make specialty coffee a thriving, equitable, and sustainable activity for the entire value chain. Upcoming Events April 12-14 North America’s largest B2B specialty coffee event heads to Chicago! Learn MoreApril 12-14 Two World Coffee Championships come to Specialty Coffee Expo, Chicago. Learn MoreMay 1 - 4 World of Coffee comes to the Asian continent for the very first time. Learn MoreMay 1-4 More than 50 competitors come together for a chance at the title of 2024 World Barista Champion. Learn MoreJune 27 - 29 Europe’s premier specialty coffee trade show returns to the Nordics! Learn MoreJune 27-29 Over 100 competitors will represent their communities on stage across four skills-based disciplines at the Copenhagen World Coffee Championships. New World Coffee Champions Crowned in ChicagoBusan Martin Wölfl, Austria⁣ 2024 World Brewers Cup Champion Dionatan Almeida, Brazil 2024 World Cup Tasters Champion Mikael Jasin, Indonesia 2024 World Barista Champion SCA Coffee Value Assessment Meet the SCA Coffee Value Assessment Driven by the SCA’s sustainability agenda, which emphasizes equitable value distribution throughout the supply chain, the system aspires to be a powerful tool to help measure and facilitate value assessment and distribution. It simultaneously integrates advances in sensory and coffee science, making it compatible with scientific research for the first time. Recent Research Identifying inequitable value distribution as a key root cause of the 2018 price crisis, the summary of work highlights opportunities to work towards a more equitable specialty coffee industry. Learn More about the Price Crisis → Read the full Summary of Work →  The Coffee Systems Map outlines the relationships between key actors and actions in the specialty coffee industry, illustrating the complexity of this global value-generating ecosystem. Learn more about the Coffee Systems Map → Purchase a Digital Download → The most recent output of our community impact survey focuses on the science of airborne disease transmission, including practical tips and strategies for minimizing risk and increasing safety in coffee businesses. Learn more about the Video Series → COVID-19’s Community Impact → Find All Available Research → Catch Up with Coffee Retail Summit SCA News Is It Good? A Generous Exploration of Memorable Cafe Experiences | Coffee Retail Summit 2023 Do people know what they want? Read More → What We Can Still Do with E-Commerce | Coffee Retail Summit 2023 Yoonseo Choi advises coffee retailers on how to succeed in e-commerce. Read More → What Point-of-sale Data Tells Us About Coffee Shops | Coffee Retail Summit 2023 Payhere is a Point-of-Sale system chosen by one out of every three new coffee shops in Korea. Read More → All Money is Not Equal: Understanding How Different Forms of Capital Can Fuel A Business | Coffee Retail Summit 2023 During the past decade, specialty coffee has seen at least a dozen regional retail brands explode onto the national (and even the international) market, gaining recognition and multi-channel distribution by leveraging venture capital. Read More → A New Wave? Training and Education for Coffee Professionals | Coffee Retail Summit 2023 What knowledge and practices are essential to today's coffee industry leaders? As coffee culture undergoes a transformative shift, learning and education are paramount. Read More → Growing with a Purpose: Coffee Collective | Coffee Retail Summit 2023 It's easy to make assumptions about what makes a business like Coffee Collective successful, but the truth is that success - and growth - result from a complex web of decisions. Read More → Announcing Coffee Retail Summit 2023; the Fourth Free Virtual Event for Coffee Retail Businesses and Professionals. Read More → June's Coffee Retail Summit Videos Now Available Now available in the Coffee Retail Summit resource library: nine videos from June’s summit offered in the CEST timezone. Read More → A Conversation with Roland Horne, CEO, WatchHouse | Coffee Retail Summit Stephen Morrissey speaks with Roland Horne about WatchHouse’s rapid expansion and diversification, the challenges this poses, tactics for standing out, and the reason for the brand’s inception in 2014. Read More → The Importance of a Strong Team to Support Your Vision | Ximena Pastor and Alexander Zeleniuch | Coffee Retail Summit Specialty coffee thrives on big visions, but successful retail coffee businesses thrive on more than vision alone. Read More → Don’t Be Afraid of Change: Designing Coffee Business Success | Panos Konstantinopoulos | Coffee Retail Summit Growing from a specialty coffee takeaway shop to a 500 shops in seven countries requires learning as you go, designing customer experiences, and—of course!—not being afraid of change. Read More → Big Brands, Small Companies | Claudia Sans, David Nigel Flynn, and Gabriella Matheny | Coffee Retail Summit Branding, events, digital engagement, packaging, anchor visuals in the design of the space: is investing in all these things critical for success in a market more accustomed to the novelty of latte art? Read More → The Potential of Sustainable Economics in Specialty Coffee: The Story of Fuglen | Einar Holthe | Coffee Retail Summit Einar Holthe, Founder and CEO of Fuglen, shows us how retail can serve as a model for ways to improve cityscapes and build sustainable value chains beyond coffee. Read More → Futureproofing Coffee Retail: Making Decisions to Provide for Your Business Tomorrow | Lynsey Harley | Coffee Retail Summit Lynsey Harley’s story provides insight on how to take chances and approach futureproofing your retail coffee business. Read More → Five Key Takeaways from The National Coffee Data Trends Study - Specialty Coffee Breakout Report | Katie von der Lieth | Coffee Retail Summit With so many data points in the National Coffee Data Trends Specialty Coffee Breakout Report to consider, what are some of the main takeaways for coffee retail businesses to keep in mind? Read More → All-Day Store: Utilizing Training and Hospitality to Create Retail Experiences | George E. Loukas | Coffee Retail Summit Learn more about the benefits and opportunities of expanding your opening hours and your offerings through coffee, wine, food, and hospitality. Read More →...