SCA Launches Avance, New Sustainability Conference
News just broke that the SCA is launching a new type of coffee conference – a sustainability one. And what’s more, it’s focused on production...
Tanya was the second to join the PDG team. She worked as the company’s Editor-in-Chief before becoming its Editorial Consultant.
Brewing Methods Compared: How Should You Make Coffee at Home?
Looking for a new coffee brewing device? You’ve got a lot to choose from. And every single one will produce a different coffee taste, not...
PDG Micro Coffee Festival: Brazil Announced for September 2017
Do you want to discuss the latest trends in coffee with industry leaders – while at origin? Learn more about coffee production and trade? Work...
Coffee Varieties: A Crash Course in Geisha vs Bourbon
In wine, varieties reign supreme. Everybody knows what a Merlot is or a Chardonnay. Coffee varieties are less understood. You might have heard of Geisha,...
Funcafé Wins SCA Sustainability Award for Youth Coffee Education
There are many things threatening the future of the coffee industry: low prices, plant disease and pests, climate change, exchange rates… And the decreasing interest...
World Record Broke as Geisha Coffee Sells for US $601/lb
Best of Panama has a history of record-breaking coffee prices, and 2017 was no exception. A 100 lb lot of natural processed Geisha from Hacienda...
Barista Training: How to Provide Meaningful Feedback
Meaningful, well-structured feedback is the difference between a barista who constantly improves and one who continues to make the same poorly steamed lattes, provide the...
Seattle Gains 1st SCA Accredited Campus Dedicated to Barista Pathways
Barista courses are no laughing matter – in 2014, the SCA discovered that Barista Pathway graduates have the potential to earn an incredible US $200,000...
How to Keep Your Best Baristas From Quitting
It isn’t your delicious coffee that makes your coffee shop successful. Nor is it your perfect location that pulls in all the thirsty customers. It’s...
World Coffee Producers Forum Outlines Aims for Coffee Industry
The first ever World Coffee Producers Forum, held 10–12th July 2017, was a historic moment for the coffee industry. As we work towards a more...
How coffee flavour development impact fermentation?
In 2015, Sasa Sestic won the World Barista Championship with a washed carbonic macerated coffee, an innovative fermentation method. Two years later, he has his...
A Brief History of Coffee Consumption
How did humans create coffee? Why? And how did we end up here, with world coffee championships and an industry worth US $30 billion in...
Many Fairtrade Coffee Farmers Don’t Earn Enough to Live On
There are around 17.7 million small-scale coffee farmers in the world, the vast majority of them in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Yet a Fairtrade...
Do You Know The 6 Different Kinds of Specialty Tea?
There are over 20,000 different teas in the world, according to Mary Lou and Robert J. Heiss in The Tea Enthusiast’s Handbook: A Guide to...
Can New Brewing Tool Control Agitation & Increase Cleanness?
Every so often, a new coffee tool comes along that could challenge how we think about brewing. Take the Melodrip – this tool sets out...
This Coffee Cup Is Made From Coffee Husks & It’s Beautiful
What if being more eco-friendly was as simple as buying a different cup? That was the idea behind Huskee, a new range of cups made...