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Five Key Takeaways from the National Coffee Data Trends Study: Specialty Coffee Breakout Report

The National Coffee Data Trends Study is packed with information: conducted twice a year, the report tracks coffee consumer trends, attitudes, and behavior. What are five key things that the specialty coffee industry should pay attention to specifically? Learn more from the SCA’s Research Manager, Katie von der Lieth →

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Korea Coffee Market Overview 2021
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Korea Coffee Market Overview 2021

The purpose of this report is to give a broad overview of the South Korean coffee market and the value of select segments therein, as well as indicate trends across both out-of-home and at-home coffee consumption. This overview can give insight into how the South Korean coffee environment is changing over time, and how coffee is consumed in this important market

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Resume del mercado de café en Corea 2021
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Resume del mercado de café en Corea 2021

El objetivo de este informe es ofrecer una visión amplia del mercado de café en Corea del Sur y el valor de determinados segmentos del mismo, así como indicar las tendencias del consumo de café tanto en el sector fueradel- hogar como en el dentro-del-hogar. Este resumen general puede dar insumos sobre cómo el entorno de café en Corea del Sur está cambiando a lo largo del tiempo, y cómo se consume el café en este importante mercado

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Understanding Today's Specialty Coffee Consumers
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Understanding Today's Specialty Coffee Consumers

As more consumers come to the coffee-laden table, our collective preferences haven’t just shifted; they’ve fragmented. The “emerging market” isn’t limited to tea-drinking cultures—new markets are also emerging in coffee-producing regions as well as with new consumers groups in more traditional, established markets.

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Israel's Booming Specialty Market
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Israel's Booming Specialty Market

Make a quick list of the countries you know are experiencing exponential growth of coffee consumption and a blossoming specialty coffee scene: does it include Israel? If not, it should. Using her experience studying specialty coffee in France (a traditional market) and Brazil (a domestic market), Noa Berger shares more about an exciting intersection of cultural identity and specialty coffee driving the growth of the Israeli specialty coffee market.

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Opportunities for Added Value Under the Attributes-Based Definition of Specialty
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Opportunities for Added Value Under the Attributes-Based Definition of Specialty

Do we really understand the impact of the attributes-based definition of specialty coffee on what is now "specialty"? Jenn Rugolo, the SCA's Curatorial Director, examines the impact categorization has on our perception of the world and explains why the new definition of specialty coffee released by the SCA in 2021 gives us more opportunities to deliver on specialty's promise.

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An Introduction to the Korean Coffee Market
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An Introduction to the Korean Coffee Market

The growth of Korea’s specialty coffee market over the past decade has been a subject of much excitement – the country’s consumption has grown quickly in both volume and per capita terms, which leads many observers to wonder whether this rapid development would be possible in other markets.

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Impulsados por los datos | 25
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Impulsados por los datos | 25

Desde principios de 2018, el Centro de Investigaciones de la SCA colabora con Square en la publicación de los informes Square Coffee Reports de 2018, una serie de cinco informes que resaltan unas interesantes perspectivas y tendencias en el consumo del café.

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Un caso de negocio para incrementar el consumo de café especial en países productores

Las oportunidades adicionales para crear y capturar más valor son clave para que los productores reduzcan el riesgo. Por lo tanto, es vital comprometerse con estrategias que les permitan a los productores crear (más) valor y obtener un mayor y mejor parte del precio al consumidor →