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Coffee's Essential Worker Community: An Action Oriented Path to Building Back Better with Living Wage and Living Income
Living wage and income have long been gaining steam among the media, global governments, sustainability standards, businesses, and a wealth of other actors, including consumers. But the necessity of ensuring a basic but decent living is more stark than ever in an age where vulnerability abounds.
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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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Coffee Production Costs & Farm Profitability
This strategic literature review by Dr. Christophe Montagnon suggests that increasing yield typically increases the cost per hectare to produce coffee, especially in the short term, so may decrease a farm’s profitability.
Climate Change & Coffee: Acting Globally and Locally
That the climate has changed, is changing, and will continue to change is not in question; the question is what we should be doing, as an industry, to make sure coffee survives and thrives as the production landscape shifts.
Bouncing Back: Resiliency in Specialty Coffee | 25, Issue 10
If “sustainability” became the buzzword of specialty coffee towards the end of the twentieth century, then “resilience” is fast on its way towards earning the title in the twenty-first.
Beyond the Stereotype | 25, Issue 11
There’s more to Brazil than high volumes and cutting-edge crop technology—Brazil’s coffee crop has undergone enormous changes and many challenges over the past century-and-a-half.
Beyond Coffea Arabica: Opportunities for Specialty Coffee with Coffea Canephora
C. canephora deserves a second look, and global warming might bring the opportunity for it to step into the specialty coffee arena.
An Emerging Market: The Rise of China’s Coffee Drinking Culture | 25, Issue 13
Nicole Lin and Charley Biddle share their view of the Chinese coffee market, tracing its rise through to the unexpected impacts of 2020’s COVID-19 pandemic.
US Consumer Snapshot
An overview of coffee consumer trends and purchase behavior in the US.
UK Consumer Snapshot
An overview of coffee consumer trends and purchase behavior in the UK.
Canadian Consumer Snapshot
An overview of coffee consumer trends and purchase behavior in Canada.
Australian Consumer Snapshot
An overview of coffee consumer trends and purchase behavior in Australia.
Roaster/Retailer Benchmarks
Explore the SCA’s first-ever quantitative study on specialty coffee consumers in the US that tracks the habits, preferences, and characteristics of two key segments.
Understanding US Specialty Coffee Consumers
Explore the SCA’s first-ever quantitative study on specialty coffee consumers in the US that tracks the habits, preferences, and characteristics of two key segments.
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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 →