The annual World of Coffee event lands in Sweden to great success It’s been a busy week here in Gotëburg, Sweden, site of the Speciality Coffee Association of Europe’s annual World of Coffee conference and […]
WCE Sponsors announced for a whole host of championships The World Coffee Events organization announced its qualified sponsors for the World Brewers Cup, Latte Art, Coffee in Good Spirits, Cup Tasters, and Coffee Roasting Championships […]
By Jeremy Martin We all know the old adage, act locally, think globally. But what happens when you want that locality to be half a world away from your birthplace? That’s a question Patrick Hughes […]
One of our favorite organizations working in this industry is Coffee Kids. The nonprofit supports projects across coffee communities in Latin America focusing on health care, food security, economic diversification, and education. In all honesty, […]
History was made in Brazil recently when for the first time ever, a woman won the country’s first place ribbon in the Cup of Excellence competition. Cinthia Dias Villela from Nossa Senhora Aparecida of the […]
Great news from the Alliance for Coffee Excellence and the Brazil Specialty Coffee Association: this year’s Cup of Excellence (COE) Early Harvest live auction raised more than $516,000 for the country’s COE-winning farmers ”that’s an […]
The Alliance for Coffee Excellence has new digs: Cup of Excellence now has offices ”and a tasting room ”in Portland, Oregon. The move allows the organization to have more outreach too a larger coffee community […]
Last Thursday marked the first of the Central American Cup of Excellence auctions of the year, with Honduras up to bat. Twenty-two farmers who had entered this year’s competition gathered together at the Instituto Hondureño […]
Yeah, you know, it’s not like the guys from Nuova Simonelli were busy during the World Barista Championship and Melbourne International Coffee Expo last week… nah, they were just the exclusive espresso machine sponsor of […]
Sometimes it seems the Cup of Excellence program has always been around. But then I realize that it seems that way because the program has been so successful. Established by the Alliance for Coffee Excellence […]
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