Today, we’re very happy to present the third episode of the “The Role of Innovation and Technical Advancement,” a session recorded at Re:co Symposium this past April. This session explored and evaluated advances in innovation positioned to make an impact within our industry as we work to resolve the coffee price crisis. If you haven’t listened to the previous episodes in this series, we strongly recommend going back to listen before you continue with this episode. Global Coffee Platform members ...
Oct 07, 2019•42 min•Ep. 96
Today, we’re very happy to present the second episode of “Growing Consumption: Letting Go of Sameness,” a session recorded at Re:co Symposium this past April. We’ve grown accustomed to specialty coffee consumption growing at a fast pace, but some signs indicate it may be slowing. This session convened experts to ask: What could we stand to gain if we became more diverse in our approaches and offerings? If you haven’t listened to the previous episode in this series, we strongly recommend going ba...
Sep 30, 2019•26 min•Ep. 95
Today, we’re very happy to present the first episode of “Growing Consumption: Letting Go of Sameness,” a session recorded at Re:co Symposium this past April. We’ve grown accustomed to specialty coffee consumption growing at a fast pace, but some signs indicate it may be slowing. This session convened experts to ask: What could we stand to gain if we became more diverse in our approaches and offerings? Session Host Phyllis Johnson begins with a study by the National Coffee Association indicating ...
Sep 23, 2019•34 min•Ep. 94
Today, we’re very happy to present the fifth and final episode of “Value Chains: Transparency and Market Linkages,” a session recorded at Re:co Symposium this past April. Acknowledging that this isn’t the first coffee price crisis, this session brought leaders together to ask: How successful were the tools we employed previously? What new tools offer potential solutions? If you haven’t listened to the previous episodes in this series, we strongly recommend going back to listen before you continu...
Sep 16, 2019•21 min•Ep. 93
Today on the podcast we’re sharing the audio from an interactive webinar we hosted last week, part of our series on the Coffee Price Crisis. SCA board member Vera Espindola Rafael and Fairtrade International’s Peter Kettler joined Vicente Partida for a discussion on issues related to farmer incomes, the work of Fairtrade, and research being conducted on costs of production. Vera and Peter also took questions from the audience. After listening to this podcast, if you’re interested in learning mor...
Sep 12, 2019•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 92
Today, we’re very happy to present the fourth episode of “Value Chains: Transparency and Market Linkages,” a session recorded at Re:co Symposium this past April. Acknowledging that this isn’t the first coffee price crisis, this session brought leaders together to ask: How successful were the tools we employed previously? What new tools offer potential solutions? If you haven’t listened to the previous episodes in this series, we strongly recommend going back to listen before you continue with th...
Sep 09, 2019•28 min•Ep. 91
Today, we’re very happy to present the third episode of “Value Chains: Transparency and Market Linkages,” a session recorded at Re:co Symposium this past April. Acknowledging that this isn’t the first coffee price crisis, this session brought leaders together to ask: How successful were the tools we employed previously? What new tools offer potential solutions? If you haven’t listened to the previous episodes in this series, we strongly recommend going back to listen before you continue with thi...
Sep 02, 2019•22 min•Ep. 90
In this special episode of the SCA Podcast, we’re going to be listening to the audio of an interactive webinar we hosted last week on the SCA’s response to the coffee price crisis and the forthcoming report with recommendations for the coffee industry. Kim Elena Ionescu, SCA’s Chief Sustainability Officer, and Ellie Hudson, Director of Strategy and Steering for Advocacy, hosted the webinar, recorded live on August 19th. Kim Elena and Ellie covered the research that SCA staff and volunteers have ...
Aug 27, 2019•1 hr 20 min•Ep. 89
Today, we’re very happy to present the second episode of “Value Chains: Transparency and Market Linkages,” a session recorded at Re:co Symposium this past April. Acknowledging that this isn’t the first coffee price crisis, this session brought leaders together to ask: How successful were the tools we employed previously? What new tools offer potential solutions? If you haven’t listened to the previous episodes in this series, we strongly recommend going back to listen before you continue with th...
Aug 23, 2019•15 min•Ep. 88
Today, we’re very happy to present the first episode of “Value Chains: Transparency and Market Linkages,” a session recorded at Re:co Symposium this past April. Acknowledging that this isn’t the first coffee price crisis, this session brought leaders together to ask: How successful were the tools we employed previously? What new tools offer potential solutions? Published every four years, the Coffee Barometer highlights emerging trends and provides a critical look at progress made by the coffee ...
Aug 19, 2019•22 min•Ep. 87
Today, we’re very happy to present the fifth episode of “Cost of Production and Profitability for Coffee Producers,” a session recorded at Re:co Symposium this past April. Buyers and producers alike need to understand what it takes to produce specialty coffee so that it can be produced sustainably, so we convened experts to ask: Do we really know what specialty coffee costs? If you haven’t listened to the previous episodes in this series, we strongly recommend going back to listen before you con...
Aug 12, 2019•25 min•Ep. 86
Today, we’re very happy to present the fourth episode of “Cost of Production and Profitability for Coffee Producers,” a session recorded at Re:co Symposium this past April. Buyers and producers alike need to understand what it takes to produce specialty coffee so that it can be produced sustainably, so we convened experts to ask: Do we really know what specialty coffee costs? If you haven’t listened to the previous episodes in this series, we strongly recommend going back to listen before you co...
Aug 05, 2019•23 min•Ep. 85
Hoy les presentamos un episodio especial por ser completamente en Español. Este es el tercer episodio de la sesión titulada “Costos de producción y rentabilidad para los productores de café”, grabado en vivo este pasado mes de abril. En nuestra industria, sabemos que para que el café de especialidad se pueda producir de manera sostenible, tanto los compradores como los productores de café deben entender los costos y todo lo que se requiere en la producción, por lo que convocamos a expertos para ...
Jul 29, 2019•22 min•Ep. 83
Today, we’re very happy to present the third episode of “Cost of Production and Profitability for Coffee Producers,” a session recorded at Re:co Symposium this past April. Buyers and producers alike need to understand what it takes to produce specialty coffee so that it can be produced sustainably, so we convened experts to ask: Do we really know what specialty coffee costs? If you haven’t listened to the previous episodes in this series, we strongly recommend going back to listen before you con...
Jul 29, 2019•21 min•Ep. 84
Today, we’re very happy to present the second episode of “Cost of Production and Profitability for Coffee Producers,” a session recorded at Re:co Symposium this past April. Buyers and producers alike need to understand what it takes to produce specialty coffee so that it can be produced sustainably, so we convened experts to ask: Do we really know what specialty coffee costs? If you haven’t listened to the previous episodes in this series, we strongly recommend going back to listen before you co...
Jul 22, 2019•48 min•Ep. 82
Today, we’re very happy to present the first episode of “Cost of Production and Profitability for Coffee Producers,” a session recorded at Re:co Symposium this past April. Buyers and producers alike need to understand what it takes to produce specialty coffee so that it can be produced sustainably, so we convened experts to ask: Do we really know what specialty coffee costs? SCA Lead Scholar Taya Brown worked with several communities of smallholder coffee farmers in Yepocapa, Guatemala to better...
Jul 15, 2019•22 min•Ep. 81
Today, we’re very happy to present the fourth and final episode of “Macroeconomic Dysfunction in the Coffee Trade,” a session recorded at Re:co Symposium this past April. This session convened experts to understand the functions and challenges of the coffee system responsible for the volatile shifts in the coffee market. If you haven’t listened to the previous episodes in this series, we strongly recommend going back to listen before you continue with this episode. Despite the best efforts of in...
Jul 08, 2019•22 min•Ep. 80
Today, we’re very happy to present the third episode of “Macroeconomic Dysfunction in the Coffee Trade,” a session recorded at Re:co Symposium this past April. This session convened experts to understand the functions and challenges of the coffee system responsible for the volatile shifts in the coffee market. If you haven’t listened to the previous episodes in this series, we strongly recommend going back to listen before you continue with this episode. There is a lot of discussion about coffee...
Jul 01, 2019•22 min•Ep. 79
Today, we’re very happy to present the second episode of the “Macroeconomic Dysfunction in the Coffee Trade,” a session recorded at Re:co Symposium this past April. This session convened experts to understand the functions and challenges of the coffee system responsible for the volatile shifts in the coffee market. If you haven’t listened to the previous episodes in this series, we strongly recommend going back to listen before you continue with this episode. On this episode of the Re:co Podcast...
Jun 24, 2019•21 min•Ep. 78
In his opening remarks at this year’s Re:co Symposium, Executive Director Emeritus Ric Rhinehart set the stage for two days of learning, collaborating, and acting to address the coffee price crisis with his “dire warning speech.” This talk has been a fixture at the event for the past ten years. Unfortunately, many of the things Ric has brought to our attention in the past are now happening and - to make matters worse - many of the systemic problems we face (climate change, market consolidation) ...
Jun 17, 2019•44 min•Ep. 77
Today, we’re very happy to present the second episode of the “The Role of Innovation and Technical Advancement,” a session recorded at Re:co Symposium this past April. This session explored and evaluated advances in innovation positioned to make an impact within our industry as we work to resolve the coffee price crisis. We are pleased to welcome Peter Roberts, Professor of Organization and Management at Emory University and Academic Director of Social Enterprise at Goizueta. Producers of specia...
Jun 10, 2019•24 min•Ep. 76
Today, we’re very happy to present the first episode of “The Role of Innovation and Technical Advancement,” a session recorded at Re:co Symposium this past April. This session explored and evaluated advances in innovation positioned to make an impact within our industry as we work to resolve the coffee price crisis. How does a living thing get to be the way it is? How does a coffee come to taste the way it tastes? How does the plant's blueprint for what's possible—its genetics—interact with comp...
Jun 03, 2019•40 min•Ep. 75
Since the early days of the specialty coffee movement, freshness has been one of its central pillars. It is best defined as having its original unimpaired qualities and is often understood, in coffee, as freshly roasted, ground within a few days, immediately extracted and consumed. In spite of this pivotal role of freshness for high-quality coffee, the scientific measurement of freshness has been vague and elusive. In today’s recorded lecture, Chahan Yeretzian outlines two approaches. One is bas...
May 27, 2019•1 hr 19 min•Ep. 74
Today’s lecture explores the different chemical and physical markers that characterize espresso extraction. By using TDS, acidity, caffeine and chlorogenic acids extractions of different grinders, machines and brew ratios can be compared to each other. Recent studies by Dr. Marco Wellinger’s lab have demonstrated that for a given roasted coffee TDS, as measured by a refractometer, correlates well with the content of a range of components in the coffee brew, such as caffeine, chlorogenic acids, a...
May 20, 2019•51 min•Ep. 73
Specialty coffee’s artisanal and handcrafted customer face is real and supported by a complex supply chain and highly specialized production. These two things create and collect lots of information. Understanding what can be collected and how it can help coffee businesses is simpler than people think and is also the first step towards gaining real benefits. What’s more, “business intelligence” is already accessible to businesses of all sizes and is easy to use and inexpensive. It helps remove gu...
May 14, 2019•49 min•Ep. 72
Straddling the humanities and sustainability, the panellists of today’s episode discuss how understanding culture and context improves approaches to sustainability. Drawing on experiences in Vietnam, Mexico, and beyond, they describe setbacks arising when producers and buyers speak different languages of sustainability, data collection is incomplete, and development “top-down.” This episode, "Development from the Bottom Up: Speaking the Language of Sustainability Across Cultures and Contexts to ...
May 06, 2019•1 hr 23 min•Ep. 71
World Coffee Research (WCR) and Counter Culture have both independently been working on better more up-to-date reference guides on the coffee varieties and research that has been done, and currently being done, in Ethiopia and East Africa. Counter Culture will present on their newly published material, that for the first time consolidates over 50 in-depth descriptions on the varieties of Ethiopia. In this episode, WCR presents on their newly published African Variety Intelligence Report outlinin...
Apr 29, 2019•1 hr 19 min•Ep. 70
At Bloom Providence, Dr. E. Michelle Ramsey gave a talk about managing conflict and emotional labor in the coffee workplace. Discussion focused on misconceptions about conflict, the role of power in conflicts and how we can better balance power between people, the impact of emotional labor on coffee professionals, and ways to manage oneself and others to help mitigate the impact of emotional labor. Dr. E. Michelle Ramsey is an associate professor of Communication Arts & Sciences and Women's ...
Apr 22, 2019•44 min•Ep. 69
It goes without question that the US is currently locked in a very public debate over what type of country we want to be for refugees. The US has a long tradition of welcoming refugees, but is at a crossroads of what that will look like in the future. The coffee industry is uniquely positioned as a major influencer in American society that can create structures to both welcome refugees and promote their acceptance in our local communities. As coffee companies and their customers increasingly dem...
Apr 15, 2019•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 68
Join us today for an exciting panel made up of microbiologists working to develop strains of yeast specifically designed for coffee fermentation and leading coffee producers. In this discussion, they deep-dive into the ongoing research in coffee processing using selected cultures and the analog between scaling microbiological technology in the traditional worlds of wine and coffee. This panel discussion recounts the experiences of panellists Aida Batlle, Rachel Peterson, and Tim Hill in France i...
Apr 08, 2019•1 hr•Ep. 67
