BOGOTA – Miguel Gómez, Katie Ricketts and Benjamin Mueller –members of the Modernizing Extension and Advisory Services (MEAS) project– ranked the FNC’s Extension Service (ES) among the world’s finest.
GERMANY – Bosch to showcase its fully-integrated coffee packaging solution at FachPack, Nuremberg (September 24 to 26)
NUREMBERG – Hygiene will be a key focus for Bosch Packaging Technology, a leading supplier of processing and packaging solutions, at FachPack, Nuremberg, Germany, September 24 to 26, 2013.
US – Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Issues Statement Regarding SEC Insider Trading Action Against Former IT Department Employee Chad McGinnis
WATERBURY, Vt. – The Us Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced today its civil enforcement action against former Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc. employee Chad McGinnis, and others outside the Company.
BRAZIL – Northern Parana receives certification of origin
MILAN – The specialty coffees produced in the North of Parana Pioneer (Brazil) from now will have the certificate of Origin Geographical Indication (PGI), certified by the National Institute of Intellectual Property (INPI).
VIDEO – Media perspective discussion at Specialty Coffee Association of America Symposium 2013: telling the story of coffee
Are the media doing a good job telling the story of coffee? Is the story we as coffee people want to tell too complicated to tell the way we want it to be told? What are the obstacles to better coffee stories in the media? This is a video excerpt from a session at Symposium 2012
VIDEO – Media perspective discussion at Specialty Coffee Association of America Synposium 2013: the wine analogy
Analogies are important, but how appropriate is the oft-used “Coffee is Like Wine” analogy? Our experts discuss the importance of analogy, language, and perception. This video is an excerpt from a session at Symposium 2012 titled Media Perspectives on Specialty Coffee. To view accompanying videos, please visit the Symposium Video Gallery.
VIDEO – Media perspecitves on speciality coffee from Specialty Coffee Association of America Symposium 2013: what we write when we write about coffee
A continuation of Nick Cho’s Media Perspectives panel, which can be found here in video, with discussion about intent, and what’s interesting about coffee.
VIDEO – Nicholas Cho speaks at Speciality Coffee Associations of Symposium 2012: how can specialty coffee craft a more compellin story and reach broad audience?
At Symposium 2012, Scaa, Specialty coffee association of America, explored this question and examined in this video what information is getting through, what’s getting lost, and what stories are yet to be told. With insights from several influential writers who each follow trends in specialty coffee, Nicholas Cho of Wrecking Ball Coffee
VIDEO – Tracy Ging speaks at Specialty Coffee Association of America Symposium 2012: research into consumer understanding about specialty coffee
Tracy Ging’s compelling talk about the SCAA’s research into perceptions about specialty coffee among consumers was one of the most talked about presentations of Symposium 2012. Beginning, in this video, with a simple question: “What is Specialty Coffee?”, Ging’s talk explores coffee lovers’ expectations of coffee, their understanding of coffee terminology, and the semiotics of coffee consumption.
VIDEO – From Specialty Coffee Association of America Symposium 2013: what’s cool about coffee ?
Many of us in specialty coffee have been interviewed or otherwise covered by the mainstream media. Local or national, print or online, there’s been growing engagement by the media with specialty coffee. In this session, recorded in this video, we’ll turn the tables on the press and ask them some questions: What interests you and your audience about specialty