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SCAA Skill Building Workshops Coming to a Region NEAR YOU…

Whether you are new to the coffee trade, looking for additional training, or simply won’t accept anything less than exceptional, SCAA skill building workshops are where coffee professionals go to become extraordinary. 
 
As the industry’s standard setter and leader in professional development, SCAA Skill Building Workshops offer hands-on training, experienced  instructors, the most current tools and information, and a path to professional accreditation. Train, test, and challenge yourself by registering now:

NORTHEAST REGIONAL SBW - New York, NY – September 25-27, 2009
MIDWEST REGIONAL SBW - Lawrence, Kansas – Dates to be Confirmed
 
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What is Specialty Coffee?
By: Ric Rhinehart
 
In a 1998 article for the Specialty Coffee Chronicle Don Holly wrote the following as he grappled with the question of defining specialty coffee: “My understanding of the origin of the term ‘specialty coffee’ is that it was first coined by Erna Knutsen, of Knutsen Coffee Ltd., in a speech to the delegates of an international coffee conference in Montreuil, France, in 1978.
 
In essence, the concept was quite simple: special geographic microclimates produce beans with unique flavor profiles, which she referred to as ‘specialty coffees.’ Underlying this idea of coffee appellations was the fundamental premise that specialty coffee beans …  Read full article
 
 
   
 

 Roasters Guild Members!!!

 
RGEC 09-10 Election Results are in!!
 
Congratulations to the winners of
the RGEC 09-10 Election!!
Christy Thorns
Rocky Rhodes
Darleen Scherer
Dennis Jackson
 
 
 

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 Regional Barista Competitions

 
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 2009 Post-Show Wrap Up


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 ‭(Hidden)‬ Exposition Award Winners

 
CONGRATULATIONS EQUATOR ESTATES COFFEES & TEAS
 
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