Although estimates of damage to coffee-growing regions have been slow to arrive due their impact on vital infrastructure, Hurricanes Eta and Iota's sustained winds, flash floods, and mudslides have impacted what was expected to be a fruitful harvest for Central America's coffee-growing communities; the Deputy Chief Executive of Ghana's Cocoa Board has called for cocoa farmers to expand and develop the coffee sector by growing and processing coffee. Learn more about this episode of Recap, including a full transcript and links for further reading at sca.coffee/sca-news/recap/22/november-19-2020

Recap: Recent Developments in Coffee

#22 | November 19, 2020

In this week’s episode, Recap explores the recent Communiqué from the International Coffee Organization: Where did it come from? What does it mean? Widely reported as the first time that major private sector actors across the value chain came together to agree to jointly implement solutions to the economic unsustainability of coffee production, the Communiqué and corresponding Annex outlines an ambitious ten-year plan across four areas of action and seven technical workstreams. Learn more about this episode of Recap, made possible with the support of BRITA, including a full transcript and links for further reading at sca.coffee/sca-news/recap/21/november-5-2020

#21 | November 5, 2020

Market research and polls continue to try and illuminate the shifting conditions caused by COVID-19: Bloomberg rounds up a variety of market research indicating that the number of coffee shops in the US is set to decline for the first time in the US since 2011, while a recent report from the US National Coffee Association shows that while the pandemic has changed where Americans drink their coffee, there’s a strong desire to return to coffee shops. Learn more about this episode of Recap, made possible with the support of BRITA, including a full transcript and links for further reading at sca.coffee/sca-news/recap/20/October-22-2020

#20 | October 22, 2020

Three long-term initiatives were announced on International Coffee Day, including the ICO’s “Coffee’s Next Generation,” the IWCA’s “Empowered Voices,” and the launch of the Coffee Coalition for Racial Equity; Indonesia’s coffee producers are asking for help with financing as the COVID-19 pandemic impacts the demand for coffee; Australian-based Breville Group has acquired the US-based grinder maker, Baratza; a recent feature in Asia Times explores how women entrepreneurs in the Gulf are overcoming the additional hurdles of the pandemic. Learn more about this episode of Recap, made possible with the support of BRITA, including a full transcript and links for further reading at sca.coffee/sca-news/recap/19/october-8-2020

#19 | October 8, 2020

Amid the rise in protectionist trade policies, the International Coffee Organization shared results of a quantitative analysis of trade interventions between 2009 and 2019; coffee berry borer has been discovered on the Hawaiian Island of Kaua’i for the first time; coverage from the UK’s popular press of Neguse Gemeda Mude’s top-scoring lot from the first-ever Ethiopian Cup of Excellence unfortunately focused solely on the per cup price as served by London’s Queens of Mayfair; also recently released: two long-form accounts of challenges facing coffee’s complex value-generating ecosystem and the impacts they’ll have on coffee farmers. Learn more about this episode of Recap, made possible with the support of DaVinci, including a full transcript and links for further reading at sca.coffee/sca-news/recap/18/september-24-2020

#18 | September 24, 2020

The steady growth of the C market price over the past two months could be destabilized by an increase in coffee supply across International Commodity Exchange warehouses; Qima Coffee announces the discovery of a new genetic group of Arabica, Yemenia; three NGOs have proposed a plan to alleviate the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the African coffee sector; Flash Coffee Thailand appears to be thriving despite the difficult operating conditions of the pandemic. Learn more about this episode of Recap, made possible with the support of DaVinci, including a full transcript and links for further reading at sca.coffee/sca-news/recap/17/september-10-2020

#17 | September 10, 2020

This week on Recap, we focus on the strong increase in at-home consumption of specialty coffee. Tracing the trend across earnings reports for large corporations, our own COVID-19 community impact surveys, and recent media coverage of the at-home category growth, we explore some of the ways in which specialty coffee companies have been making coffee easier for consumers to access and enjoy on their journey to learn and adapt to the ongoing pandemic. Learn more about this episode of Recap, made possible with the support of DaVinci, including a full transcript and links for further reading at sca.coffee/sca-news/recap/16/august-27-2020

#16 | August 27, 2020

This week on Recap: Arabica coffee futures rose as the Brazilian real strengthened against the US dollar; one of Beirut’s first specialty coffee shops is seeking support rebuild following the devastating explosion last week; the recent El Salvador Cup of Excellence Auction set a new price per pound record; a recent survey from Hanns R. Neumann Stifung suggests the effects of climate change might be more difficult to manage for smallholders. Learn more about this episode of Recap, made possible with the support of DaVinci, including a full transcript and links for further reading at sca.coffee/sca-news/recap/15/august-13-2020

#15 | August 13, 2020

This week on Recap: World Coffee Events and the Specialty Coffee Association have announced the cancellation of the 2020 World Coffee Championship events; more than 100 scientists published a signed statement to reassure the public that reusable containers are still safe to use; Xinhua reports that Volcano Coffee, a Ugandan start-up, is using coffee kiosks to drive domestic consumption. Learn more about this episode of Recap, made possible with the support of DaVinci, including a full transcript and links for further reading at sca.coffee/sca-news/recap/14/july-30-2020

#14 | July 30, 2020

Three years after they merged, Rainforest Alliance and UTZ have announced a new Sustainable Agriculture Standard that will replace both programs in July 2021; the International Coffee Organization has released the third report in its series on the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on the global coffee sector; Guatemala has officially begun its exit from the International Coffee Agreement of 2007. Learn more about this episode of Recap, made possible with the support of DaVinci, including a full transcript and links for further reading at sca.coffee/sca-news/recap/13/july-16-2020

#13 | July 16, 2020

This week on Recap: The first-ever Ethiopian Cup of Excellence auction broke the record for total auction sales, raising US$1,248,690 across 28 lots; The Standard reports that coffee farmers in Kenya have uprooted their trees in protest of poor earnings; a new study published in Global Change Biology suggests that Robusta is far more sensitive to temperature than previously thought; World Coffee Research announced four global priorities for their work after conducting a global consultation. Learn more about this episode of Recap, made possible with the support of DaVinci, including a full transcript and links for further reading at sca.coffee/sca-news/recap/12/july-2-2020

#12 | July 2, 2020

This week on Recap: An industry-wide conversation about the structural inequity in specialty coffee takes place amid a historic, global Black civil rights movement; coffee communities in Africa are facing unprecedented hardship as they attempt to manage the effects of torrential rain and swarms of locusts amid the ongoing global pandemic. Learn more about this episode of Recap, made possible with the support of DaVinci, including a full transcript and links for further reading at sca.coffee/sca-news/recap/11/june-18-2020

#11 | June 18, 2020

This week on Recap: Three coffees scored more than 90 points in the first-ever Ethiopian Cup of Excellence competition; JDE Peet’s has announced its planned initial public offering on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange; Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin will join the board of directors at Indonesia’s Kopi Kenangan; as COVID-19 continues to impact coffee harvests around the world, reports of government aid and agricultural support continue to make headlines. Learn more about this episode of Recap, made possible with the support of DaVinci, including a full transcript and links for further reading at sca.coffee/sca-news/recap/10/may-28-2020

#10 | May 28, 2020

This week on Recap: April 2020 saw the highest amount of interest in the search term "coffee" since 2004; coffee shops and roasters face difficult decisions without access to rent relief; as hospitality demand for specialty coffee continues to fall, its future is called into question; an unmanned café design announced in January may offer a blueprint for socially-distant café operations. For a full transcript and links for further reading, visit: sca.coffee/sca-news/recap/9/may-14-2020

#9 | May 14, 2020

This week on Recap: Root Capital releases the results of a survey examining the impact of the pandemic on rurual farming communities; reports of losses in Yunnan, China foreshadow a bleak result for coffee-producing countries entering their harvest under social distancing measures; the SCA has released a summary of work for the Price Crisis Response Initiative; a national coffee campaign in Indonesia encourages domestic coffee consumption during lockdown. For a full transcript of today's episode and links for further reading, visit: sca.coffee/sca-news/recap/8/april-30-2020

#8 | April 30, 2020

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