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Fresh Cup Magazine has been at the forefront of the specialty coffee and tea sectors since 1992. With captivating and informative content available in both print and digital formats, Fresh Cup aims to educate and motivate people in the industry, including baristas, retailers, roasters, tea buyers, and agronomists.

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Coffee News Club: Week of June 2nd

5 days ago | freshcup.com | Fionn Pooler

Stop us if you’ve heard any of these headlines before: A coffee group rolls out a new quality tool, a coffee ad disguises itself as a dream coffee job, and a lawsuit challenges charging extra for alternative milks. ‘ASEAN Coffee Federation Launches ACAP Platform for Evaluation, Education’ – via Daily Coffee NewsOver the past few weeks, the Specialty Coffee Association (SCA) has been very active.
A Group in Ethiopia is Proving Regenerative Agriculture Works

1 week ago | freshcup.com | Fionn Pooler

✉️ This story was featured in this week’s Coffee News Club👋 Get the Coffee News Club newsletter in your inbox weekly—sign up. Last week, we told you about a new study from TechnoServe that found investing in regenerative agriculture can deliver multiple benefits—including increased crop yields, higher farmer incomes, and reduced carbon emissions. In Ethiopia, a similar approach yielded positive results, Daniel Woods reports for Global Coffee Report.
Tomato, Shoyu, and Coconut Water are Just Some Descriptors on New Robusta Flavor Wheel

1 week ago | freshcup.com | Fionn Pooler

✉️ This story was featured in this week’s Coffee News Club👋 Get the Coffee News Club newsletter in your inbox weekly—sign up. Once relegated to low-cost blends and jars of instant coffee, Coffea Canephora, usually referred to as robusta, has grown in popularity in recent years. Even the specialty coffee industry—which has often dismissed robusta as inferior in taste to arabica—is beginning to embrace it, thanks to farmers and researchers working to improve robusta’s flavor.
The SCA's Q Program Takeover Leaves the Coffee Industry Divided

2 weeks ago | freshcup.com | Fionn Pooler

Just days before thousands of coffee pros gathered in Houston for the Specialty Coffee Association’s (SCA) annual Expo, the organization announced it would be taking over management of the Q Grader Program from the Coffee Quality Institute (CQI). The Q Grader certification is a rigorous professional training program that helps coffee pros build the sensory skills necessary to evaluate and assess coffee quality.
TechnoServe Report Proves Regenerative Agriculture Works, Urges Industry to Invest

2 weeks ago | freshcup.com | Fionn Pooler

✉️ This story was featured in this week’s Coffee News Club👋 Get the Coffee News Club newsletter in your inbox weekly—sign up. Investing in regenerative agriculture could boost smallholder farmer income and coffee exports while reducing carbon emissions, according to a new report released by the nonprofit organization TechnoServe.
In Uganda, Bayaaya Pays a Premium for Cherries from Women Farmers

2 weeks ago | freshcup.com | Fionn Pooler

✉️ This story was featured in this week’s Coffee News Club👋 Get the Coffee News Club newsletter in your inbox weekly—sign up. A Ugandan entrepreneur founded a company that pays a premium for coffee cherries from women farmers. The company hopes to encourage more women to get involved in the business side of coffee production. Meridah Nandudu grew up on a coffee farm in Uganda’s eastern Sironko district, close to the Kenyan border, and observed how gender dynamics play out during the harvest season.
Coffee News Club: Week of May 19th

2 weeks ago | freshcup.com | Fionn Pooler

Wrong shirt, wrong shoes, no service: Thousands of unionized Starbucks workers go on strike over the new dress code. Plus, the SCA announces a new tiered pricing structure to make its coffee education more accessible, and a report from TechnoServe shows that regenerative farming is both environmentally and economically beneficial.
The C Market Just Got Less Confusing Thanks to Futures.Coffee

3 weeks ago | freshcup.com | Amber Gibson

The majority of coffee is traded on the commodity market, known as the C Market. Think of it like a stock market: Every day, the price of coffee on the C Market goes up and down. Buyers and sellers use the C Market to determine futures contracts—in other words, they agree on an advance price for coffee that is received later. Sound confusing?
In Venice, You Can Order an Espresso Made from Lagoon Water

3 weeks ago | freshcup.com | Ashley Rodriguez

✉️ This story was featured in this week’s Coffee News Club👋 Get the Coffee News Club newsletter in your inbox weekly—sign up. When people say they want to “get a taste” of a city while travelling, they’re usually speaking metaphorically. However, at this year’s Architecture Biennale in Venice, Italy, visitors can enjoy espresso literally made with water from the city’s famous lagoon.
The Rise and Fall of an Instant Espresso Bar With Bailey Manson of Intelligentsia Coffee

3 weeks ago | freshcup.com | Garrett Oden

Listen to the Coffee Think Tank Podcast, a show about trends, ideas, and innovations in coffee, on: Apple, Spotify, YouTube. And a big thanks to this season’s sponsor, SumUp, a modern point of sale and loyalty system for cafes. Right now, there’s a lot of openness in the coffee industry to experimenting with different service models and product types. One of those service models, which I first heard about in 2022, is especially surprising—I knew we had to discuss it on the podcast.