SCA Cancels 2021 World of Coffee Event in Athens
The Specialty Coffee Association has announced that its largest European event, World of Coffee, has been canceled for 2021 due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The group suggested earlier this month that the fate of the 2021 show, which was scheduled to take place in June in Athens, Greece, was uncertain. The group says it is exploring ways to […]
Heat, sparse rains concern in Brazil
SÃO PAULO, Brazil — Temperatures were high and rainfall was low between late January and early February in most coffee-producing regions in Brazil observes Cepea in its latest report. This scenario concerned farmers in the first fortnight of February, since arabica crops were entering into the beans-filling stage, and robusta crops were at the peak […]
US Women in Coffee (USWIC) Launches as Official IWCA US Chapter
The nonprofit International Women’s Coffee Alliance (IWCA) has announced the addition of a United States chapter, the US Women In Coffee Association (USWIC). Officially the 27th chapter within the IWCA’s global network — which predominantly comprises chapters in traditional coffee-producing countries — USWIC pledges to further promote the IWCA’s global mission to connect and empower […]
Launch ceremony of 5th World Coffee Conference
On 15 October 2019, the official Curtain Raiser of the 5th World Coffee Conference was held in New Delhi, India. Attended by 150 dignitaries from across 23 countries, the ICO’s Executive Director was joined on the podium by H.E. Shri Piyush Goyal – the Honourable Minister for Commerce and Industry and Railways, H.E. Shri Jagadish […]