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When Coffee Festivals Went Virtual: How Coffee Events Moved Online in 2020

When Coffee Festivals Went Virtual: How Coffee Events Moved Online in 2020

A dated history of 2020's coffee event cancellations, from the SCA Expo to the world championships, and the online events that replaced them, from the Virtual Coffee Festival to Re:co online.

How Coffee Is Profiled, and How to Work Out What You Like

How Coffee Is Profiled, and How to Work Out What You Like

How professionals profile a coffee under the SCA's 2024 standards, describing it, rating it and recording its origin as separate steps, and a home version for working out what you like.

Porto Specialty Coffee: 7g Roaster in Vila Nova de Gaia, and Where Else to Go

Porto Specialty Coffee: 7g Roaster in Vila Nova de Gaia, and Where Else to Go

Where to find specialty coffee in Porto and across the Douro in Vila Nova de Gaia: 7g Roaster, two Porto roasters that run cafés, and how to order coffee in Portugal, all checked October 2026.

Boss Barista and the Women-in-Coffee Equity Movement: A Brief History

Boss Barista and the Women-in-Coffee Equity Movement: A Brief History

How the Boss Barista podcast, The Coffeewoman's panels, Michelle Johnson's The Chocolate Barista and two 2017 critiques of barista competition pushed specialty coffee to talk about equity.

Is Coffee a Dead-End Job? Barista Pay, Career Steps and the Coffee Jobs Podcast

Is Coffee a Dead-End Job? Barista Pay, Career Steps and the Coffee Jobs Podcast

What US baristas earn, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the jobs a barista can move into and what they pay, the SCA's career credentials, and the 2016 Coffee Jobs Podcast.

Klaus Thomsen and Coffee Collective: The 2006 World Barista Champion's Copenhagen Roaster

Klaus Thomsen and Coffee Collective: The 2006 World Barista Champion's Copenhagen Roaster

Klaus Thomsen won the 2006 World Barista Championship for Denmark and co-founded Coffee Collective in Copenhagen in 2007. How the roaster started, where it is now, and how it brews.