The Specialty Coffee Association has released new cupping protocols for protection against cross-contamination in response to the coronavirus outbreak.
Please review the revised guidelines which are available as a PDF download here:
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Carlos Sanchez, the man who has portrayed the iconic yet fictional Colombian coffee farmer, Juan Valdez, has passed at age 83. Since 1969 he was the enduring face of Colombian coffee, appearing in countless advertisements and tv commercials for...
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First off I would like to send all of our coffee friends in Houston our thoughts and prayers during this unfortunate time. The deluge of rain brought by Hurricane Harvey and the widespread destruction that came with it impacted many people in t...
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