Specialty Coffee Association Podcast
Education
Last April, much of the discussion - at Expo and Re:co Symposium - was centered on the Coffee Price Crisis and the future of specialty. In a special episode to kick off the new year, we’re releasing a two-part lecture on the C market that sought to provide clarity and actionable data for the specialty industry.
Over the past few years, many began to question coffee’s ability to provide a sustainable household income to smallholder producers. Although there’s still much to learn about the full cost of producing specialty coffee around the world, a widely-acknowledged hypothetical benchmark of US$1.40 per pound demonstrates how current levels of productivity and market pressures continue to fail smallholder producers. Throughout all of 2018 and 2019, the C market, the main price discovery mechanism and clearing house for coffee, has been below this hypothetical price of US$1.40. As a result, our industry has been questioning the value and existence of the C market as well as expressing concern over the multi-dimensional costs to producers, countries, and the environment.
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This episode of the Expo 2019 Lectures podcast is supported by Softengine Coffee One, Powered by SAP. Built upon SAP's business-leading Enterprise Resource Planning solution, Softengine Coffee One is designed specifically to quickly and easily take your small-to-medium coffee company working at any point along the coffee chain to the next level of success. Learn more about Softengine Coffee One at softengine.com, with special pricing available for SCA Members. Softengine: the most intelligent way to grow your business.
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Episode Table of Contents: Part 2
0:00 Introduction
1:40 Colleen Anunu introducing the panel speakers
6:15 Kim Elena Ionescu on the SCA’s response to the coffee price crisis
23:30 Juan Esteban Orduz of the Colombian Coffee Federation on the response he received when asking coffee chain actors for help addressing the coffee price crisis
32:15 Ben Zwerling Baltrushes on how Fair Trade USA is trying to address coffee price crisis
35:50 Audience questions
1:03:30 Outro
#83 | Assessing and Addressing Profitability Constraints from Smallholder Coffee Producers in Yepocapa, Guatemala | Expo Lectures 2019
#82 | Sensory and Chemical Explorations into Drip Brew Coffee Flavor Over Time | Expo Lectures 2019
#81 | The Science of Coffee Freshness | Samo Smrke, Expo Lectures 2019
#80 | The Future of Coffee: Building Long-Distance Relationships in Emerging Origins | Expo Lectures 2019
#79 | Genetic Improvements of Cup Quality: Latest Developments | Hanna Neuschwander, Expo Lectures 2019
#78 | East African Quality Innovation | Expo Lectures 2019
#77 | Attracting and Retaining Farmworkers: Innovations in Colombia | Expo Lectures 2019
#76 | A Career in Coffee: Why It Can and Should Happen | Expo Lectures 2019
#75 | Consumer Desire Along Roast Degree: What Do Specialty Coffee Drinkers Actually Want From Us? | Erika Vonie, Expo Lectures 2019
#74 | Drip Coffee Brewing and the Coffee Brewing Chart | Bill Ristenpart, Expo Lectures 2019
#73 | Re:co Podcast - Carlos Brando and Veronica Herlina on Scaling Local Action for Global Sustainability Results (S5, Ep. 3)
#72 | Re:co Podcast - Vera Espindola Rafael on Markets in Producing Countries (S4, Ep. 2)
#71 | Re:co Podcast - Phyllis Johnson and Keba Konte on Letting Go of Sameness (S4, Ep. 1)
#70 | Re:co Podcast - Greg Lowe on Financing Resilience (S3, Ep. 5)
#CoffeePriceCrisis | An Interview with Vera Espindola Rafael and Peter Kettler
#69 | Re:co Podcast - Ellen Jordan Reidy on Quality Foundations for Success (S3, Ep. 4)
#68 | Re:co Podcast - Ted Fischer on Coffee and Values (S3, Ep. 3)
#67 | The Coffee Price Crisis: An Update on the SCA's Initiative
#66 | Re:co Podcast - Michelle Johnson on An Exploration of a Sustainable Value Chain (S3, Ep. 2)
#65 | Re:co Podcast - Andrea Olivar on The Coffee Barometer (S3, Ep. 1)
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