Day: April 26, 2025

Image: hedgehog94/stock.adobe.comThe World Coffee Championships has crowned France’s Mikaël Portannier as the 2025 World Coffee Roasting Champion at the Specialty Coffee Expo in Houston, Texas. Texture Coffee representative Mikaël defeated 22 other competitors in the four-day championship, including Australian representative Amber (Ning Chi) Cheng of Code Black Coffee who finished fifth in a tightly contested field.
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Image: lrsmedia/stock.adobe.comThe Specialty Coffee Association (SCA) has announced new changes to the Q Grader Program in tandem with the Coffee Quality Institute (CQI) to better provide better support and more accessible education opportunities across the coffee industry. As of October 1, 2025, SCA will be operating an evolved Q Grader Program based on its Coffee Value
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