Day: May 15, 2025

MONIN Coffee Cup 2025 Australian finalists announced

The MONIN Coffee Cup 2025 Australian Finals will be held in Melbourne on 21 May. Image: MONINThe Australian coffee scene is set to descend on Toby’s Estate’s Melbourne flagship in Fitzroy on 21 May as six selected finalists take part in the MONIN Coffee Cup 2025 Australian Finals. Anthony Leung (Toby’s Estate, QLD), Juliette Robin (The Coffee Commune, QLD), Louis Xu (Code Black Coffee, VIC), Natasha Nell (Stories, WA), Rinzin Norbu
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SCA announces further education program changes

The SCA has announced more changes to its education programs. Image: SCAWeeks after confirming changes to its Q Grader Program, the Specialty Coffee Association (SCA) has revamped the pricing structure of its range of educational programs. Nations have been organised into five groups based on data from the International Monetary Fund and the Purchasing Power per Capita Index to ensure education costs reflect local economic realities
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Three new programs aligned with Coffee SR Code

Image: sirisakboakaew/stock.adobe.comThree new sustainability schemes have been recognised as equivalent to the Coffee Sustainability Reference Code (Coffee SR Code) by the Global Coffee Platform. The three schemes – CONNECT by Hamburg Coffee Company HACOFCO mbh, LEGACY Protocol by Minasul, and Sucden Coffee Verified by Sucden – are now recognised as equivalent to the Coffee SR Code,
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Brazilian port issues plaguing coffee exports

The Port of Santos, Latin America’s busiest container port. Image: Erich Sacco/stock.adobe.comSections of the Brazilian coffee supply chain have taken aim at the country’s port and logistics infrastructure, labelling it “a critical obstacle” for key agribusiness sectors. Logistical bottlenecks caused a failure to ship 637,767 bags of coffee – the equivalent of approximately 1932 containers – in March 2025 according to the Brazilian Coffee Exporters Council
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SCA announces education pricing changes

The SCA is making wholesale changes to the pricing of its education programs. Image: Specialty Coffee AssociationThe Specialty Coffee Association (SCA) has announced dramatic changes to the pricing of its education programs in order to make learning more “accessible, affordable, and equitable” for coffee professionals across the world. Education costs will now vary by country to reflect local economic realities. Nations have been organised into five groups based on data from
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Cash not the king? Support for cashless cafés

Image: Shisu_ka/stock.adobe.comChris Tate of Pablo & Rusty’s discusses why going cashless could be a better bet for the café and coffee sector. A new proposal from the Australian Government is set to require businesses selling “essential goods and services” to accept cash. What’s unclear is whether this would include cafés like ours and many of our
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