The Coffee Roasters Guild (CRG) is the global trade guild of the Specialty Coffee Association (SCA) dedicated to inspire a diverse coffee roasting community through the development and promotion of the roasting profession.
Register now for the fourth session in our We Are #StillRoasting series focused on the current experiences of coffee professionals around the world. This session is co-hosted with the SCA USA Chapter.
Únete a nosotros para la tercera sesión de nuestra serie #StillRoasting centrada en las experiencias actuales de los profesionales de tostado de café en todo el mundo. Esta sesión se llevará a cabo en español.
The Coffee Roasters Guild leadership, in light of current events in the US and around the world, are adding our voice in support of those protesting systemic oppression, police brutality, and injustices against the black community. We refuse to stand by silently when we see the opportunity for change within our own roasting community and larger specialty coffee community.
Join the Coffee Roasters Guild on Wednesday, June 3, for the second in our We Are #StillRoasting series focused on the current experiences of coffee professionals around the world.
An update from CRG Chair Jen Apodaca on the status of the 2020 CRG Retreat, our annual event in the US, and CRG Camp, our annual gathering in Europe. After deliberate discussions with staff, volunteers, sponsors, and lots of folks like you who make CRG Retreat possible every year, we have decided not to host CRG Retreat this year.
Join the Coffee Roasters Guild on Friday, May 15, for the first in our We Are #StillRoasting series focused on the current experiences of roasters around the world.
Join the Coffee Roasters Guild (CRG) on Friday, May 8, for a conversation with North Central College on their direct trade relationship with coffee farmers in Guatemala.
Roaster friends: One thing that seems to be true through major national and international events, economic downturns, and even now with the Covid-19 outbreak is that people do not stop drinking coffee! Now that shops are either closing or going to take-away only; restaurants are closing and not serving coffee, where are consumers getting their brew?
Calling on all members of the coffee community: CRG Advisory Council member Shihru Wang will host a public Zoom session to discuss the coffee competitions in Taiwan and suggestions on using the SCA’s modified cupping protocol. The session will be held in Chinese.
Join us for a webinar with food safety expert and coffee consultant Mike Ebert and the chairs of all three guilds. The aim of this webinar is to provide an overview of the current (and ever-evolving) situation, including what we know and what we don’t know, and the direct effects on various roles within the supply chain.
We want to say thank you to every single person involved in this 2020 Sensory Summit series of events. We could not have done this without the hard work of so many people and we hope that the attendees loved the sessions just as much as we did. Visit our Facebook page to find albums with lots of photos from each event.
A lot of specialty coffee is built upon wanting to “help the farmer.” For some, the solution is paying more money for coffee, but as we know, this hasn’t solved the problem of systemic lack of farmer sustainability. Travel to partners at origin is a good way to better understand this problem: Visiting an organized estate or cooperative gives you one perspective on the challenges that farmers face but spending time with a remote smallholder farmer gives you an entirely different one.
Voting in the 2019-2021 CRG Advisory Council elections has now closed. CRG members cast their ballots to select four of the six candidates who will join the group of elected volunteers who give their time to the CRG and who work with SCA staff to help deliver events and services to members of the coffee roasting community.
The Coffee Roasters Guild (CRG) and BRITA® are proud to present the recipients of the 2020 BRITA Scholarships for Sensory Summit EU taking place in Switzerland this year.
Voting is now open in the 2019-2021 CRG Advisory Council elections. The CRG Nominating Committee put forward a slate of six candidates running for one of the four available spots on the CRG Advisory Council.
Last month, I had the pleasure of participating on a panel about the coffee price crisis as a representative of the Coffee Roasters Guild. The panel was moderated by the CEO of the Specialty Coffee Association, Yannis Apostolopoulos, and included Barista Guild Chair Stuart Ritson and Coffee Technicians Guild Chair Hylan Joseph.
A group of Guatemalan coffee producers, in collaboration with Anacafé, have launched a pilot project to give Coffee Roasters Guild members in the US and Canada access to direct trade, microlot coffees.
The Coffee Roasters Guild and Brita have announced a scholarship program for Sensory Summit EU taking place at the Coffee Excellence Center at Zurich University of Applied Sciences February 10-11, 2020.
The nominations process in the 2019-2021 CRG Elections has now ended and the CRG Nominating Committee has put forward the following slate of six candidates running for one of the four available spots on the CRG Advisory Council.
Register now to join us on Friday, November 22, for an SCA Sustainability webinar on the coffee price crisis and the role of baristas, roasters, and technicians from the point of view of the SCA's three guilds— the Barista Guild, the Coffee Roasters Guild, and the Coffee Technicians Guild.
