You know that we're getting to a mature place in our coffee industry when mergers are happening! And the merger between Seam Coffee and Beethoven Coffee is certainly one that makes sense. Tha...

Behind your daily cup of coffee is a huge industry of networks that work together for the betterment of how coffee is produced and the well-being of the humans who produce it. One such event that ...

One of our favourite Coffee Magazine contributors and Creative Coffee Week speakers, Erika Koss, will be in Johannesburg in March, in partnership with Lani Snyman, to give South African Coffee Profess...

Sucafina, a leading sustainable Farm to Roaster coffee company, is launching IMPACT – the responsible sourcing program that benefits farmers, traders, and roasters to create a fairer, more resil...

Meet the new SCASA Board Members!  The Speciality Coffee Association of South Africa (SCASA) is the governing body of the coffee community in South Africa and is affiliated to the global b...

This is an amazing tool to unpack all the skills that are actually expected of a barista on a daily basis. Not just pouring the perfect latte art! This is a really interesting tool to reframe how we s...

If you are a paid up SCASA Member you now have the opportunity to vote for the Board of Directors that will lead the Association for the next two years. As we always say, an Association is only as str...

B.farm and IMA confirm their partnership to increase the value of the coffee supply chain. B.house, the b.farm microroastery, thanks also to the technology of IMA Coffee Petroncini Specialty Roasters,...

Jeff Stopforth is our National SCASA Latte Art Championship and due to COVID, since he won in 2020 he hasn't been able to go to represent us on the World Stage. Also, because there have been n...

IMA Coffee at Ipack-Ima 2022 with the SR2 SMART, the latest-generation machine for coffee and soluble products capsules packaging. From May 3rd to 6th, the IMA Group will join Ipack-ima 2022, t...

For anyone looking to kick-off their coffee shop, bar service, mobile trailer, wedding solution, restaurant or even just a good old market stall - serving great coffee...look no further than Blacksmit...

The Speciality Coffee Association of Southern Africa has called for its members to nominate a new Board of Directors. It is understood that all current Board Members will be stepping down from the...

World of Coffee Moves to Milan, 100% of Attendee Revenue to Benefit Ukrainian Coffee Community Displaced by War The Specialty Coffee Association has announced that the 2022 World of Coffee ...

High Density, Produced by The Barista League, Returns for Its Second Year Premiering on 10 March High Density is a free conference for all coffee people, produced by The Barista League. Aimed a...

We are truly living in a fascinating period in history. Technology is progressing faster than we can imagine new ways to use it. Case in point is a food ingredient search engine platform that can...

The minimum wage is set to increase on 1 March 2022 from R21.79 to R23.19. You can read more about that here. Many baristas are paid minimum wage, though we want to move as an industry to...

If you would like to become a Member of SCASA, please find all the information here. We as official Media Partner to SCASA will keep you up to date with news, the New Board voting process and ...

The lovely folks from Toro in Potchefstroom are hosting an impressive program of coffee education modules from SCA Trainers at the end of February and there are lots of fun opportunities for the publi...

Did you know that there are different varietals and grades of green coffee? Ok, hold up, hold up, hold up. Let's take a step back. If you're a consumer and you buy a bag of beans, generally...

A now historic collaboration between two companies: Caffè Borbone, a pioneering Neapolitan espresso brand, and IMA, leader in the design and production of packaging machinery, started in 20...