The three largest coffee organizations in the world, the American Fine Coffee Association (SCAA)

SCAA, the American boutique coffee association, is the largest coffee trade association in the world and a trade organization focusing on high-quality coffee. The full name-Specialty Coffee Association of America, translated into Chinese as "American Special Coffee Association", is also called "American Fine Coffee Association" by a small number of people.

Founded in 1982, SCAA has more than 3, 000 member companies in more than 40 countries around the world, covering all areas of the coffee industry, including coffee growers, coffee roasters, coffee equipment manufacturers, and all kinds of coffee traders.

Industry function

SCAA is committed to providing a common platform for pursuing the excellent quality of coffee "from seed to cup" and the sustainable development of high-quality coffee, establishing coffee quality standards and standardizing the certification standards for the skills of coffee professionals. Its main functions include: setting and maintaining coffee quality standards in the coffee industry; conducting research on coffee, coffee equipment and improving coffee craftsmanship; at the same time, the association also provides coffee education, training, resources and commercial services for its members; the barista evaluation standard established by SCAA and the barista certificate issued is one of the most authoritative barista certifications in the world.

The Association holds various coffee fairs, coffee seminars and barista championships every year. The annual meeting of the Association, held in different cities every spring, is the largest gathering of coffee professionals in the world.

As the world's largest and authoritative coffee trade association, SCAA awards awards every year to companies and individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the coffee industry, including Lifetime Achievement Award, Special contribution Award, Outstanding author / publisher Award, Special Certification Award (individual), and Sustainable Development contribution Award. Golden Cup Award (Cafe, retailer) / Golden Cup Award, Morse Drakman sales Service Award / Mose Drachman Sales and Service Award, Baker Association Coffee of the year Award / Roasters Guild Coffee of the Year, Best roasted Coffee Award decided by the Baker Association Best roasted Coffee Competition / Roasters Guild Roasters Choice Tasting Competition.

The last two prizes were decided in the form of a competition.

Authoritative authentication

SCAA has two chapters: the baristas Association (Barista Guild of America) and the Baker Association (Roasters Guild), both of which are made up of professional coffee practitioners. Members improve the quality of coffee in the industry through information exchange, skills training and cooperation. At the same time, the Coffee quality Association (CQI) is the charitable trust of SCAA and the largest provider of coffee training and technical assistance in the coffee industry.

The authentication of SCAA is highly authoritative. There are only three coffee quality evaluation judges (Certified SCAA Cupping Judges) certified by SCAA authority, all from the United States; at present, there are 521 coffee quality rating baristas (Licensed Q Graders) licensed by SCAA from 18 countries in the world, of which Colombia has the most, 161and Japan has the largest number of countries in Asia, with 60, while China has not yet.

At the same time, SCAA also provides various certifications for coffee practitioners and coffee enterprises around the world, including:

American baristas Association Certification course (Barista Guild of America Certification)

It is a training course for professional baristas, ranging from low to high scores of Level 1 and Level 3. Each level has courses and exams, which you can take after completing the course, and if you think you are good enough, you can sign up for the exam without taking the course, and you can get a certificate after passing the exam.

Coffee machine certification (Coffee Brewer Certification)

Coffee machine manufacturers can contact SCAA to apply for certification of their coffee machines, and all coffee machines applying for certification will be sent to SCAA's office center in long Beach, California for testing. The coffee machine that has passed the test can be marked with the certified product logo.

Laboratory Certification of Coffee Evaluation judges (Cupping Judges Lab Certification)

The laboratory that has passed the accreditation can be used to teach the SCAA Coffee tasting Evaluation Committee certification course.