I’m so excited to teach live in Seattle, hosted by Atlas Coffee Importers and located at their SCA-certified lab (201 N. 85^th Street). Please go to their registration page here to learn more and sign up! All are welcome: coffee professionals as well as anyone new to coffee, or who is interested to learn more about Coffee Sustainability. No prior coursework or experience required!

Module Two of my first course with Coffee Knowledge Hub; Open to all! Register and sign up here!

Module 2: Third Wave Coffee through the Lens of International Development

(Note: this course builds on Module 1, but you may register only for Module 2.)

Part 3: Specialty Coffee & The Development Era (from 1989 to the SDGs in 2015)
In the absence of the state: who does development now?

Part 4: The Future of ‘Coffee Development’: Beyond the Sustainable Development Goals (2015)
This session will critique coffee’s current challenges and solutions: what needs to happen and why?

The course is delivered over two days with 2 hour lecture and discussions each day, and time for questions and answers.

TD presents African Heritage Month

If you have ever wanted to be an ally to someone from a marginalized community you are not a part of and are unsure of how you can help, this is the conversation for you. Jesse Nervais, founder of Dreadlocks and Kindness, is joined by Erika Koss, founder of A World In Your Cup, for a conversation on allyship.

Rooted in the belief that it is the everyday kindness of ordinary people that lead to long term positive changes in our communities, this talk focuses on the tangible elements of inclusion and social justice that empower the countering of discrimination in the world around us.  

This event is part four in a four part series. More details on the Halifax Public Library here!

My First Course with Coffee Knowledge Hub, live online! Open to all. Register here on Coffee Knowledge Hub’s website.

Module 1: The History of Coffee’s Global Trade through the Lens of International Development

Part 1: “Colonial Development”: Colonialism through the 1962 United National Coffee Conference
We begin by exploring the origins of coffee’s long, complex, and unjust export supply chain that began through the transatlantic slave trade and European settler colonialism with case studies focused on British colonialism in Kenya and India.

Part 2: “Coffee Statecraft”: The 1963 International Coffee Agreement through its 1989 collapse
This lecture provides a deep dive into the global dynamics that led to the creation of the International Coffee Agreement, and will discuss its goals, its purpose, and its collapse in 1989 that set the stage for the challenges in coffee as we now experience them in our 21st century global industry.

The course is delivered over two days, 2 hour lecture and discussion each day, with time for questions and answers.

Journeys Behind Your Coffee Cup: Exploring the History & Humanity that Makes Our Coffee Possible (Two-part Series) at the Halifax Public Library, Central Branch, Nova Scotia, Canada!

Did you know that more than three dozen human hands are involved in producing, transporting, and preparing your morning brew?

In this two-part event series, coffee researcher Erika Koss will highlight the complexity of what makes our morning coffee rituals possible from seed to cup.

March 26: Erika focuses on a case study of coffee’s movements from Kenya to Canada, especially focusing on women who make coffee possible and reasons why decolonizing coffee is needed.

April 2: Erika leads a panel event with Nova Scotia coffee companies who seek to use their businesses as a way to dismantle inequalities while also promoting quality coffee. Panelists include Liz Bishop (Java Blend Coffee Roasters) and Janice Chipman (JustUs! Coffee Roasters); more to come!

Coffee will be served at both events.

This course is taught in English with Korean translation by Cera Jung, SCA Korea; live online!