Shining the Spotlight on Roast Color
This year’s Re:co Spotlight puts Roast Color center stage. The small group of experts and attendees will shape the future of coffee through meaningful, hands-on engagement.
WHAT IS RE:CO SPOTLIGHT?
From the start, Re:co was always about sharing insights shaping the future of specialty coffee. In 2025, we launched Re:co Spotlight, a reimagined experience that puts those insights to work. During this collaborative event, one pertinent topic takes center stage as a diverse mix of subject matter experts and industry leaders come together in pursuit of leveraging those insights to shape future initiatives at the Specialty Coffee Association.
This year, we’re turning the spotlight to roast color.
REPORT: REVIEW & OUTCOMES OF SPOTLIGHT 2025
The first iteration of Re:co Spotlight in 2025 focused on green coffee identity. As a result of this activity, the SCA is now happy to share a new SCA Report titled “What’s In Your Coffee?”
ABOUT THIS REPORT
Since 2020, the Specialty Coffee Association (SCA) has been working to define the term “green coffee” for the purpose of trade. Like many products with cultural and economic significance, definitions and approaches to the definition of “green coffee” vary greatly. The ongoing processing revolution and the phenomenon of “infused” and “co-fermented” coffees have greatly increased the number of named processes available in the market, making it more important than ever to try to align on basic green coffee identity terminology.
