SCA Certified Home Brewers: A Commitment to Quality | The Specialty Coffee Chronicle

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Emma Sage, SCA Coffee Science Manager, has been at the helm of this program since 2011 and tests brewer models and prototypes every quarter. “Engineering a coffee brewer that meets the delicate balance of proper brewing elements is a challenging one. It takes a real time and resource commitment from producing companies to get these brewers right.” This program is part of SCA’s Research Center, an institution that exists to drive, support, and disseminate scientific research throughout the specialty coffee community.You might have noticed that the list of SCA certified home brewers has grown in the past few years to include not only long-participating companies like BUNN and Bonavita but also new certified brewers from KitchenAid, OXO, Behmor, Wilfa, Cuisinart. Many high-end distributors such as William Sonoma and Sur La Table have taken notice and created customized mercha...

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