The Micro-Library

The ideas & trends shaping the future of specialty coffee business.

Start Here:

✅ Survey: Shape the Future of SCA's Business Programs

Get Inspired:

The Decentralized Café: Rethinking Presence ⚡ Quick Read
📖 How eye-tracking technology reveals consumer preferences (8+ min)
Small as a Strategy: How Constraint Sparks Creativity ⚡ Quick Read
📖 How linguistic decisions influence willingness to pay (6+ min)
The Algorithmic Café: Can Prediction Replace Instinct? ⚡ Quick Read
📺 Spark Innovation by leaning into "not-knowing" (28 min)
Coffee as a Platform: The Café as a Launchpad ⚡ Quick Read
📺 How venture capital can fuel the growth of your business (28 min)

Articles and Videos from SCA’s 25, Coffee Retail Hub, and Re:co. Micro-Library thought starters courtesy of Miranda Caldwell (The Coffee MBA).