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Article: Specialty coffee moves from strength to strength. (Specialty Coffee Association reports growing market)
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- Tea & Coffee Trade Journal
- Article date:
- October 1, 1991
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All great American adventures begin with pioneers walking a treacherous and exciting path. The success of their endeavoers impresses upon others an interest to follow. Some of the pilgrims are new initiates. Others are converts from kindred businesses. Still others are simply following Sutton's Law. * There is always a field of enterprise open to the American adventurer whether it be in the last century or the last decade.
In 1970, there were so few specialty coffee businesses in the United States that you could count them on your fingers and toes. By 1990, the Specialty Coffee Association of America (SCAA) alone boasted nearing 400 members. The Winter ...