Coffee Analysts and the Roasters Guild

The Roasters Guild, founded in 2000, is an official trade guild of the Specialty Coffee Association of America. The organization consists of specialty roasters who are dedicated to the craft of roasting quality coffee and it promotes quality as the principle standard for success. To be a member of the Roasters Guild, roasting must be an integral part of one’s profession. The Guild holds year-round events and taps into its international community to further roasters’ knowledge of and skills in the history, fundamentals, art and science of coffee roasting.

Coffee Analysts Director of Coffee Operations Spencer Turer was at the Roasters Roundtable at the 1999 SCAA conference in Philadelphia when the idea for the Roasters Guild was first discussed. He was member of the organization committee to create the Roasters Guild in 2000, and is recognized as one of the founding members, serving on the first Executive Council from 2001-2004.  While a member of the Roasters Guild Executive Council, Spencer was appointed Chairman of the Certification Committee and created Roasters Guild Certification Program.

Spencer remains an enthusiastic supporter of the Roasters Guild and is a volunteer instructor for coffee cupping classes at SCAA events. Coffee Analysts recentlparticipated as a research location for the Roasters Guild Shelf Life Experiments.