Boston Specialty Coffee

Erna Knutsen first coined it in 1974, the term was originally used to differentiate a particular set of coffees from the larger “gourmet coffee” term. Specialty Coffee often possesses the following characteristics:

Rated over 80 points on the 100-point coffee grading scale

The Specialty Coffee Associations of America (specific to specialty coffee) have been set aside to monitor its quality and standards strictly.