Tuesday, July 01, 2003


nyc scaa membership event day 3: cocktail party

that i didn't really return in a state to blog last night should perhaps tell you volumes about the success of the party.

our thanks to stacie stringfellow and surf-babe wendy jensen (that girl charges waves!) of the scaa for such a successful evening.

let me also thank the consumer members who appeared to allow the pro members to meet us and see that we don't have 3 heads -- delia konzett and her charming husband mattias; richard freilich; steve bookman.

it's now i think a historical fact that my moment of infamy did involve spilling red wine on jose gavina, the charming guy whose rep had given me a pound of espresso the day before.

i know how to thank my friends, don't i?

another high point for me personally was meeting karen gordon of coffee holding, who is also involved in women in coffee. she talked to me about her new coffee charity, one focused on education for children at origin.

she is also one funny, dynamic, and totally with it person. i believe she is still incorporating her endeavor into a non-profit. once this happens, watch this space! long-time readers know that we at bccy are devoted to charity.

i am also indebted to joshua dick of urnex (remember readers, dirty machines make terrible, rancid-tasting coffee!), and patrick spillman, the coffee taster for the colombian coffee federation.

besides patrick's many other merits, he alone was able to answer the burning question: what is the name of the donkey? actually, i should pose the question to you all, readers, and i will offer a dallis/bodum coffee travel press to the first person to drop the correct answer into the comment field below.

i have to say i love patrick's card, bearing the tagline "no sugar, no cream," and being deliberately covered in coffee stains. he has a beautiful cupping lab, which he kindly consented to show me. i hope to go cup some coffee with him in the very near future.

finally, i must offer a nod to what frankly had to be the coolest group at the reception -- the people from torani. all of us girls with diamonds in our noses should hang with them.

those torani people are sweet, friendly, hip, and have beautiful body jewelry. we somehow managed to control our alcohol consumption enough that we didn't all start lifting our dresses to compare navel rings.

let's just say however that it was scary how much we're alike. and we were even all pretty in pink as well? it was waay deja vú. did i mention they have great vanilla syrup?

at 8pm alas this fun time was over, and marked the end to our scaa extravaganza. those of you who missed it, however, needn't despair.

i am already working on a series of somewhat less arduous events. once again, all coffee lovers and caffénauts invited! check this space for more details in the future.

for those interested in reading the entire history of this 3-day event -- which i believe may be the first scaa consumer member event outside of the boston convention -- please see:

those of you in california or the general west coast should consider checking out an even more awesome series of scaa consumer membership coffee activities this july.


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