Friday, May 07, 2004


vive la conference

just when you thought the specialty coffee conference was over, it's time to start again! that's right, we're in the thick of planning scaa seattle 2005!

coffee lovers, mark your calendars now! the last week of april 2005 in seattle.

here's the program the consumer marketing committee is looking at:

  • 1 2 hr. hands-on cupping lab, run by lindsay bolger of green mountain and a cupper to be named later;

  • 1 2 hr hands-on espresso lab focusing on latte art, run by dr. joseph john of josuma, and mike white of gimme;

  • 1 2 hr. hands-on drip coffee brewing lab, run by david haddock of counterculture;

  • 1 2 hr. hands-on home coffee roasting lab, with a focus on blending and roasting for espresso at home, run by ken davids;

  • 1 tour of the show floor, to be conducted by a roaster to be named later, maybe chuck jones;

  • 1 meet-the-authors session, to include scaa chief ted lingle, mark prendergast, and tentatively, ian bersten;

  • 1 ethiopian coffee ceremony;

  • 1 formal zen coffee meditation, repeated on 2 days, 1 on sat. and 1 on sun. (this is actually for all tracks, just as it was this year);

  • 1 seminar on water quality for coffee, hopefully to be hosted by david beeman of cirqua;

  • 1 seminar on le nez du cafe with ted lingle;

  • 1 seminar on coffee philanthropy, with grounds for health, coffeekids, and cup for education;

  • 1 official scaa c-member reception.

this is a fairly ambitious load. i'm sure not all of these will make the cut! but hey, we can try. . .and now i hope you see why planning all of this takes an entire year!

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