Heads up if you’re in New York, the NY Coffee Festival is in town again with public sessions open from Sep. 17-18 at the 69th Regiment Armory. A number of quality focused cafes, roasters, and related companies have booths (Toby’s Estate, Counter Culture, Devocion, Chemex, La Marzocco, Curtis, Alpha Dominche, Joe Coffee, etc.) and there are a range of interesting program features.
A $20 ticket gets you a 3-hour session to take part in free coffee tastings from all the exhibitors, competitions and presentations from coffee industry folks, and more.
If you’ve never been to a trade show/coffee festival before, see the image above – it’s typically a wide array of vendors exhibiting everything from baked goods to coffee to cups and brewing equipment, both to the public and to potential business partners. It can be a bit overwhelming, but also an interesting peek into the industry. It sounds like NY Coffee Festival has tried to make this more than just a trade show by including a variety of consumer-facing events, live music, art, and more. A few highlights below:
CoffeeMasters NYC
“Judged by a panel of industry figureheads, the fast-paced knockout battle format of Coffee Masters will see 16 baristas showcase their skills head-to-head across a broad range of disciplines: Cupping, Brewing, Latte Art, The Order and The Signature Drink, with The Espresso Blend being included for those who successfully make it to the Coffee Masters semi-finals.” Read more here – and check out the videos from each competitor!
The Lab
Demonstrations of home coffee brewing techniques, and educational presentations, a few notable speakers include Andrew Miller of Cafe Imports (a green coffee importer), and Emily Rosenberg of Stumptown. More info here.
La Marzocco’s ‘True Artisan Cafe’
Four interactive work stations let you get hands on time with La Marzocco’s home espresso machines – the Linea Mini and the GS3. Apparently they’ll also be serving signature drinks. More info here.
Food and drinks will be available for sale from a “Street food market” with vendors like Bluestone Lane serving avocado toast. And there will be an espresso martini bar serving cocktails, along with the promise of craft beer, if you need something to help level out all that caffeine. Sounds like there will be more than enough to explore for 3 hours!
12 comments
David Green says:
Sep 17, 2016
What an amazing celebration of coffee culture. Next time, they should add some more interactive games with visitors, maybe a tasting competition or amateur barista competitions for people.
There should also be coffees from around the world section, where different crops and brews are showcased
Glenda says:
Sep 26, 2016
Awesome post, and such a great festival. There are so many ways coffee can be brewed and served.
Angie Diamond says:
Oct 18, 2016
The NY Coffee Festival sounds like a informative good time. I can’t wait to go and see it for myself!
Siphon coffee says:
Nov 8, 2016
A great coffee festival celebrated in NewYork.
Rita says:
Dec 21, 2016
A Coffee festival? OMG this is very dangerous for me… high risk to be there 24h per day!!! :) And to lose my boyfriend for good ahahha
Actually, I am searching for a new coffee machine and I found this new one called Orca Coffee (https://www.orca.coffee/) Anyone heard about them?
It seems nice…the coffee is from italy and the machine is for free but, despite how interesting it is, i would like to know someone’s opinion before getting one for my house.
Thanks in advance and happy Xmas :D
Dennies John says:
May 29, 2017
An amazing coffee festival. Wish I could participate and network with coffee fanatics.
Ignatius says:
Sep 15, 2018
Wow that’s great coffee festival celebrated in NewYork.
Defiant Coffee says:
Oct 12, 2018
Thanks for sharing this post. I love learning and reading about Coffee.
Eric says:
Jan 25, 2019
$20 for a three-hour testing session isn’t enough. I could only taste a few flavors before my tung starts screwing with taste. $20 for a day-long session would be good but there’s a chance that would make them go bankrupt lol
Liam Oreser says:
Jun 2, 2019
Tremendous coffee festival! I wish I could attend
Candace Flyne says:
Mar 11, 2020
An amazing coffee festival!!!!!. I could participate and network with coffee fanatics.!!
Naveen says:
Mar 11, 2020
I love this festival. I will join next year again! thanks for this one