Welcome to DCN’s weekly roundup of coffee events.
This week’s calendar includes 16 new listings from the Specialty Coffee Association, which is virtually hosting #ExpoWeekend beginning on Thursday, in lieu of the annual SCA Expo event that was originally scheduled to take place in Portland, Oregon.
Thursday, Friday and Saturday will each see live online lectures that were originally scheduled to take place at the event, and the Barista Guild is throwing an online after-party on Sunday, May 3.
Due to an overwhelming number of requests and our desire to keep the calendar inclusive but not promotional, recurring home brewing tutorials or other daily digital hangs sponsored by individual coffee companies have been removed from the calendar.
Hosting an online event that’s free or nearly free to attend? Let us know here.
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Coffee Break: A Virtual Cafe to Support Local Coffee Through the Coronavirus
- Host: Multiple meetups/locations
- Day/Time: Daily at various times depending on region
- Register/Information: Coffee Break Website
- Description: COFFEE BREAK’S mission is to bring people together from all walks of life to support their local cafes and coffee companies during this challenging time. Do you buy coffee? Do you have a favorite local cafe you go to multiple times a week? Then this is for you. Come meet up with your favorite baristas and friends, drink homemade coffee, talk with one another and if you can, donate a few dollars and/or buy coffee and merchandise online.
RNY Lab Community Meeting
- Host: Royal New York (RNY)
- Day/Time: Monday-Friday, 3-4 p.m. Eastern
- Register/Information: RNY Lab
- Description: The RNY Lab Community Meeting is a place for all of us to come together and share our ideas, challenges, successes, as well as share needed resources and information as they become available. At the RNY Lab, we don’t want to pretend we have all the answers, especially in terms of the current situation. We are all learning every day as a community, so we need you, all of you, to help support each other the best we can.
- Notes: This meeting is hosted daily at 3pm EST with a rotating topic but, anyone is welcome to bring other topics to the meeting as well! Also, topic suggestions can be entered here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Q66XPNW
Tuesday, April 28
GCP Field Day – Social Well-Being in Brazil
- Host: Global Coffee Platform
- Time: 10 a.m. EST
- Register/Information: Zoom
- Description: Join GCP, the Brazil Country Platform, partners InPACTO and Cecafé and learn from the Field how pre-competitive joint action between companies and organizations can make a significant difference to the social well-being of workers and the positive effects this could have on coffee production in Brazil.
DJ Disarray Live every Tuesday Night!
- Host: DJ Disarray
- Time: 7-9 p.m. Pacific
- Register/Information: DJ Disarray
- Description: So while this isn’t technically a coffee event, everyone loves good music, and the feller behind the turntables is none other than Ray of Unpacking Coffee and Needmore Designs fame. Tune in every week and chill out with good vibes, pleasing tunes, and good humor!
- Notes: It’s every Tuesday from 7-9PM PDT! Until all this crap is over!!
Thursday, April 30
Barista Yoga Every Thursday
- Host: United Baristas, #BaristaCare
- Time: 10:30 a.m. GMT
- Register/Information: Event website
- Description: #BaristaCare is connecting the coffee community for a weekly yoga session led by yoga instructor Erin, Yoga Den London
Seed to Cup is a Lie, and Other Lessons from the SCA’s Price Crisis Response Initiative – Part 1
- Host: Specialty Coffee Association #ExpoWeekend
- Time: 11 a.m. EDT
- Register: SCA
- Description: Presented by Kim Elena Ionescu – Chief Sustainability and Knowledge Development Officer, Specialty Coffee Association
Caravela Coffee Guided Farm Tour
- Host: Caravela Coffee
- Time: 12 p.m. EST
- Register/Information: Caravela Coffee Instagram @caravelacoffee
- Description: The Caravela Relationship Building team, which is usually traveling to farms with roasters to develop close relationships between roasters and producers, continues to work from home. Now, more than ever, those relationships need to be kept alive and strong. Therefore, they are organizing a weekly live farm tour via the @caravelacoffee Instagram account on Thursdays at 12:00 PM EST/6 PM CET. In these times that traveling is not possible, these live streams bring coffee farms closer for everyone interested, including end consumers. You will be able to see what a coffee farm looks like, learn about what they are doing and ask questions to a coffee producer.
Value-Mapping the Delivered Price of Green Coffee: An Exercise in Price
- Host: Specialty Coffee Association #ExpoWeekend
- Time: 1 p.m. EDT
- Register: SCA link
- Presenters:
- Jon Ferguson – Coffee Specialist, Arbor Day Foundation
- Ed Canty – General Manager, Cooperative Coffees
- John Cossette – Vice President, Green Coffee Purchasing, Royal Coffee
Webinar: What’s Happening in Indonesia?
- Host: Royal Coffee
- Time: 11 a.m. Pacific
- Register/Information: Zoom registration
- Description:Join us for an update on the current state of affairs in Indonesia with The Crown’s Creative Director, Evan Gilman, Vice Consul of Economic Affairs of the Consulate General of the Republic of Indonesia in San Francisco, CA, Rizka Pravitianasari, and The Crown’s Director of Roasting, Candice Madison. We will share an update on what is happening in Indonesia in the wake of COVID-19, how this affects coffee supply, and share tips for roasting the unique coffee from this origin.
Competing Online in a Quickly Changing World
- Host: Specialty Coffee Association #ExpoWeekend
- Time: 3 p.m. EDT
- Register: SCA link
- Presenters:
- Dan Fertig – Global Director of Agency Partnerships, BigCommerce.com
- Ryan Garrow – Director: Partnerships & Client Solutions, Logical Position
- Ashley Hildreth – Head of Partnerships, Americas, Trustpilot
- Erin Hoffman – Director of E-Commerce, Door County Coffee & Tea Co.
The Proposed Version of the Coffee Brewing Control Chart
- Host: Specialty Coffee Association #ExpoWeekend
- Time: 5 p.m. EDT
- Register: SCA link
- Presenters: William Ristenpart – Professor, the University of California, Davis.
Digital AA Meeting for Coffee People
- Time: 4 p.m. CST every Thursday
- Register/Information: Zoom Channel 475-069-379
- Description: Weekly digital AA meeting for coffee people. All are welcome.
A Sustainable Coffee Buyer’s Guide
- Host: Specialty Coffee Association #ExpoWeekend
- Time: 7 p.m. EDT
- Register: SCA link
- Presenters:
- Vera Espíndola Rafael – Development Economist, CHIHUA Consulting
- Tyler Youngblood – CEO, Azahar Coffee Company
- Ryan Knapp – Director of Coffee, Madcap Coffee
- Geoff Watts – VP of Coffee, Intelligentsia
Friday, May 1
Seed to Cup is a Lie, and Other Lessons from the SCA’s Price Crisis Response Initiative – Part 2
- Host: Specialty Coffee Association #ExpoWeekend
- Time: 11 a.m. EDT
- Register: SCA link
- Presenters: Kim Elena Ionescu – Chief Sustainability and Knowledge Development Officer, SCA
The Real Deal: The Search for Authenticity in Food and Coffee
- Host: Specialty Coffee Association #ExpoWeekend
- Time: 1 p.m. EDT
- Register: SCA link
- Presenters: Noa Berger – PhD Candidate, EHESS
Investigating Consumer Preferences for Black Coffee
- Host: Specialty Coffee Association #ExpoWeekend
- Time: 3 p.m. EDT
- Register: SCA link
- Presenters: Andrew Cotter – Graduate Student Researcher, University of California, Davis
Ensuring Economic Viability and Sustainability of Coffee Production
- Host: Specialty Coffee Association #ExpoWeekend
- Time: 5 p.m. EDT
- Register: SCA link
- Presenters: Carolina Ocampo-Maya – Project Lead, Food Sector and the Sustainable Development Goals, Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment (CCSI)
Trouble Brewing: Climate Change, Labor Migration, and Implications for the Sustainability of the Industry
- Host: Specialty Coffee Association #ExpoWeekend
- Time: 7 p.m. EDT
- Register: SCA link
- Presenters:
- Lisa Artuso – Graduate Student Researcher, University of California, Davis
- Evie Smith – PhD Student, University of California, Davis
Saturday, May 2
The Challenge Ahead: The Role of R&D in Preserving Origin Diversity
- Host: Specialty Coffee Association #ExpoWeekend
- Time: 11 a.m. EDT
- Register: SCA link
- Presenters:
- Jennifer “Vern” Long – Chief Executive Officer, World Coffee Research
- Hanna Neuschwander – Director of Communications World Coffee Research
Systematically Improving Espresso: Math and Experiment
- Host: Specialty Coffee Association #ExpoWeekend
- Time: 1 p.m. EDT
- Register: SCA link
- Presenters: Christopher Hendon – Professor, University of Oregon
Building Domestic Consumption: Learning from Successful Global Models
- Host: Specialty Coffee Association #ExpoWeekend
- Time: 3 p.m. EDT
- Register: SCA link
- Presenters:
- Kelly Stein – Journalist, COFFEA and COFFEA Trips
- Adam McLean – Director, Social Enterprise – Sustainable Growers
- Vera Espíndola Rafael – Development Economist, CHIHUA Consulting
Café de Costa Rica: Innovating in Technology to Improve the Livelihood of Our Coffee Sector
- Host: Specialty Coffee Association #ExpoWeekend
- Time: 5 p.m. EDT
- Register: SCA link
- Presenters: María Paz Lobo Zeledon – Environmental Engineer, Coffee Institute of Costa Rica
The Impact of Post Brew Holding Time on the Sensory Quality of Drip Brew Coffee
- Host: Specialty Coffee Association #ExpoWeekend
- Time: 7 p.m. EDT
- Register: SCA link
- Presenters: Mackenzie Batali – Graduate Student Researcher, University of California, Davis
Sunday, May 3
Next Year’s Too Far Away “Expo” Digi After Party
- Host: Specialty Coffee Association Barista Guild #ExpoWeekend
- Time: 1 p.m. – 8 p.m. EDT
- Register: SCA link
- Description: Music and gathering from 1:00pm – 8:00pm EDT. A central party room featuring international DJs, organized and hosted by the Barista Guild. Digital yoga classes, games, and other fun rooms organized by Barista Guild & community members.
Monday, May 4
Boot Coffee Weekly Webinar
- Host: Boot Coffee
- Time: 8 a.m. PDT every Monday
- Register/Information: coffeecampus.com/blog
- Description: Weekly discussion with coffee experts working in various disciplines from farming to exporting/importing, roasting, and retailers. Open and transparent communication is essential right now. Join Boot Coffee for constructive and creative discussions exploring ways the coffee community continues to evolve and adapt and strategize.
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