Welcome to DCN’s weekly roundup of coffee events! Hosting an online event that’s free or nearly free to attend? Let us know here.
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.
Daily
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.
Talk Story with Pacific Coffee Research
- Host: Pacific Coffee Research
- Day/Time: Every Monday and Friday in May and June at 10 a.m. HST/ 1 p.m. PDT / 4 p.m. EDT
- Register/Information: PCR Coffee Instagram
- Description: Throughout the months of May and June, Pacific Coffee Research is hosting a Talk Story series via Instagram Live. We’re inviting friends and colleagues from around the Hawaiian islands and nation to sit down with us (virtually) to simply have a conversation. We’re going to talk about coffee, life, projects, and anything the conversation brings up. This is our opportunity to reconnect with folks online who we’d normally see in person on a pretty regular basis! Guests will include coffee producers, roasters, traders, scientists, engineers, families, and all around wonderful people.
Tuesday, May 12
The No Filter Virtual Coffee Festival
- Host: No Filter Virtual Coffee Festival
- Time: Beginning 10 a.m. Eastern
- Register/Information: Event Website
- Description: you’re self-isolating, wearing stretchy pants, and tinkering with new hobbies. What if one of them was coffee? Level up your home brewing skills and become a coffee connoisseur with sessions led by some of the best coffee pros in the southeast.
More Info: Daily Coffee News feature
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!!
Wednesday, May 13
The No Filter Virtual Coffee Festival
- Host: No Filter Virtual Coffee Festival
- Time: Beginning 10 a.m. Eastern
- Register/Information: Event Website
- Description: you’re self-isolating, wearing stretchy pants, and tinkering with new hobbies. What if one of them was coffee? Level up your home brewing skills and become a coffee connoisseur with sessions led by some of the best coffee pros in the southeast.
More Info: Daily Coffee News feature
Home-ground: Live with Australia’s Specialty Coffee Experts
- Host: Riverina Fresh
- Time: 12-1 p.m. UTC+10
- Register/Information: Facebook event, Zoom link
Description: The café global café industry is facing a challenge, but we can come out stronger than ever if we learn from each other. That’s why Australian-dairy brand, and milk of choice for top baristas, Riverina Fresh, is bringing together some of Australia’s best barista’s and roasters for a virtual insight into Australia’s café industry. The virtual event will give participants a look inside Australia’s competitive café industry, as well as a glimpse at how they have coped during coronavirus, and how they are planning to reopen. You may even learn a thing or two about making a proper latte, Aussie-style. - Talent:
- Jenny Willits, Seven Miles Coffee Roasters
- Jody Leslie, Toby’s Estate
- Paul Jackson, Danes Specialty Coffee
- Salvatore Malatesta, St Ali
- Sasa Sestic, Ona Coffee
- Hosted by:
- Rob Collier, Riverina Fresh
- Ross Quail, Hemro Group
NCA Webinar: COVID-19 and the Outlook for U.S. Coffee
- Host: National Coffee Association
- Time: 1-1:30 p.m. Eastern
- Register/Information: Event page
- Description: Euromonitor International analyzes the impact of COVID-19 on the U.S. coffee industry and the mid- and long-term effects of the pandemic, including:
- Channel shifts from food service and institutional like offices to retail
- Change in consumer buying decisions due to economic uncertainty
- Categories that stand to benefit from increased at-home consumption
Thursday, May 14
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
The No Filter Virtual Coffee Festival
- Host: No Filter Virtual Coffee Festival
- Time: Beginning 10 a.m. Eastern
- Register/Information: Event Website
- Description: you’re self-isolating, wearing stretchy pants, and tinkering with new hobbies. What if one of them was coffee? Level up your home brewing skills and become a coffee connoisseur with sessions led by some of the best coffee pros in the southeast.
More Info: Daily Coffee News feature
Caravela Coffee Guided Farm Tour
- Host: Caravela Coffee
- Time: 1 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 1 p.m. EST.
What’s Happening in Ethiopia?
- 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 Ethiopia featuring our CEO Max Nicholas-Fulmer, East Africa Buyer and Junior Trader, Caitlin McCarthy-Garcia, and Royal Coffee Representative, Haile Andualem, who is based in Addis Ababa.
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.
Friday, May 15
The No Filter Virtual Coffee Festival
- Host: No Filter Virtual Coffee Festival
- Time: Beginning 10 a.m. Eastern
- Register/Information: Event Website
- Description: you’re self-isolating, wearing stretchy pants, and tinkering with new hobbies. What if one of them was coffee? Level up your home brewing skills and become a coffee connoisseur with sessions led by some of the best coffee pros in the southeast.
More Info: Daily Coffee News feature
We Are #StillRoasting: A Conversation with Coffee Professionals in Taiwan
- Host: Coffee Roasters Guild
- Time: 1 p.m. Taipei Standard Time
- Register/Information: website
- Description: CRG Advisory Council member Lulu Wang, and SCA Guilds Director Richard Stiller, will moderate a conversation with a group of Taiwan’s leading coffee professionals.
Monday, May 18
Boot Coffee Weekly Webinar
- Host: Boot Coffee
- Time: 9 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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