Kiwi and European Coffee Festivals

Posted by Maddalena Delli Jun 4, 2008

Coffee lovers and professionals on opposite sides of the world cannot miss the New Zealand Coffeefest in Auckland and SCAE's Worlds of Coffee trade show in Denmark.

My latest article is on overview of the huge variety of classic and fancy coffee recipes served in Vienna, so it's a bit of an odd coincidence that my weekly blog (returning after a few weeks' silence due to technical issues with my internet connection -- but I digress!) is also going to feature coffee.

This weekend (June 6th to 8th), the annual New Zealand Coffee Festival (aka Coffeefest) returns to Auckland at the ex-Alinghi base, 135 Halsey Street, Viaduct Harbour.

As usual, there will be Coffee awards, a Latte Art competition, a trade show and plenty of opportunities for coffee lovers to indulge in gourmet coffee tasting.

However, if New Zealand sounds a bit far, you can still make plans to visit the This Wonderful Coffee 2008 event in Copenhagen, Denmark between June 19th and 22nd.

This is the annual Worlds of Coffee meet-up, incorporating the SCAE World Speciality Conference, Exhibition, workshops, competitions and Barista Party. In case you are wondering, SCAE is short for the Speciality Coffee Association of Europe.

Its American counterpart, SCAA, (the Specialty Coffee Association of America) held its 20th Annual Conference and Exhibition at the Minneapolis Convention Center (Minnesota) at the beginning of May.

Now, that reminds me that I'm running late for my mid afternoon espresso (the Italian equivalent of English tea?!).

Anyone care to join me for a cuppa?