by andrew | Apr 20, 2012 | events, news, origin
Live from the annual SCAA Exposition in Portland, I am pleased to announce the introduction of a new series of origin tours for coffee professionals by Italian coffee firm Absis Consulting and endorsed by the International Institute of Coffee Tasters — its first...
by andrew | Aug 20, 2011 | events, origin, roasting
Origin tours are important in the specialty coffee industry so that buyers can travel to growers’ estates and develop productive personal relationships, understand the foreign and complex inner workings of farms and local culture, as well as exchange information...
by andrew | Aug 5, 2010 | events, origin
Kaapi Royale Coffee announces the January 2011 return of its annual origin tour to India’s exotic coffee growing regions for coffee professionals, this year adding Coorg to an expanded 5-day itinerary. The event begins on Tuesday, January 11th in Bangalore with a...
by andrew | Nov 2, 2009 | associations, events, featured, hawaii, marketing, origin |
From October 26 – October 30, 2009 I was honored to be the Hawaii coffee tour guide for a group of coffee professionals representing the Speciality Coffee Association of Europe, who visited Hawaii as their annual origin tour destination. For one week, the group...
by andrew | Sep 14, 2009 | hawaii, marketing, origin
The Pacific Business News and Honolulu Star Bulletin picked up the this announcement for the upcoming SCAE tour organized for Hawaii. PBN even went so far as to make it one of their top business stories for Friday. The Speciality Coffee Association of Europe’s...