It’s been just over 1 month since we left Moscow’s famed Red Square, site of the 2011 Spasskaya Tower and International Coffee Festival. I still find myself in a state of disbelief or maybe denial: did it all really happen?
As quoted today by Sprudge, the numbers were stunning:
Espresso Shots
Liters of Milk
Drinks Served
Hours Sleep (per Night)
My personal and heartfelt thanks go out to everyone who made the event possible and such an outstanding success and particularly to this crew:
Asli Yaman & Regina Vasilieva
In Charge
Drago Lakic
Tour Guide
Maxim Vershinin
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Read Maxim’s coverage in CoffeeTalk
Sergey!
Soyuz Coffee Roasting
The espresso machine wizards:
Giovani Fucili and Svetlana Titova of Nuova Simonelli for providing the amazing Aurelia espresso machines that were used throughout the event (and I might add, flawlessly serving great espresso to more than 10,000 people in 5 days).
We most all of all thank the team of Soyuz Coffee Roasting for executing such an astounding event, producing such great coffee and for daring to dream of a new specialty coffee culture in Russia.
Let’s take a look back:
Equestrian riders warm up
Swiss Top Secret Drum Corps
The VIP after party
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Barista cup with the tower
Setting up for Spasskaya Tower
Soyuz Coffee Roasting sets up for the event
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Models pose with Pete and Alejandro
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Models pose with Stefanos and Francesco
Serving coffee
We jammed on the Nuova Simonelli espresso machines
Francesco Sanapo on the mic
…and Francesco jammed on the mic, “reggae, reggae, reggae!”
Soyuz Spasskaya team
Good times with great friends we will never forget.
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Barista champion team pose
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Alejandro shows off his skills
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Javier shows off his skills
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Monica poses with swag
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Olga pours a perfect latte
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Stefanos: “you lookin’ at me?”
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Pete: hands in the air
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Franceso holds up the tower
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Asli, Regina and bird
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Look to the left and you’ll see…
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Jordan, “click, click, click”
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Sarah: “Here’s why this fails to impress me…”
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Monica and Maxim pose
Sergey!
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Franceso Sanapo on a horse in Moscow at 3:00a
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Guests mingle at the booth
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We salute you!
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Everyone on the bus
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Franceso and Stefanos being themselves
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In the Alice Cooper band if I remember correctly
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Pete poses
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This guy…
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Nuova Simonelli
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The GUM at night
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More reggae, reggae, reggae…
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Don’t event ask
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åñòèâàëü îôå íà ðàñíîé ëîùàäè â îñêâå
åñòèâàëü îôå íà ðàñíîé ëîùàäè â îñêâå ñ ó÷àñòèåì ìèðîâûõ çâÞçä áàðèñòà â ðàìêàõ åæåãîäíîãî åñòèâàëß âîåííûõ îðêåñòðîâ “ïàññêàß àøíß – 2011”.
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åñòèâàëü îôå íà ðàñíîé ëîùàäè â îñêâå
åñòèâàëü îôå íà ðàñíîé ëîùàäè â îñêâå ñ ó÷àñòèåì ìèðîâûõ çâÞçä áàðèñòà â ðàìêàõ åæåãîäíîãî åñòèâàëß âîåííûõ îðêåñòðîâ “ïàññêàß àøíß – 2011”.
åñòèâàëü îôå íà ðàñíîé ëîùàäè â îñêâå
åñòèâàëü îôå íà ðàñíîé ëîùàäè â îñêâå ñ ó÷àñòèåì ìèðîâûõ çâÞçä áàðèñòà â ðàìêàõ åæåãîäíîãî åñòèâàëß âîåííûõ îðêåñòðîâ “ïàññêàß àøíß – 2011”.
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Who is that guy on the far right?
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Asli: queen of the world
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Crew rides the subway