Today at Expo: Friday, April 21, 2023
Welcome to the first day of Specialty Coffee Expo in Portland, Oregon at the Oregon Convention Center! There’s a lot to see and do today, so we’ve curated the schedules of each show feature here below.
Today’s Highlights
Registration and Expo Badge Pick Up Open
7 :00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Workshops
Understanding and Applying the Evolved Cupping Protocol: An Early Look at the SCA's Coffee Value System
9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Planificación de ventas de café verde para productores (Green Coffee Sales Planning for Coffee Producers)
9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Lectures
What Do (World Coffee Championship) Judges Want? Understanding Recent Updates to the Competitions' Rules, Regulations, and Scoring
10:15 AM – 11:15 AM
Labor costs and conditions in specialty coffee production: the case of Honduras and El Salvador
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM
Coffee Finance 101: Debt, Equity, & Risk
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM
Today’s Conscious Consumers: Who are they and what can your business learn from them?
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Roasting at Origin & How it Creates Gender Equity & Economic Latitude for Coffee Growers
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
USCC
Competition Halls Open
9:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Full Show Schedule of Events
Registration and Expo Badge Pick Up Open
7 :00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Show Floor Access: Exhibitors Only
7:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Cupping Exchange
8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Opening Reception
8:30 a.m - 10:00 a.m.
SCA Lectures
9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
SCA Workshops - Ticketed
9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Competitions Hall Open for U.S. Coffee Championships
9:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Official Opening of Exhibits
10:00 a.m.
Exhibit Hall Open to All Registrants
10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Green Coffee Buyers and Sellers Program
11:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Coffee Science Foundation’s Scientific Poster Session
1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Workshops
Multiverse of Espresso
8:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Understanding and Applying the Evolved Cupping Protocol: An Early Look at the SCA's Coffee Value System
9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
From Sample to Production: The Importance of Roast Colour
9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Water & Coffee: Managing the Balance of Perfect Water for Coffee and for Machines
9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
The Very “Basics” of Price Risk Management
9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Planificación de ventas de café verde para productores (Green Coffee Sales Planning for Coffee Producers)
9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Delicious Drinks and Superb Service: Simple Techniques to Drive Sales
1:30 PM – 4:30 PM
Green Coffee Defects: Perceiving The Impact On Cup Quality
1:30 PM – 4:30 PM
A Deep Dive into Cold Brew Sensory Analysis
1:30 PM – 4:30 PM
Regulatory Compliance for Coffee Supply Chain
1:30 PM – 4:30 PM
Marketing Green Coffee for Producers
1:30 PM – 4:30 PM
USCC
Competition Halls Open
9:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
US Barista Championship
US Barista Championship - Competitors Practice | Competitors 1 - 25
7:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
US Barista Championship Round 1 | Competitors 1 - 25
9:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
US Barista Championships Semi-Finalist Announcements
5:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m
US Brewers Cup Championship
US Brewers Cup - Competitor Practice
7:15 a.m. - 9:35 a.m.
US Brewers Cup Judges Calibration
8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
US Brewers Cup Compulsory Service Round 1/Day 1
10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
US Brewers Cup Open Service - Round 1/Day 1
10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
US Coffee in Good Spirits Championship
US Coffee in Good Spirits Championship - Competitor Practice
10:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
US Coffee in Good Spirits Championship Judges Calibration
11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
US Coffee in Good Spirits Championship - Round 1 | Competitors 1 - 5
1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
US Cup Tasters Championship
US Cup Tasters Championship - Round 1
10:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
10:30 a.m. - Heat 1
11:30 a.m. - Heat 2
12:30 p.m. - Heat 3
1:30 p.m. - Heat 4
3:30 p.m. - Heat 5
4:30 p.m. - Heat 6
US Cup Tasters Championship Quarter - Finalist Announcements
4:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
US Latte Art Championship
US Latte Art Championship - Competitor Practice
7:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
US Latte Art Championship Judges Calibration
10:15 a.m. 10:45 a.m.
US Latte Art Championship - Day 1 | Competitors Latte Round
11:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Announcement | Finals Qualifiers
5:00 p.m.
US Coffee Roasting Championship
US Coffee Roasting Championship - Green Grading | Competitors 1 - 20
9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
US Coffee Roasting Championship - Open Cupping
8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
US Coffee Roasting Championship - Practice Roasting | Competitors 1 - 20
9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Lectures
Diversity & Distinction: Unpacking National Coffee Cultures
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM
The Role and Value of the Coffee Cupper
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM
Beyond freshness: Packaging color and consumer behavior
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM
Global Coffee Market Data: Updated Statistics from The Coffee Guide
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM
Labor costs and conditions in specialty coffee production: the case of Honduras and El Salvador
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM
Coffee Finance 101: Debt, Equity, & Risk
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM
What Do (World Coffee Championship) Judges Want? Understanding Recent Updates to the Competitions' Rules, Regulations, and Scoring
10:15 AM – 11:15 AM
Sweet building blocks: Towards a comprehensive understanding of sweetness in coffee beverages
10:15 AM – 11:15 AM
From Spot to Forward Booking: Efficient Green Buying Through Forward Contracting
10:15 AM – 11:15 AM
21st Century Coffee: A Conversation about the Evolution of Specialty Coffee with Industry Legend Kenneth Davids
10:15 AM – 11:15 AM
Succeeding in an Ever-Changing Economy
10:15 AM – 11:15 AM
What is transparency? How to have values-based conversations with your logistics partners
10:15 AM – 11:15 AM
The Coffee Bean and the War Machine: Northern Italian Coffee Business between the World Wars
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
El nuevo sistema de evaluación del café de la SCA: evaluación descriptiva
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Measuring What Counts: Equity, Value, and the SCA's Sustainability Agenda
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Presentación de Oferta y Demanda Global por Sucafina
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
The Dynamics of Roasting: How Roast Profile Affects the Physical and Chemical Properties of Coffee
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Today’s Conscious Consumers: Who are they and what can your business learn from them?
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Roasting at Origin & How it Creates Gender Equity & Economic Latitude for Coffee Growers
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Ethiopian Coffees: New Market Systems Lead to New Access Opportunities
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Shot-to-Shot: Participatory Filmmaking as a Catalyst for Value Chain Equity
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Beyond the Bean: How Roasters and Retailers Add Value to Their Coffee Through Adaptation and Innovation
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Coffee Science and Practice
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Cupping Exchange
Café de Honduras
8:30 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.
Sabio Coffee
10:15 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Coffee Quality Institute
10:15 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Boot Coffee & Catholic Relief Services
10:45 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Senses Collection, INCONEXUS - Green Specialty Coffee
10:45 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Trabocca
1:30 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.
Coffee Quality Institute
1:30 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.
JNP Coffee
2:00 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.
Guatemalan Coffees
3:45 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Fairtrade International
3:45 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Café Tío Conejo
4:15 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Molinos de Honduras - Volcafe
4:15 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
