Today at Expo: April 9, 2022
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS
CRG Live Coffee Exchange
Meet fellow roasters, swap a bag of your coffee for another one somebody brought and dropped off. Make new roaster friends, exchange coffees, and start networking and meeting people during this Live Coffee Exchange. All you need is a bag of (your own) coffee (or more), tag it with your Instagram handle, if you’d like, and swap it for another bag.
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM at the SCA Commons in the Exhibits Hall
U.S. Barista Championship Semi-Finals
Watch and cheer on semi-finalists in the U.S. Barista Championship as the competing baristas take to the USBC Stage.
10:30 AM - 2:15 PM at USBC Stage in Activities Hall
Certified Programs Open House
Swing by the Certified Programs Display to get a proper look at the Certified Home Brewer’s and Certified Espresso Machine’s during this Open House.
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM at Certified Programs Display in Exhibits Hall
CTG Community Mixer
Are you a tech or looking to become a tech? This is your opportunity meet members of the CTG Leadership Council and fellow techs who are attending (and working at) Expo. For this relaxed and very informal event snacks and drinks will be provided.
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM at the SCA Commons in the Exhibits Hall
LECTURES
Examining and Innovating the SCA Cupping Methodology
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM
(Re)Discovering Hidden Gems - Introducing Next-Gen Indonesian Specialty Coffee with Scalable, Experimental Process and Micro-Lot Traceability
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM
Electrochemistry as a Method to Measure Qualities and Quantities in Coffee Extraction
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM
Introducing the Gender Equity Index
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM
Presentación de Oferta y Demanda Global por Sucafina
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM
Flavor Profiling and Roasting For Cold Brew
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM
Retail Shop Technology: When Does It Make You Money, When Does It Cost You Money?
10:15 AM – 11:15 AM
A New Approach to Detecting Deforestation
10:15 AM – 11:15 AM
Ups and Downs: How to launch a digital coffee brand without losing your brains
10:15 AM – 11:15 AM
Conflict, Covid and Coffee: Can Myanmar Specialty Coffee Survive the Ongoing Crisis?
10:15 AM – 11:15 AM
Specialty Coffee and Packaging Innovation
10:15 AM – 11:15 AM
Taking Action to Prevent Child Labor in the Guatemalan Coffee Value Chain: a Pledge to Act, Inspire and Scale Up [Translation]
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
A New Brewing Control Chart
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Going Beyond the Bar: Adding a Food Program to your Business
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Scaling Sustainable Price References for Coffee Farmers Using Data Science
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
A Case Study for Online Coffee Learning, with Practical Examples: Roast Defects and Staling
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Is there room for Robusta in Specialty Coffee?
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Accelerating Digital Education at Origin
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Farmer-centered trading: Supporting independent farmers and processors for sustainable sourcing
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
The Sensory and Chemical Differences Between Cold Brew and Chilled Hot Brew [Translation]
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Efficiency in Washed Coffee Post-Harvest Processing
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
The Evolution of Single Serve. How Does Specialty Coffee Keep Its Foothold in an Era of Capsule Domination?
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
IWCA Breakfast Fundraiser - Ticketed Event
7:30 AM - 9:30 AM
Registration and Expo Badge Pick Up Open
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Onsite COVID-19 Testing
8:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Show Floor Access: Exhibitors Only
8:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Cupping and Tasting Rooms
8:00 AM - 6:00 PM
SCA Lectures
9:00 AM - 2:00 PM
SCA Workshops
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Activities Hall featuring USCC: Open to Attendees
9:30 AM - 5:30 PM
Coffee Roasters Guild: Coffee Exchange
10:00 AM - 11.00 AM
Exhibit Hall Open to All Registrants
10:30 AM - 5:30 PM
CQI Lucheon - Ticketed Event
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Certified Programs Open House
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Barista Guild: BG & Chill
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Community Mixer
5:00 PM – 6:30 PM
Coffee Technicians Guild: Meet the CTG Leadership Council
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
USCC
U.S. Brewers Cup Compulsory Service - Round 1 Day 2 | Competitors 9 - 17 | USBrC Compulsory Stage
8:30 AM - 11:15 AM
U.S. Barista Championship Semi-Finals | Competitors 1- 11 | USBC Stage
10:30 AM - 2:15 PM
U.S. Cup Tasters Championship - Quarter-Finals | USCTC Stage
10:30 AM - 3:00 PM
U.S. Brewers Cup Open Service Round 1 Day 2 | Competitors 9 - 17 | USBrC Stage
11:30 AM - 4:45 PM
U.S. Latte Art Championship - Day 2 | Macchiato Round | USLAC Stage
11:10 AM - 4:00 PM
U.S. Coffee in Good Spirits Round 1 Day 2 | Competitors 4 - 7 | USCIGS Stage
11:40 PM - 3:00 PM
U. S. Cup Tasters Championship Semi-Finalist Announcements | USBC Stage
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM
U.S. Barista Finalist Announcements | USBC Stage
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM
U.S. Brewers Cup Finalist Announcements | USBC Stage
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM
U.S. Coffee in Good Spirits Finalists Announcements | USBC Stage
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM
WORKSHOPS
Decoding the Mystery of Coffee Sweetness: Using Attribute Difference Tests
9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Identifying Organic Acids
9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Roast Profiling and Theory
9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Dialing-in Espresso with Different Roast Styles
9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Fundamentals of Green Coffee Buying (Session 1)
9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Fundamentals of Green Coffee Buying (Session 2)
1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Characterizing a Coffee Grinder
1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Deconstructing the SCA Cupping Form
1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Sustainable Thinking: What the Social Sciences Can Teach Us About Making Coffee Better
1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Roasting Business Fundamentals
1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
CUPPING EXCHANGE
Cupping Exchange: CATUR Coffee Company
8:30 AM – 10:15 AM
Cupping Exchange: Vietnam Fine Robusta Award Coffees presented by Coffee Quality Institute
8:30 AM – 10:15 AM
Cupping Exchange: Sucafina Specialty
10:45 AM – 12:30 PM
Cupping Exchange: Trabocca
1:30 PM – 3:15 PM
Cupping Exchange: Guatemalan Specialty Coffee with TerraNegra Coffee Imports
2:00 PM – 3:45 PM
Cupping Exchange: Café de Honduras
2:00 PM – 3:45 PM
Cupping Exchange: Crop to Cup Coffee Importers
3:45 PM – 5:30 PM
Cupping Exchange: Café Perú Cooperatives Cupping
4:15 PM – 6:00 PM
Cupping Exchange: International Women's Coffee Alliance
4:15 PM – 6:00 PM
