Coffee & Tea Festival Opens This Weekend In NYC
The 5th annual Coffee and Tea Festival NYC will be held this weekend, February 20th and 21st at 7 West in NYC. It will be host to a spectacular collection of coffee and tea companies fro m around the country.
What makes this show unique is that it is open to both the trade and the public.
As seen on the Food Network’s hit show Unwrapped and selected as one of the 10 Best New York Events April 2009, by www.10best.com, “the Coffee And Tea Festival is a celebration of everything related to coffee and tea,” said Lynda Calimano, Event Producer. “It is quite a unique show in that it is open to the public and the trade”, she added. The lineup of exhibitors is sure to delight all attendees.
The event will offer two days of programming including presentations from well-known industry pros and pioneers. Programming highlights include:
•From Garden to Cup: Tea 101, Presented by Tea Specia list, Yoon Hee Kim.
Sponsored by TeaClassics & Hancha Tea
• Coffee Cupping & Tasting, Hosted by Marcela Zuchovicki and Alex Jinich of Jalima Coffee
• Chocolate Tasting, Hosted by Dina Cheney, author of Tasting Club
• Elegant Entertaining with Afternoon Tea, Presented by Ellen Easton
• Think Outside the Cup: Creating Coffee-And Tea-Infused Desserts, Presented by Celebrity Chef Melody McGinley Whitelaw
• Great Coffee: Brewing the Best at Home & Finding the Best in NYC, Presented by Anne Nylander, TampTamp Inc. Sponsored by Dallis Bros. Coffee
•DaRye: Korean Tea Ceremony Demonstration
Presented by Tea Master Yoon Hee Kim, Korean Tea Culture Foundation.
Sponsored by TeaClassics and Hancha Tea
• Deconstructing the Korean Tea Ceremony for Daily Application, Presented by Yoon Hee Kim, Korean Tea Culture Foundation.
Sponsored by TeaClassics and Hancha Tea
• Tea Cocktails, presented by Chris Cason, Tea Sommelier at Tavalon.
Goodie bags will be distributed to attendees each day and include samples from Adagio Tea, Celestial Seasonings, The Tea House Times, Teeccino, Choice Organic Tea, Walkers Shortbread, Tea Beyond and others.
An all day pass includes sampling of the international lineup of coffee and tea exhibitors as well as attendance at the special presentations. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit the event website by clicking here: www.CoffeeAndTeaFestival.com.
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Show Charity:
 The 5th Annual Coffee & Tea Festival: NYC will help raise funds and awareness for Cup for Education, the official charity of the event. Cup for Education helps the poor and rural coffee communities of Central and Latin America build schools within their communities and provide the basic tools needed to educate the future generations of coffee farmers.
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For Education
The Cup for Education mission is to help poor rural coffee communities of Central and Latin America build schools within their communities, and assist in providing them with teachers and the basic tools needed to educate the future generations of coffee farmers. Cup for Education: P.O. Box 320208, Brooklyn, NY 11232-0005. www.CupForEducation.org
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A special raffle will be conducted to raise funds for the Red Cross Haiti Relief. The beautiful gift basket is sponsored by Walkers, the makers of luxury Scottish cookies.
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