CCS Celebrates the Coffee & Tea Festival in NYC

Hello Cuppers,

It is that time of the year again, it's time for the 4th Annual Coffee & Tea Festival! The event is going to be held on April 18th, 2009 at the Metropolitan Pavilion on 125 West 18th Street New York City.

Doors open at 11AM and the event goes until 4 or 5PM. Last year we were there for the opening and left early for tea and a bite to eat. Everyone who attended last year know exactly what it is about, but for those who haven't, it is 30,000 sqft of Coffee/Tea Nirvana lol...

You can expect the following:
- Coffee and tea sampling
- Lectures / Classes
- Shopping
- Contests
- Demonstrations
- Art
- Java/Tea Lounge with music & entertainment
- Funds will be raised for the official event charity, Cup for Education

This year I am happy to announce that I will be among one of the featured speaker at this event. I am going to do an hour segment on Home Roasting. Kicking off at 11AM, I will go touch upon the whys of getting into home roast, roasting systems with a brief description of the roasting process itself, equipment options for the home roaster, the roasting application, and lastly some Q/A. So for all you interested or have kicked around the possibility of home roasting, you won't want to miss this.

In comparison to other similar coffee events, this one is rather small, but intimate and definitely a good time. Last year we got in when doors opened, stayed until i think 2:30, had a late lunch, and finished off with coffee and tea at Amai Tea, an awesome little gem in downtown NYC. So come by your self or feel free to invite some friends!

I set the meeting time to 9AM on the morning of March 18th, but that time will definitely change as the train schedules have yet to be posted for that date. I am 99% sure that I will be meeting the group at the train station, unless I have to go in earlier to prep for the event. In any case I will appoint an ambassador to lead the group to the event.

Tickets:
Like last year, the CCS will receive a discounted admission rate of $10 off the ticket price. To receive this discount purchase tickets online by going to the website WWW.COFFEEANDTEAFESTIVAL.COM and enter the discount code: CTCOFFEE

I will do an event update and will send out an email as I the event draws near and ticket schedules become available. Hope you all have a great week and I look forward to seeing you!

Best,
Donny Raus