Coffee (and a growing number of tea) professionals from around the globe gathered in Boston, Massachusetts last week for the 33rd annual Specialty Coffee Expo, North America’s largest coffee trade show and host of the US Coffee Championships. This year’s show returned in full swing with over 10,000 attendees, 420 exhibiting companies, and 250 volunteers. Exhibitors travelled from 40 countries of which 20 were coffee producing countries. Across the three days, attendees had over 60 lectures and 30 workshops to choose from to expand their coffee knowledge.
Attendees were able to network on the show floor again and discover the new innovations and products from the industry. This year’s event put a spotlight on Costa Rica, featured as the official “Portrait Country”, a designation given to a different coffee producing country at the expo every year.
2022 Best New Product and Coffee Design Award Winners
The 2022 Best New Product Competition recognized nine new products at expo in nine different categories, judged on their quality and value to the specialty coffee and tea industry. Also awarded at the expo, the Coffee Design Awards recognized three companies for great design in spaces, brand, and packaging. See the press release here.
Winners included:- coffee accessories: Unifilter Unibody 58mm Portafilter by Weber Group;- commercial coffee preparation and service: Victoria Arduino - Black Eagle Maverick espresso machine by Simonelli Group;- consumer coffee preparation and service (electrical): POUR’D by Marco Beverage Systems;- consumer coffee preparation and service (non-electrical): Clara French press by Fellow;- open class: Numilk Pro Countertop Fresh Plant-Based Milk Machine by Plant Tap/Numilk:- roasting equipment and tools: ROEST L100 by ROEST;- specialty coffee beverage additives: White Chocolate Café Powder by Hollander Chocolate Company;- specialty non-coffee beverage stand-alone: 1883 Ginger Beer Syrup by 1883 Maison Routin; and- technology: Ember Mug2 by Ember.
2022 U.S. Coffee Championships
The 2022 U.S. Coffee Championships took place in the activities hall and featured six competitions across the three days naming six new US coffee champions
North America’s biggest coffee event returns to the city of Portland, Oregon, April 21-23, 2023, at the Oregon Convention Center.