Colorado Espresso Display Set to Debut with $20,000 in Prizes


A person holds a coffee cup with the Colorado state flag on it in front of mountains.

The inaugural industry display and academic tournament will deliver in combination specialty-coffee pros from around the state and area.

FROM STAFF REPORTS

Geared to café house owners, vendors, and grocery consumers, the Colorado Espresso Display is about to dazzle the state’s espresso denizens on September 14 on the Gaylord Rockies Conference Middle in Aurora, Colo.

A person pours latte art in to a coffee cup.
Since 2015, Jubilee Roasting Co. in Aurora, Colo., has been serving up outstanding coffees and terrific carrier. Photograph by means of Brent Gorwin.

There’s so much packed into this one-day tournament: A industry display (sales space areas are to be had); instructional categories and workshops; and a few severe cash at the line for the winners of the Chilly Brew International Championship and a latte artwork pageant, every with a $10,000 money prize.

Set to be an annual tournament, the Colorado Espresso Display is involving one of the greatest espresso firms and allied products and services within the manufacturing of this inaugural pageant: Toddy Chilly Brew Espresso, as an example, is—fittingly—in the back of the Chilly Brew International Championship; and Brew Grind Water, a number one espresso apparatus and repair supplier in Colorado, is the professional sponsor of the Intercontinental Espresso Championships, and is offering video protection for the Chilly Brew Championship in addition to supplying AREMDE Stylus coffee machines for the Latte Artwork Throwdown.

An espresso machine with a Thump Coffee logo on it on a counter.
With places in Bend, Ore., and Denver, Thump Espresso is a mainstay in Denver’s thrilling specialty-coffee neighborhood. Photograph by means of Lexie Barnhorn.

Greater than 50 roasters from throughout Colorado will host tastings and actions. Individuals come with Corvus Espresso Roasters, Mindful Coffees, Sun Roast Espresso, and Novo Espresso.

Individuals are welcome to wait periods with trade leaders reminiscent of Collin Bay of First Crack Espresso, whose experience in working the shared roasting facility First Crack—which has 3 places national, together with in Denver—has helped release the micro roasting operations of numerous small espresso firms. Collin will lead the dialogue “Beginning Your Personal Roasting Logo.” Ali Scrable, additionally of First Crack, will educate a workshop on latte artwork; Jess Villano of Torani will percentage her insights at the most sensible beverage tendencies at the horizon; Hannah Adkins of Two Leaves And A Bud will dive into the subject of including non-coffee drinks for your café menu; Brett Bixler of Undertaking Espresso Roasters will lead a workshop on packing, grinding, and drawback fixing, and Hannah Lain of Lotus Power Beverages will quilt the exponential expansion of the power drink section.

A mural on a building which reads Get Closer.A mural on a building which reads Get Closer.
This mural decorating Novo Espresso’s downtown location is one of the items of public artwork to be discovered during Denver. Photograph by means of Jonathan Beckman.

There are two attendee price tag classes to be had: $60 for a unmarried instructional consultation or $90 for VIP passes, which come with access to all talks and workshops, collectable memento posters, early admission, and a possibility to win an absolutely custom designed Barbie-themed Los angeles Marzocco Linea PB courtesy of BrewGrindWater.

For more info in regards to the Colorado Espresso Display, together with laws for the competitions, extra audio system and schooling alternatives, and collaborating roasters, talk over with Colorado Espresso Display’s site.

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