by Kevin Sinnott | Jul 1, 2014 | Coffee, Consumer Coffee Festival, Uncategorized
If you read my pre-CoffeeCon concerns, you’ll be happy to know most of my fears were unfounded. We had a good to great turnout, between 700-1000 happy coffee enthusiasts, with a healthy mix of those waiting to be baptized with great cups. You see it in their eyes when...
by Kevin Sinnott | Jun 21, 2014 | Coffee, Coffee Roasters, CoffeeCon, Consumer Coffee Festival, Howard Schultz, Uncategorized
The birth of my first grandson has freed me from the bonds of secrecy. I will now share my cherished secrets of how to remain true to my coffee mania mission, while staying just normal enough to date, marry and produce offspring. There are plenty of online videos to...
by Kevin Sinnott | Jun 20, 2014 | Coffee, Consumer Coffee Festival, Uncategorized
I met Aaron Fujiki at SCAA Seattle, where I happened upon his booth and realized what a powerful product he had. He told me that Rex Tseng, Johnny Hou and he founded acaia Corp. on one simple principle: to bring together design and technology into the coffee...
by Kevin Sinnott | Jun 13, 2014 | Consumer Coffee Festival
I realize I’m painstaking to everyone waiting to know, but I can’t help it. Where CoffeeCon happens is vital to my vision of it. Okay, after traveling, seeing every place possible to hold it, on Saturday July 26th at 9:00 am CoffeeCon will open its doors at the...
by Kevin Sinnott | Jun 10, 2014 | Coffee, Coffee Roasters, CoffeeCon, Consumer Coffee Festival, Mustafa Arat, Turkish Coffee World
One night I was working at a TV network and our creative team took a dinner break on the near west side of Chicago. It was a warm spring evening and we chose a table outside. We had some wonderful Mediterranean food. But the most memorable part of dinner was...
by Kevin Sinnott | Jun 1, 2014 | CoffeeCon, Consumer Coffee Festival, Uncategorized
I realize it’s been more than 40 days since CoffeeCon Chicago. Perhaps I’ve downgraded my Google rating by doing this, but I’ve been processing what I’ve learned from our last event, which was by most standards, our biggest success. This year...