by Kevin Sinnott | Sep 14, 2014 | Coffee, Coffee Events, Consumer Coffee Festival, Uncategorized
I am excited to announce Mack Sennett Studios for CoffeeCon Los Angeles 2014. We were visiting many different venues in the area, but Sennett Studios won against them all. Here’s a bit more about why it’s such a great choice for us: CoffeeCon is a consumer coffee...
by Kevin Sinnott | Jul 25, 2014 | Coffee, CoffeeCon, Consumer Coffee Festival, Uncategorized
As I write this we are both in our hotel room. Pat is tweeting. I have been sitting here, wondering. It is a little terrifying. This is our first out of town CoffeeCon. The Bay Area has all the right ingredients for success: a robust economy, a big coffee-drinking...
by Kevin Sinnott | Jul 21, 2014 | Coffee, Uncategorized
I realize I’ve lived a cherished life. I have met many of the great minds of coffee. I met Alfred Peet, who’d read my articles and thought I was a roaster. He shared his roast philosophy one evening with me and we talked last into the night. Erna Knutsen, who coined...
by Kevin Sinnott | Jul 14, 2014 | Uncategorized
My vision for CoffeeCon consumer coffee festival is always to bring the original. This does not mean we don’t want to try new things; it only means we want to experience something in its original and authentic form as well. With all due respect to Alfred Peet and...
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 29, 2014 | Coffee, Uncategorized
One the things I’m most proud of is CoffeeCon’s eclectic group of presenters. The other day a first-week-on-the-job coffee company marketing VP asked me how I pick my presenters (after asking me why I of all people created CoffeeCon). The truth is I recruit them upon...
