We’ll be in Chicago April 12th-14th for the SCA Expo at the McCormick Place Convention Center. Swing by and say hi to us at Booth #1436!
We’re excited to host a variety of educational, sensory-focused, and community-building events including producer breakfasts, a Two Brews and A Lie event, the Legendary Coffee Exchange, and exclusive cuppings for our customers. Check out everything going on with Cafe Imports below.
Much of our staff will be traveling to the event, so we appreciate your patience if we are slower than usual to respond on Thursday and Friday (April 11th-12th, 2024).
Please join us for a great opportunity to meet and taste coffee from multiple coffee producers and exporters from around the world! We are excited to host and hear from our friends and partners noted below. Coffee and light breakfast will be served.
Félix Chambi – Bolivia
Rony Lavan – Peru
Jairo Ruiz – Colombia
Iwan Putra – Sumatra
Ujang Hasnan – Sumatra
Ashok Patre – India
Location: 600 West Cermak RD, Chicago, IL
Roasters! Join us to cup featured pre-shipment samples. We have lots from the latest harvests from El Salvador, Sumatra, Ethiopia, and more that we are excited for you to try ahead of their arrival. You’ll have the opportunity to cup through these coffees and book any stand-out offerings on-site.
Space is limited to 40 cuppers, so register today!
Location: Room S405A, South Building
Roasters! Join us to cup featured pre-shipment samples. We have lots from the latest harvests from El Salvador, Sumatra, Ethiopia, and more that we are excited for you to try ahead of their arrival. You’ll have the opportunity to cup through these coffees and book any stand-out offerings on-site.
Space is limited to 40 cuppers, so register today!
Location: Room S405A, South Building
We are honored to host Kennedy Kaye, Director of Trading and Operations at Dormans Coffee, for a presentation about all of the changes and unique challenges surrounding the purchase and export of Kenyan coffee this year. This is an incredibly unique opportunity to learn about one of the more complicated and celebrated specialty coffee origins. Coffee and light breakfast will be served.
Location: 600 West Cermak RD, Chicago, IL
2 Brews & A Lie is coming to the SCA Expo! Join Cafe Imports and Stronghold Roasters and let your taste buds compete to win a Fellow Ode Grinder. In this cupping showdown, 16 competitors will taste three flights of three coffees. Two will match, and one will not (the lie). The cupper that can identify the most outliers the fastest will be crowned the winner.
Location: Stronghold Roasters Booth #1831, Main Exhibit Hall, McCormick Place
Sign up fast, only 16 competitor spots are available!
2 Brews & A Lie is coming to the SCA Expo! Join Cafe Imports and Stronghold Roasters and let your taste buds compete to win a Fellow Ode Grinder. In this cupping showdown, 16 competitors will taste three flights of three coffees. Two will match, and one will not (the lie). The cupper that can identify the most outliers the fastest will be crowned the winner.
Location: Stronghold Roasters Booth #1831, Main Exhibit Hall, McCormick Place
Sign up fast, only 16 competitor spots are available!
Roasters! Join us to cup highlighted lots alongside the people behind them. We’ll be joined by Ashok Patre of Ratnagiri Estate in India and Felix Chambi of Lata 16 in Bolivia to cup featured offerings, ask questions, and talk coffee. Looking forward to seeing you there!
Space is limited to 40 cuppers, so register today!
Location: Room S405A, South Building
Bring a bag of roasted coffee to SCA in Chicago, drop it off at our booth, and get a bag in return. One lucky participant will win an Ikawa Pro 50 Sample Roaster!
The Legendary Coffee Exchange was created to foster connections between roasters. Once you swap coffees, head home and cup it or brew it however you’d like! Then connect with the roaster and talk about it! How’d you prepare it? What did you enjoy about it?
Have you seen the news about our newest cupping protocol, The Coffee Rose? Check it out here! We’ll be demoing the application all weekend. Come by, taste coffees, and try out The Coffee Rose.
Aside from Coffee Rose, we’ll have cool swag, guest brewers with beautiful coffees, and some of our staff hanging out. Swing by and say hi!
| Time | Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
| 11:00-12:15 PM | Sabbath Coffee Roasters | Stereoscope Coffee | 10:45-12:00 PM – Cat and Cloud |
| 12:30-1:45 PM | Conscious Cup | Mahalo Coffee Roasters | 12:15-1:30 PM – Mira Coffee |
| 2:00-3:15 PM | Utopian Coffee | JBC Coffee Roasters | 1:45-3:00 PM – Open |
| 3:30-4:45 PM | Partners Coffee | Retrograde Coffee | — |