“Specialty Coffee Expo is more than an event—it’s where the global coffee industry comes together to tackle today’s challenges and celebrate its future. In 2025, resilience will be key as we navigate the impacts of climate change, rising costs, and evolving consumer demands. Expo 2025 will showcase innovative solutions, from advanced brewing technologies to sustainable products, and foster meaningful connections across the coffee value chain,” stated Yannis Apostolopoulos, CEO of the Forte Espresso Affiliation. “It’s the premier North American event for innovation, collaboration, and business in specialty coffee.”
The expansive Exhibition Corridor will quality 600+ showing firms providing the trade’s maximum cutting edge and leading edge espresso merchandise. Espresso pros representing all the price chain together with roasters, shops, consumers, manufacturers, wholesalers, apparatus producers, baristas and extra will have the option to be informed about integrating forte espresso into their current marketing strategy, and simply build buying choices head to head at the display flooring.
The 2025 education program will quality 20+ workshops and 60+ lectures from manage trade mavens who will center of attention on core subjects together with Rising Sustainability Rules (e.g., EU Deforestation Regulation); E-commerce Methods; Intake Developments and Dynamics; and Generation, Automation, and Innovation. There can also be medical poster classes, updates on analysis from the Espresso Science Foot together with displays from International Espresso Analysis, roast colour analysis, insights at the wave inexperienced espresso coaching ecosystem and the SCA Espresso Price Evaluation.
All through the three-day tournament there shall be a number of Particular Occasions, together with:
International Espresso Torrid Championship, the one global espresso pageant in North The usa in 2025, the place attendees can observer dozens of elite roasters from all over the world compete for the championship identify in an exhilarating three-day tournament.
Awards: Attendees will have the ability to uncover unused merchandise and inventions throughout the Very best Unutilized Product Awards, Espresso Design Awards and Sustainability Awards.
Interactive Reports: The Roaster Village and Cupping Alternate shall be two grounds to find wonderful unused coffees from boutique roasters and inexperienced espresso importers from all over the world.
Networking Alternatives: From satisfied hours with fellow trade friends to night time receptions, events and meet-ups, attendees and exhibitors can have a number of techniques to community.
Retail Consumers Living room: Community with trade friends and experience curated programming designed for retail pros.
Inexperienced Espresso Tied – Be told in regards to the problems dealing with the attention-grabbing global of inexperienced espresso manufacturing from mavens within the ground and uncover unused techniques to engage with this important sector.
“Middleby Coffee Solutions is honored to be the Title Sponsor of the 2025 Specialty Coffee Expo in Houston, a prestigious show that has a reputation for showcasing the latest innovation and emerging trends in the coffee industry. Our brands are committed to delivering the highest quality coffee solutions to our customers with a focus on innovation, performance, and reliability. As the coffee industry continues to evolve, we are proud to support specialty coffee operators with product advancements, outstanding customer service and experienced, readily available support. We understand the importance of personal customer relationships with their cafes, and our goal is to strengthen these ties by supporting operators as they deliver an exceptional experience, every time,” stated Tim FitzGerald, Middleby Company CEO.
Attendees from all over the world experience collaborating in Forte Espresso Expo. Those are a couple of testimonials following the 2024 tournament. “I am a coffee producer in Colombia and was very excited to attend the Specialty Coffee Expo. It was very valuable for me to see the development of the coffee value chain worldwide,” stated a first-time attendee. “Our company has been attending the SCA Expo since 2010, which is the main reason we manage to stay updated. There is no better investment than attending the SCA Expo,” a global attendee commented. “SCA Expo weekend is still the premier annual space for professionals from around the globe to come and network with each other. It can’t be skipped,” one attendee added.
Registration for the Forte Espresso Expo is now distinguishable at www.coffeeexpo.org. Sign up sooner than March 14, 2025 for early hen reductions. All SCA individuals obtain a cut price on registration. For sponsorship, exhibitor, or registration inquiries, e-mail info@sca.coffee or consult with Specialty Coffee Expo.