NYC Hosts Coffee and Tea Festival, Open to Public and Trade

Coffee & Tea Festival NYC Showcases International Lineup of Exhibitors & Launch of New National Products.

New York, NY, February 17, 2010 --(PR.com)-- Starfish Junction Productions, producer of Coffee and Tea Festival NYC, is getting ready to pump caffeine into the veins of New York City residents and festival attendees at the 5th Annual Coffee & Tea Festival: NYC. This international extravaganza is being held on Saturday and Sunday, February 20th and 21st, 2010 at 7W, 7 West 34th Street, New York, NY 10001. The event is open to the public and the trade. www.CoffeeAndTeaFestival.com.

As seen on the Food Network’s hit show Unwrapped and selected as one of the 10 Best New York Events April 2009, by www.10best.com, “the Coffee And Tea Festival is a celebration of everything related to coffee and tea,” said Lynda Calimano, Event Producer. “It is quite a unique show in that it is open to the public and the trade”, she added. The lineup of exhibitors is sure to delight all attendees.

With programming sponsored by Imbibe Magazine and The New York Post, the event offers two days of fun and interactive classes/lectures/demos from well-known industry pros and pioneers. Programming highlights include Coffee Cupping & Tasting hosted by Marcela Zuchovicki of Jalima Coffee; Elegant Entertaining with Afternoon Tea presented by tea authority, Ms. Ellen Easton; interactive Chocolate Tasting led by Dina Cheney, Tea Cocktails demo with Tavalon’s Tea Sommelier Chris Cason, Think Outside the Cup with Chef Melody, the Life Style and Chef/Food Reporter for the Saturday Home Show with Jerry Leen (WOR Radio 710AM), and back by popular demand, tea master Yoon Hee Kim and her beautiful demonstration of the Korean Tea Ceremony.

Among the featured exhibitors, attendees will enjoy samples from Jalima Coffee, Tavalon, serendipiTea, Giraldo Farms Coffee, Harney & Sons Fine Teas, Tea Beyond, Entenmann’s Coffee, Fang Gourmet Tea, Rishi Tea, Red Bee Honey, Tamp Tamp Inc., Montauk Beverage Works, Dallis Coffee, The Tea Set, Hancha Tea, Shapna Tea & Coffee, TeaClassics, Sara’s Tea Caddie, and Abid—makers of the miraculous coffee & tea maker with the amazing shut-off filter.

The event will also help raise funds and awareness for Cup for Education, a non-profit group that provides help to the poor rural coffee communities of Central and Latin America. The festival will also serve as a springboard for several new product launches, including the premiere of Baileys Coffee Creamer, a non-alcoholic treat for your morning cup of joe.

The entire schedule of events and corresponding times can be found at the event website www.CoffeeAndTeaFestival.com. Attendance at the event programs is included in the nominal, $20 all-day-pass. Goodie bags will be distributed to the first 1000 attendees each day.

Tickets, which include sampling from the international lineup of coffee and tea exhibitors as well as attendance at the classes/seminars/demos, can be purchased at the event website: www.CoffeeAndTeaFestival.com.

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