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2009 Home Coffee Roasting Festival – Dancing Flames
Caravan Coffee of Newberg, Oregon is hosting a first ever Home Coffee Roasting Festival on Saturday June 13th. The name of the festival is Dancing Flames. Let us hope their idea of dancing flames isn’t like my 2001 Melitta Aromaroast Mishap. 
Admission is free, but they will be collecting money for the BBQ.
From their press release:
There are many people roasting their own coffee over a campfire in a skillet, in their garage with unique home-made roasters made of spare parts, or on countertops with commercially purchased appliances. It will be a fun day for home roasters from all over to gather in the Northwest and experience other home roasting techniques and ideas from their peers. What better place to have the “First ever…” than right here in the Northwest, which is known for it’s great coffee adventures.
Event Details:
“Dancing Flames” – First ever….Home Coffee Roasting Festival
Saturday, June 13,2009 11am to 3pm
Caravan Coffee Roastery
2750 E. 9th St.
Newberg OR 97132
503-538-7365
1-800-875-5282
pete@caravancoffee.com (Proprietor)
http://caravancoffee.com
Are you new to home coffee roasting? INeedCoffee has several articles and tutorials to help you get started. Here are a few:
- Why Home Roast? by Ryan Jacobs
- Roasting Coffee in a Popcorn Popper by Michael Allen Smith
- Roasting with a Heat Gun: A Top-Down Approach by Jim Liedeka
- Hottop KN-8828P Coffee Bean Roaster First Look by Chris Arnold
- INeedCoffee Roasting Section – Full list of articles and tutorials
According to Google Maps, the festival is just 200 miles south of my place. Road trip!
Photo Completed Poppery Chimney From the INeedCoffee article Poppery Hopper Modification by Rama R
Sources:
Dancing Flames – Press Release for 2009 Home Coffee Roasting Festival
Caravan Coffee – Host of Dancing Flames in Newberg, Oregon
Tags: event, oregon, press release
3 Comments
August 14th, 2009 at 12:49 pm
Michael, I love the smiley face concept…will try at next cupping and watch for response from Q-grader Roastmaster extraordinaire Paul Allen. I will, of course, give you credit for my new grading schedule.
Did you get the pix and article about Dancing Flames after the wonderful event? We were thrilled with the turnout and enthusiasm. Let me know if you need it sent again. We are collecting addresses for next year’s follow-up event. We appreciate your promo & love of coffee.
August 14th, 2009 at 12:52 pm
Yes I did. Would you like me to create a gallery and post?
August 14th, 2009 at 2:54 pm
The 2009 Dancing Flames photo gallery and results are now posted.
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