Coffee & Tea Festival NYC
Metropolitan Pavilion
125 West 18th Street
New York, NY 10011
www.metropolitanevents.com
Saturday, July 15: 11am-7:30pm
Sunday, July 16: 10am-6pm
($10 per adult; $15 weekend pass; children free)
Everything 4 Coffee and Tea Festival is a two-day event dedicated to the growth and proliferations of the specialty coffee and gourmet tea market place. Bringing together over 40 vendors from international, national and local coffee and tea distributors, roasters and cafes, this festival allows participants to explore topics from brewing a perfect cup of coffee to choosing the best confectionery delights to have with your tea.
Details on the festival Web site here. The NYC Fair Trade Coalition will have a table on both days. Expect loads of tastings and samples. Want to get in for free? We still need volunteers!
playingpossum » Fair Trade Coffee! said,
July 15, 2006 at 12:32 am
[...] What she said. [...]
The Worsted Witch » The Impossible Only Takes A While said,
July 17, 2006 at 10:48 am
[...] Every NYC Fair Trade Coalition tabling I’ve volunteered at, including the one I dragged my sister to on Saturday, you’ll always get a couple of smart-alecky yahoos who’ll ask you why you’re doing this—Why bother? You’re just one small group of people. You’re just one person. Nothing’s going to change unless the big political guns get involved. Then I bring up Susan B. Anthony, Mahatma Gandhi, Rosa Parks … Abraham frickin’ Lincoln. The odds were phenomally stacked against them; their contemporaries pooh-poohed them. One person. [...]