2012 Sponsors
Title Sponsor
Bunn-O-Matic
Wherever they do business, customers rely on BUNN for quality beverage equipment and comprehensive service. Offering a complete line of dispensed beverage equipment from locations around the globe, BUNN manufactures coffee brewers; grinders; single-cup pod brewers; the trifecta air infusion brewer; superautomatic espresso systems; precise temperature water systems; and more.
Qualified Cleaning Product
Urnex/Puro
Urnex Brands, Inc. and Puro® are the leading authorities in coffee and espresso equipment cleaning. Established in 1936, Urnex® products include liquids, tablets, powders, sanitizers, and the world’s first grinder cleaner. Puro®, a division of Urnex Brands, provides professional cleaning solutions for the professional barista. NSF, OMRI, and EPA certified.
www.urnex.com | www.purobrand.com
Qualified Grinder
Marco
Marco Beverage Systems Ltd. designs and manufactures the finest hot water delivery systems for commercial brewing of tea and coffee. We work directly with our customers to deliver specific machines for specific solutions, marrying technological and brewing excellence within the Marco range of products, striving to meet user needs.
Equipment Sponsor
Hario
HARIO is a Japanese heat-resistant glassware company which was founded in 1921. Innovative glassware and utensil for drinking coffee such as V60 coffee dripper and TCA Syphon give not only special taste, but also time, value and relationship to the customer and barista in the world.
Equipment Sponsor
Kalita
KALITA has over fifty year history to popularize coffee culture in Japan through highly sophisticated coffee related equipment. We further devote to lineup products in order to draw out specialty of coffee so that all consumers can enjoy its real taste of coffee in the coming fifty years.
Coffee Sponsor
Honolulu Coffee
Honolulu Coffee Co. roasts the highest quality 100% Kona coffee in the World by working directly with the farmers in Hawaii to produce unique, high quality green coffees. In 2011 Honolulu Coffee won the U.S. Barista Championship and finished 2nd at the 2011 World Barista Championship in Bogota, Colombia. Honolulu Coffee Co. operates cafes in Hawaii, Tokyo, Taiwan and Guam.
Product Sponsor
Aerobie
The AeroPress coffee maker is a new generation of coffee press for serious coffee lovers who enjoy controlling all the important variables in the coffee brewing process to brew it exactly the way they want it. It is amazing how delicious AeroPress brewed coffee can be.
Product Sponsor
Chemex
Product Sponsor
Curtis
Since 1941, the Wilbur Curtis Company has been at the forefront of coffee brewing technology. From the invention of the disposable glass coffee pot to the revolutionary Gemini Satellite system and now Generation Four technology paired with the Curtis Gold Cup single cup brewer, Curtis is the leader in automated brewing.
Product Sponsor
Espro
espro inc. is a Vancouver based design company who have been pursuing the perfect cup of coffee for over 8 years. Our precision coffee and espresso accessories take care of the science, so coffee lovers can master the art of making great coffee and espresso. Products include the Espro™ Calibrated Tamper, Toroid™ Steaming Pitcher and the Espro™ Press.
Product Sponsor
Extract Mojo!
Based in Boston, MA, VST’s products help improve coffee and espresso quality by providing accurate measurements with easy to use software applications for computing brew formulas for virtually any brew method. VST’s coffee refractometers and PC and iPhone software have won Best New Product Awards at SCAA conventions for Education and Training. Both software APPs integrate VST’s Universal Brewing Control Chart to determine extraction yields for any coffee or espresso condition, allowing users to trouble-shoot and correct equipment and brewing protocols, and provide improved coffee beverage quality.
Product Sponsor
Espresso Gear
Espresso Gear is a Swedish design, invention and production company with focus on the modern specialty coffee market. We have since the start in 2000 made many original designs which have pushed the level of quality for professional coffee tools and accessories.
Medallion
Café Taf
Taf offers specialty coffee and services through a wide network to the largest part of Greece. The company’s goal is the development of long-term business relationships with the customers. The business action of Taf focuses on offering unique high quality coffees included in three product lines – Single Estate, Taloumis Family Limited Reserve and Sustainability coffees. These coffees are purchased directly from coffee farms, adopting the direct relationship model. The offering is combined with unequalled education for a complete customer service. Taf roasts specialty coffees with the expertise aquired through all these years and responds to customer preferences with flexibility.
Barista Party Sponsor
Natvia
Natvia is the 100% natural, healthy alternative to artificial sweeteners and sugar. Natvia’s taste profile has been specially crafted to complement coffee. Our innovative growing and blending techniques, coupled with our use of the very best ingredients are the secret to our natural, sweet taste that is loved by baristas around the world.











