Coffee Fest and the Great American Dessert Expo debut together with success in Las Vegas.Gourmet coffee and desserts really are a natural combination, as evidenced this past June in Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. . Combined, the shows floored 250 exhibit booths at the Sands Expo The Sands Expo and Convention Center, at 1.2 million square feet (110,000 m²), is the second largest convention center in the Las Vegas, Nevada area. It opened in 1990 across the street from the original Sands Hotel. Center, sampling the latest in specialty coffee, tea, desserts and related products. Educationally, more than 55 classes covered the gamut of retailing desserts, coffee and everything in between. Attendance was up 22% percent over 2003's Las Vegas show and exhibitor participation was up 55% percent over last year. "Joining with the Dessert Expo was a tremendous risk for us, however preliminarily, but we are glad we did," said David Heilbrunn, Coffee Fest show manager. "It seems as though our attendees and exhibitors were pleased with the combined experience in Las Vegas." Awards were given for the best new products on display and Porter Products took home the first place prize with their innovative "Double Shot." Second place went to Caffe D'Amore, for their "Dulce De Leche Dulce de leche in Spanish, dolç de llet in Catalan, or doce de leite in Portuguese ("milk candy"), is a milk-based syrup. Found as both a sauce and a caramel-like candy, it is popular in Argentina. ", and PetPuccino received the third place prize for their new "PupPuccino Dog Treats." The second annual Las Vegas Millrock Latte Art Competition was a success and featured many of the top baristi from throughout the southwest. Twenty-two barista barista Noun a person who makes and sells coffee in a coffee bar competed in preliminaries on Saturday and Sunday. On Monday the stage was set for the Millrock Free Pour Latte Art Championships with 10 finalists. Daniel Wayne from Lux Coffee Bar in Phoenix, Arizona was crowned champion and awarded the $1,000 top prize. While others came close, Daniel displayed a clear advantage over all other competitors in both the preliminary rounds and then again in the finals. Second place went to second time competitor Jared Mockli, representing the Seattle Barista Academy in Seattle, Washington. James Kellum of Coffee Klatch Roasting in San Dimas, California San Dimas is a city located in Los Angeles County, California. As of the 2004 census, the city had a total population of 36,200. History Don Palomares received a 15,000 acre (61 km) , took third place. James showed the most creativity by successfully pouring an elephant's head in the final round but chose a rosette Rosette D’Albert’s pliable, versatile, talented, acknowledged bedmate. [Fr. Lit.: Mademoiselle de Maupin. Magill I, 542–543] See : Courtesanship (language) Rosette - A concurrent object-oriented language from MCC. as his judging submission. While we will never know if the elephant would have taken top honors, it was great to see the creativity begin to emerge in the competition. Coffee lest Las Vegas 2005 is scheduled for June 3-5, 2005 at the Las Vegas Convention Center The Las Vegas Convention Center is owned and operated by the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority and is located in Clark County, Nevada. It is one of the largest Convention centers in the world. At the end of 2004, the center had 3. . Tel: (1)(425) 283-5058, X13, Web site: www.coffeefest.com. |
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