Only one day to go until Hamburg shines as Europe’s most important hub for handling coffee, tea and cocoa. COTECA Coffee, Tea, Cocoa Global Industry Expo will be held from 10 to 12 October 2018 for international trade visitors. Some 200 exhibitors will be there from 40 nations, including coffee growing countries such as Kenya, Uganda, Indonesia, Peru, Nepal and El Salvador; they will present their innovative products and solutions for trade and industry, and highlight the whole of the value chain. Coffee trends and professional coffee cuppings Coffee is the number one beverage in Germany, with favourites including Cold Brew, Nitro, Pink Latte, Mushroom Coffee, Vietnamese Espresso with egg, and classic filter coffee. Germans consume an average of 162 litres of this hot beverage every year[1]. COTECA visitors can attend presentations and workshops giving information on consumer preferences, on general developments in the market, and on what that all means for the trade. And they can find out all about the latest techniques and technologies. There is also plenty to taste – the Kaffee Campus of the German Roasters Guild provides sensory analysis of a wide range of coffees by an international panel, in the course of professional coffee cuppings. Sustainability moving forward Every hour, 320,000 disposable coffee cups are used in Germany[2], creating a vast amount of “To-Go Trash”. A promising trend is gathering speed in cafés and canteens, to combat the flood of plastic – that is reusable cups with a deposit system. About Coteca COTECA Coffee, Tea and Cocoa Global Industry Expo is held once every two years at the Hamburg Messe site. This year’s event will be held from 10 to 12 October, with opening hours to . It is Europe’s only international expo for coffee, tea and cocoa which brings together all three sectors. The whole range of artisan coffee roasting operations is covered in cooperation with the Kaffee Campus of the German Roasters Guild. The supporting partners of COTECA are the German Coffee Association, the German Tea Association, the German Association of Herbal and Fruit Infusions (WKF), and the German Cocoa Trade Association. More information and images are available at https://www.coteca-hamburg.com/en/. Visit the C&T booth - №414! Source: press-releas