Where the coffee is put in front of people
The Addis Coffee Cup runs as an embassy rotation through the year — the same afternoon-to-evening format, a different host each stop — with a diplomacy evening, the members’ forum and an international delegation around it.
What you can still be in the room for.
What the association has already run.
SCA World of Coffee
The association takes a member delegation to the specialty trade's largest European floor.
Event details Cupping & auctionAddis Coffee Cup #4
Hosted by the Embassy of South Korea, in front of one of the fastest-growing specialty markets anywhere.
Event details Industry forumStakeholder Forum
The association's own floor — members, regulators and research together, on the record.
Event details Cupping & auctionAddis Coffee Cup #3
Hosted by the Embassy of the USA, with the specialty roasters who set North American demand on the line.
Event details DiplomacyCoffee Diplomacy Tasting
A ceremony-led evening for heads of mission and their trade teams — no auction, no scoring, no pitch.
Event details Cupping & auctionAddis Coffee Cup #2
Hosted by the Embassy of Germany, with EUDR readiness in the room rather than in an annex.
Event details Cupping & auctionAddis Coffee Cup #1
The first stop of the rotation, hosted by the Embassy of Japan — a market that buys on cup score and pays for consistency.
Event detailsA lot that clears at auction in front of an ambassador travels differently to one that clears in a warehouse. The rotation borrows the room, the guest list and the economic-diplomacy interest a host mission already has, and puts Ethiopian coffee in the middle of it.