Some coffee conversations deserve a room of their own.
Cafe Imports Europe invites roasters and green buyers to Berlin for the first installment of AFTER HOURS, ALL DAY on October 15-16: a free, all-day educational gathering built around the knowledge, questions, and connections that shape our work in coffee.
Schedule
Hosted at our Berlin hub, the day brings together talks, panels, workshops, cuppings, and conversations on sourcing, sensory, green buying, market insights, roasting, and more. Think of AFTER HOURS, ALL DAY as coffee education hidden in plain sight: built on the work we do every day, and aimed at the kind of direct exchange that usually only happens once the pitches and presentations are over.
15 October 2026
Kickoff
7:00 PM – Dinner with guests and CIE team
16 October 2026
Group 1
8:30 AM – Breakfast
9:00 AM – Coffee Rose with Ian
10:30 AM – Cupping Round 1
12:00 PM – TBD
1:00 PM – Lunch
2:00 PM – Cupping Round 2
3:00 PM – Roest Workshop
4:00 PM – Cake Break
4:30 PM – Panel Talk
6:00 PM – Aperitivo with Edible Alchemy
7:00 PM – Dinner
Group 2
8:30 AM – Breakfast
9:00 AM – Roest Workshop
10:30 AM – Coffee Rose Talk with Ian
12:00 PM – Cupping Round 1
1:00 PM – Lunch
2:00 PM – TBD
3:00 PM – Cupping Round 2
4:00 PM – Cake Break
4:30 PM – Panel Talk
6:00 PM – Aperitivo with Edible Alchemy
7:00 PM – Dinner
Rose: Cupping Through the Noise
Cupping is full of inherited methods, ingrained habits, groupthink, and industry assumptions. This class uses Cafe Imports’ Coffee Rose methodology as a practical case study for cutting through that noise: identifying what sensory information a business actually needs, understanding how different cupping systems serve different purposes, and helping roasters build or refine programs that better support their own buying, roasting, QC, menu, and communication decisions.
Panel: To the Source
The coffee market has never been more unpredictable and raised more questions — and the answers aren’t in the spreadsheets. They’re at origin and in the roasteries. So let us bring the conversation straight “To the Source”: a candid dialogue with green coffee buyers on the ground in producing countries and roasters with their eyes on the product. From market inversion and inventory planning to navigating economic volatility, they’ll share what’s really happening where it matters most — and what that means for your sourcing decisions.
Featured Speakers
Hosted at our Berlin hub, the day brings together talks, panels, workshops, cuppings, and conversations on sourcing, sensory, green buying, market insights, roasting, and more. Think of AFTER HOURS, all day as coffee education hidden in plain sight: built on the work we do every day, and aimed at the kind of direct exchange that usually only happens once the pitches and presentations are over.
Ian Fretheim
Ian is the Director of Sensory Analysis across all Cafe Imports offices. He’s joining us from the US to cup, talk the Coffee Rose, and maybe enjoy a glass or two of wine.
Dylan Siemens
Dylan is Head of Education at Cafe Imports, where his work sits at the intersection of coffee knowledge, curriculum development, and content creation. Over the past few years, he’s developed ED+U, an open-access, 6-course coffee education platform.
Claudia Bellinzoni
Claudia is a Senior Green Buyer with Cafe Imports, whose broad experience from international relations to anthropology eventually led her to the world of specialty coffee. Since joining our team, her focus has been on sourcing exceptional African coffees.
Guro Handeland
Since October 2023, Guro Handeland has driven the UI and UX evolution at ROEST. With a café manager background and a Master’s in Interaction Design, she now creates designs that connect the real-world roasting floor directly to ROEST’s software and hardware architecture.
