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Post release
From April 17 to 19, the 11th professional exhibition and conference Coffee Tea Cacao Russian Expo 2024 (CTCRE) was successfully held at the Main Stage in Moscow, bringing together more than 9,000 professionals from the coffee, tea, cocoa and chocolate industries. The event turned out to be a meeting place for more than 160 exhibiting companies, including exporters, importers and manufacturers, who presented their latest products and achievements. Traditionally, special attention was paid to educational platforms, which covered a wide range of issues relevant to business and with an emphasis on new realities. About 200 events were held: seminars and master classes, round tables and lectures, cuppings and tastings.
The educational platforms of the exhibition hosted significant lectures and master classes organized by leading industry experts. Among the most memorable events were the coffee cupping, held jointly with the Embassy of Brazil and the Kolibri Coffee company, as well as the speech by Ramaz Chanturia, CEO of the Roschaikofe Association. He presented a report on the topic "Tea and Coffee Market in Russia: Key Results and Trends for 2023", providing valuable data and analysis of the current state of the industries.
A large number of master classes, useful lectures and product giveaways were organized directly by the exhibitors themselves at their company stands. The exhibitors actively interacted with visitors and provided them with the opportunity to delve deeper into the world of coffee, tea and cocoa.
This year, the company stands stood out for their stylish and modern design. The exhibitors put significant effort into creating unique and attractive spaces that not only attracted the attention of visitors, but also contributed to more effective interaction and knowledge sharing. ___
CTCRE 2024 included coffee and tea championships, which named the roaster of the year, as well as the best baristas and tea masters of Russia:
The Roaster of the Year Award is a competitive selection among the best roasters in the country, which took place in 3 stages. The first stage was attended by 62 companies from all over the country with 93 lots, 25 companies made it to the second stage, and 10 to the third. Participants provided two types of coffee for the Award: a custom roast that the company chooses from its assortment, and a mandatory roast - coffee provided by SFT Trading. The 10 best roasters who made it to the third stage roasted coffee from the sponsor Wintergreen green coffee in the training center of SFT Trading on the roaster of the Turkish brand Beska.
The best roaster in Russia (based on the total points) was Rakhmon Mishelashvili from the SOK Coffee company.
The top 10 best roasters in Russia also included:
Maxim Skripnikov, Gemma
Ravil Kudashev, GRIND
Nikita Grishin, BLUE HAWAII ROAST
Tikhon Anisenkov, TastyCoffee
Egor Kozhevnikov, Plus Minus Coffee
Grigory Bolotov, HQ! Coffee
Sergey Zakomychkin, Coffee Cult Ounce
Denis Dmitriev, West 4
Nikolay Kryukov, Roast Coast Coffee
In the category “Custom Coffee Roasting”, the best company was recognized as Tasty Coffee from Izhevsk with the lot “BATCH BREW AFRICA”.
The top 6 best companies in the category of custom coffee roasting also included:
Roast Coast Coffee with the lot “ETHIOPIA GOTITI REKU”;
HQ! Coffee with the lot Kenya Karimikui AA;
Specialty.ru with the lot "Kenya Murarandiya Gatuya";
Palermo coffee with the lot Kenya Alshemali AMO;
Torrefacto with the lot "Kenya Kiri AA".
The competition "Barista of the Year" was attended by 30 best baristas from all over Russia. The champion was Evgeny Pakhomov (St. Petersburg, independent barista).
The second place was taken by Artur Shcherbakov (Nalchik, "BuZhu"), the third - by Vladislav Sorokin (Irkutsk, "DoubleB").
Also on April 19, 2 more coffee competitions were held at the exhibition venues: the Aeropress Battle championship and the independent championship Insane Latte Art Battle.
The Aeropress Battle championship was attended by 54 baristas from different cities of Russia. The champion was Evgeny Boyko (Moscow, "Silky Drum").
Roman Kritsyn (Krasnodar, Cheboko) took second place, Sergey Gavrilov (Krasnoyarsk, independent barista) took third place.
50 baristas took part in the invited independent latte art championship Insane Latte Art Battle. The champion was Maria Filimonchuk (Moscow, Coffee Mania). Denis Zverev (Moscow, floo coffee) took second place, and Khozh Bersunkaev (Moscow, Coffee Mania) took third place.
The exhibition venue hosted tea championships, during which the winners of the Matcha Latte Battle championship and the National stage of the international tea championship Tea Masters Cup 2024 were determined in two categories - Tea Preparation and Tea Tasting.
16 tea masters took part in the Matcha Latte Battle championship. Andrey Kirillov (Moscow, FACE TO FACE, May Brands) became the champion. Second place went to Ali Molorov (Moscow, Lovemark).
16 tea masters took part in the TMC championship in the Tea Preparation category. The winner of the category was Nikolay Sushko (Moscow, Julius Meinl). Second place went to Maxim Bevzyuk, and third to Vero
nika Mozharova.
56 tea masters took part in the TMC championship in the Tea Tasting category. Maya Mikhailova (Moscow, "MAY") won. Georgy Vanadze (Ufa, H2O COMPANY) took second place, and Vasily Tsvetkov (Moscow, "Doubleby") took third place.
The first Russian championship in making cocoa-based drinks, Chocolate Battle 2024, was also held as part of the exhibition.
A total of 16 baristas from 10 cities across the country took part in the competition;
Alexey Grigoriev (Moscow, MK GROUP) became the champion. Marina Obinyakina (Sochi, Ritual Cacao) took second place.
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On April 17, the names of representatives of the coffee and tea professional community of Russia who were awarded the honorary title of "Person of the Year" 2023, which has been awarded annually by the magazine "Coffee and Tea in Russia" since 2008, were announced in a solemn ceremony:
In the coffee industry, the title of "Person of the Year" in 2023 was awarded to Vladimir Lisovy for his extensive contribution to the development of the "Barista of the Year" championship at the regional and national levels. Vladimir not only judged the competitions, but also created an atmosphere of inspiration and competitive spirit among the participants. His work on conducting calibrations, recruiting judges and coordinating the entire process was highly praised by professionals.
In the tea industry, the title of "Person of the Year" in 2023 was awarded to Natalia Lelikova for the creation of the Molecular Circle of Tea Aromas, the publication of the Aroma.Tea.ka Tea Tester's Notebook and the development of Oolong Aroma Kits. Her work on tea aroma analysis, her desire to find new solutions and unexplored paths in the world of tea have earned great recognition.
Also on the first day of the exhibition, the results of the Project of the Year Award were announced. According to the results of the voting of the competition committee, the winners of the Award were:
Weroast Platform: Weroast Model R4.2 + Weroast Smart Filter 2 + Weroast DGTL Platform
SOAK Coffee
Paper lids for disposable cups Formacia
Inclusive cafe "Raznye Zin"
EASYSWEET. Automatic syrup dosing system
On April 18, the winners of the annual Packaging of the Year Award 2023, established by the Coffee and Tea in Russia magazine, were awarded in 4 categories:
Best packaging for coffee - Poetti;
Best packaging for herbal tea - Bravos;
Best packaging for chocolate - The Fruit and namedu;
The best packaging for tea is White Palisade.
On the second day of the exhibition, the winners of the Chocolate of the Year 2024 Award were also awarded in 6 categories:
Bean-to-Bar Bitter Single Origin
Gold - "Uganda Simuliki Forest 72%, Origin" (PURE TASTE OF CHOCOLATE);
Silver - "Papua New Guinea 75%, Origin" (PURE TASTE OF CHOCOLATE);
Bronze - "Dark Chocolate Philippines Paquibato 78%" (Three-Six-Nine);
Bean-to-Bar Bitter
Gold - "Travel Chocolate 70% Philippines Paquibato" (Endorphin Chocolate);
Silver - "Bean-to-bar Dark Chocolate 70%, Thailand" (PURE TASTE OF CHOCOLATE);
Bronze — «Philippines» (ALVACACAU);
Bean-to-Bar Milk
Gold — «50% dark milk chocolate» (A KVLAKOV);
Silver — «Creamy chocolate» (Shokopolia);
Bronze — «Criollo milk chocolate with coconut cream and coconut sugar» (FOODROOM CACAO);
Milk chocolate
Gold — «Milk Coconut chocolate» (MALAKHOVA chocolate);
Silver — «Chocolate Creamy dessert 42%» (Trufelissimo);
Bronze — «Classic milk chocolate» (Timani Chocolate Manufactory);
White chocolate
Gold — «Artisan «MANGO CHOCOLATE» with timut pepper» (SHOCOMANIFICO);
Silver — «White chocolate with black currant» (Chocolate workshop);
Bronze — “Caramel White Chocolate” (Torrefacto);
Chocolate with additives
Gold — “Moccaccino 42%” (Trufflessimo);
Silver — “White Chocolate with Caramel, Coffee and Wafer Crumbs” (KUTKEVICH);
Bronze — “White Chocolate Lemongrass” (Kusalov Chocolate).
The CTCRE team is looking forward to meeting visitors, exhibitors and championship participants at the next exhibition Coffee Tea Cacao Russian Expo 2025, which will be held from April 16 to 18 at the Main Stage!
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The organizers express their deep gratitude to the sponsors and partners, whose support became the key to the success of the event:
General sponsors of the exhibition:
Water treatment sponsor — BWT water+more.
Brewing equipment and boilers sponsor — Franco with the Marco and ZKM brands.
Coffee exhibition sponsor — MilFoods with the Poetti brand.
Barista of the Year championship sponsor for coffee grinders and coffee machines — AMENARI and Cimbali group.
Milk sponsor — Lactalis with the Parmalat Professional brand.
Official sponsors of the exhibition:
Volunteer uniform sponsor — Submarine;
Alternative coffee grinder sponsor — Eureka;
Matcha sponsor — Origami tea;
Paper cup sponsor — Skandipakk;
Barista of the Year championship espresso and milk drink coffee sponsor — Julius Meinl;
Chocolate sponsor of the exhibition — ALVACACAU;
Chocolate sponsor for the Chocolate Battle championship — Shokoladny Tseh;
Cleaning products sponsor — Cup Cleaner;
Roaster of the Year award packaging sponsor — ABC Pack;
Coffee sponsor for the Barista of the Year Championship is Tasty Coffee;
Syrup sponsor is Proffsyrup;
Coffee for Drinks Stage and Insane Latte Art Championship — Cofesso/Face to Face/MAY;
Sponsor of the espresso grinder exhibition — Victoria Arduino brand with Mythos 85 grinder;
Sponsor of aprons and plant-based drinks — Planto brand, Health & Nutrition company;
Sponsor of cream — Petmol brand – cream sponsor, Health & Nutrition company;
Sponsor of brewing equipment and scales — Doppio;
Sponsor of equipment and tablets — Complex Bar;
Sponsor of coffee machines for Drinsk Stage, Insane Latte Art Championship — Manifesta;
Sponsor of alternative brewing equipment — EastBrew;
Sponsor of CafeSpace competition — Café Store;
Sponsor of roasting equipment for the Roaster of the Year award — Besca;
Coffee sponsor for the Roaster of the Year award (stage 2) and sponsor of the Chocolate of the Year award — SFT;
Green bean sponsor for the Roaster of the Year award (stage 3) — Wintergreen green coffee;
Teaware sponsor for the exhibition and tea sponsor for the Tea Tasting category — «Slon»;
Exhibition sponsor for eco-badges for visitors — Opticom;
Coffee sponsor for Aeropress Battle — Kojo;
Visitor bag sponsor — Green Milk;
Flavorings sponsor for the Chocolate Battle championship — Pudra;
Tea sponsor for the exhibition and tea sponsor for the Tea Preparation category — Aroma Tea Coffee;
Coffee machine sponsor for the CLB and MLB championships — Carimali;
Reusable cup sponsor for the Roasters House zone — Greencof.
Exhibition partners:
National Barista of the Year Award partner for brewing equipment – Brew Riot;
Volunteer partner – Institute of Hotel Business and Tourism (IHBT) RUDN;
Ice partner – Ledocool;
Water partner for speakers – “Health Waters”;
Milk dispenser partner – Easysystem;
Juice partner for speakers – Zuegg;
Cup partner – MÖWE;
Exhibition partner – Staff Only;
Dessert Stage equipment partner – Enigma;
Form partner for organizers – “Jamaica”.
Program partners:
Stream Coffee – information and educational project in the coffee business;
STANFOOD – offline academy for current and future professionals in the restaurant business.
Nielsen IQ – technology company providing data on the retail market and consumer behavior in the FMCG industry.
With the support of
Association "Roschaikofe".
Radio partner
Сhocolate FM
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The organizer of the exhibition is the magazine KICH and the information portal www.coffeetea.ru
https://coffeeteacacaoexpo.ru/ – Moscow exhibition website
https://kazan.coffeeteacacaoexpo.ru/ – Kazan exhibition website
https://awards.coffeeteacacaoexpo.ru/ – awards website
https://competitions.coffeeteacacaoexpo.ru/ – championships website