Southwest Chocolate and Coffee Fest: Full Schedule

Join the most important conversation at the Festival: how chocolate and coffee businesses provide inclusive hiring and training opportunities. Coffee will be served!

Speakers

Mara Mennicken

Owner, Craft Chocolate Maker, The Good Chocolatier

Hi, my name is Mara! I'm a social entrepreneur who loves finding solutions for real-life social and environmental issues that stop us all from advancing equitably. I think that triple-bottom-line businesses should be the norm and I'm committed to leading by example with our employment-based... Read More →

Catharina Hughey

Executive Director/ Co-Founder, DIRT Coffee

Vincent LaVolpa

Owner & Educator, Green Joe Coffee School

Saturday April 5, 2025 2:00pm - 3:00pm MDT
Guittard Chocolate Stage

Free

11:00am MDT

Tea Tasting

Sunday April 6, 2025 11:00am - 12:00pm MDT

Guittard Chocolate Stage

An around the world tasting of fine and divine teas.

Speakers

Brian Clark

Tea Sommelier, Kung Fu Cowboy Tea Company

Sunday April 6, 2025 11:00am - 12:00pm MDT
Guittard Chocolate Stage

Free, Tea

12:00pm MDT

Tasting Chocolate: A Master Class

Sunday April 6, 2025 12:00pm - 1:00pm MDT

Guittard Chocolate Stage

Don’t want to miss this rare opportunity to explore the flavors of chocolate with one of the world's leading chocolate tasters, educators, and judge of the International Chocolate Awards.

Speakers

Maricel Prisilla

President of Gran Cacao Americas. Educator, Author, Gran Cacao Americas. International Institute on Chocolate and Cacao Tasting. International Chocolate Awards

Trained in medieval Spanish and Latin American history and cultural anthropology with a focus on West Africa and its Latin American diaspora at New York University, where she obtained a Ph.D. in history, Dr. Maricel E. Presilla combines the high academic standards of a professional... Read More →

Sunday April 6, 2025 12:00pm - 1:00pm MDT
Guittard Chocolate Stage

Free, Chocolate