Scenes From The 2026 Roast Summit In Portland, Oregon

The Roast Summit 2026 at The Redd on Salmon Avenue in Portland, Oregon. All images by Howard Bryman / Every day Espresso Information.

Tastings, talks and technical demonstrations for espresso business professionals stuffed two sunny days in Portland, Oregon, final week on the 2026 Roast Summit occasion hosted by Roast journal.

Interspersed with espresso breaks, lunch and a night joyful hour and pub crawl, the sold-out occasion drew a whole lot of roasting, inexperienced espresso and business tools professionals collectively for networking, studying and a full of life sharing of experiences and concepts.

Just a few of the highlights from classes final week included a presentation by Caffè Amouri Roastmaster and Head of Espresso Operations Nicki Amouri that touched upon the outcomes of experiments involving variables akin to totally different cost temperatures and turnaround time temperatures.

Espresso advisor and Guilder Espresso Proprietor Laila Ghambari shared insights and techniques for enhancing cafe and roastery profitability.

Occasions within the tasting corridor included an exploration guided by La Minita Espresso Senior Vice President Scott Merle of various processing strategies’ affect within the cup.

In the meantime exterior, dwell roasting demonstrations had been carried out on San Franciscan, Loring, Diedrich and Sivetz manufacturing roasters alongside Roest, Aillio, Nucleus Hyperlink and Ikawa pattern roasters.

The occasion that originated in Portland in 2020 has since additionally taken place in Seattle, the Chicago space and Melbourne, Australia. The subsequent Roast Summit is scheduled for March 2-3, 2027 in Melbourne. Right here we share a couple of scenes from final week’s Summit in Portland: