This Saturday, November 6th, 2010, the Freret Street Market will host the 2nd annual New Orleans Coffee Festival.  From 12 noon to 5 pm 6pm, enjoy specialty coffee tasting flights for $5, live music, and all the usual attractions of the Freret St. Market, located along Freret at Napoleon Avenue.

All afternoon, expert roasters, baristas, and the otherwise coffee obsessed will address a variety of topics:

• 12:30 History of Coffee, Society of New Orleans Baristas
• 1:00 New Orleans’ role and historical impact in the coffee industry – Jesyka Bartlett
• 1:30 Coffee  – From field to cup  – Bob Arceneaux, Coffee Roasters of New Orleans
• 2:00 Coffee Roasting and Blending – Elizabeth Van Sant, Campbell’s Coffee
• 2:30 Coffee Brewing – Matthew Sulfsted, Community Coffee
• 3:00 Cold Filtered Coffee Brewing, Society of New Orleans Baristas (SNOB)
• 3:30 Art of Expresso – Society of New Orleans Baristas (SNOB)
• 4:00 Latte Art – Society of New Orleans Baristas (SNOB)
• 4:30 Organic Coffees – Bill Thompson, Organo Gold