Coffee Convention Perks Up Atlanta

Web Editor: Sean Rowe
Reported By: Bill Liss

It’s the hottest fascination in America, and its popularity just keeps rising like a well-whipped froth. It’s Americans’ love affair with coffee.

From coast to coast, it’s being savored from bean to brew. Whether it’s a latte, cappuccino or espresso, coffee is indeed good to the last drop.

On Sunday, coffee enthusiasts from both sides of the counter poured into Atlanta as the World Congress Center hosted the Specialty Coffee Association of America.

Roast it. Grind it. Sip it. Enjoy it. It’s coffee. In Atlanta that meant hundreds of specialized varieties from every corner of the world. Made with every type of machine possible, coffee was sampled by an estimated 9,000 expert attendees.

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