Regenerative practices
Piet van Asten, Global Head Sustainable Production Systems at Olam Food Ingredients, shares practical insights on regenerative coffee farming.
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First Coffee Caravan: Amsterdam
A compact morning of stories, origin exchange and coffee tasting with Ugandan exporters and Dutch coffee professionals.
23 June 2026
09:00–11:30
Stean’s Beans, Amsterdam
This event is powered by CBI.
Meet the origins
Seven Ugandan coffee exporters introduce their coffees, stories and ambitions for the European market. More East African coffee origin exporters will be present as well and ready to meet you.
Taste and connect
A focused tasting and meet-and-greet format to create new leads, partnerships and sector conversations.
Programme
Morning schedule.
The first edition is designed as a short, high-value sector meeting: clear content, enough time for tasting and direct conversations.
We keep the programme compact so visitors can quickly understand the participating origins, hear relevant sector insights and still have enough room for informal exchange. The focus is practical: meeting exporters, tasting coffees, asking direct questions and exploring where future collaboration could start.
Start with a coffee
Arrival, welcome coffee and informal introductions.
Opening Coffee Caravan
Introduction of the platform, the route, purpose of the event as well as the CBI Uganda Coffee programme.
Regenerative Practices in Coffee Farming
Talk by Piet van Asten.
Introduction origins
Short introductions to the participating origins and coffee exporters.
Coffee tasting origins
Taste coffees and meet the exporters.
Closing
Wrap-up and next steps.
Location
Stean’s Beans
Helicopterstraat 30, Amsterdam
Coffee Caravan is a travelling event. Amsterdam is the first stop; future editions can move to new roasteries, coffee bars and sector spaces.
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