{"id":13556,"date":"2025-02-24T16:29:33","date_gmt":"2025-02-24T15:29:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lamarzocco.com\/?p=13556"},"modified":"2025-02-24T16:29:33","modified_gmt":"2025-02-24T15:29:33","slug":"attending-afca-2025-in-tanzania-demos-talks-csr-songwa-coffee-safari-xps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lamarzocco-it-test.testsuite.it\/en\/attending-afca-2025-in-tanzania-demos-talks-csr-songwa-coffee-safari-xps\/","title":{"rendered":"Attending AFCA 2025 in Tanzania: Demos, Talks, CSR &#038; Songwa Coffee Safari XPs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13559\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lamarzocco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/afca-banner.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1708\" height=\"650\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lamarzocco-it-test.testsuite.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/afca-banner.jpg 1708w, https:\/\/lamarzocco-it-test.testsuite.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/afca-banner-600x228.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1708px) 100vw, 1708px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/accademiadelcaffeespresso\/\">Accademia del Caff\u00e8 Espresso<\/a>, La Marzocco\u2019s coffee culture and innovation center, will attend the 21st edition of <a href=\"https:\/\/afca.coffee\/conference\/\">AFCA (African Fine Coffees &amp; Exhibition Center)<\/a> in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, from February 28th till February 29th, sponsoring the show with equipment for the national barista competitions, with in-house expertise for product demos and industry lectures (featuring La Marzocco\u2019s Area Export Manager &#8211; Mike Kahn &#8211; for tech trainings, and Accademia\u2019s Coffee Research Leader &#8211; Massimo Battaglia &#8211; for the &#8220;Consenso&#8221; speech and for addressing Central American Coffee Fermentation studies).<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">As a novelty and integral part of the tradeshow this year, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/accademiadelcaffeespresso\/\">Accademia del Caff\u00e8 Espresso<\/a>, as technical partner, has joined forces with Songwa Estates, the longtime co-managed Tanzanian coffee plantation and socio-educational platform supported by the Florentine company, to design a curated Coffee Safari experience on the farm itself, in Mbeya (23-25 February). A visit will also be organized to the nearby Muvwa primary school, which La Marzocco has helped complete over the years with new infrastructure and services.\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">This 3-day journey will involve a dozen AFCA event attendees in the discovery of Songwa Estates\u2019 coffee communities and activities and of the innovative operations on the adjacent plot of land, Utengule Farm, housing Consenso: a connected plantation set up with the support of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pnat.net\/\">PNAT<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cisco.com\/c\/it_it\/index.html\">Cisco<\/a> and which, through the application of sensors and remote data analysis, aims to research coffee plants\u2019 health in order to optimize agricultural practices and ultimately support the industry in tackling the impact of global warming.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Learn more <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ZQ5A4HISfyM?si=kOY7mt9iZZ2GEJ6J\">HERE<\/a>.\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Last but not least, this trip will provide the opportunity for people to learn more about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/handsforsongwa\/\">Hands for Songwa<\/a> social responsibility program and about the recently formed local organization, the Hands for Songwa Foundation.\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Accademia del Caff\u00e8 Espresso, La Marzocco\u2019s coffee culture and innovation center, will attend the 21st edition of AFCA (African Fine Coffees &amp; 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