FIRST IN THE NATION AND LARGEST IN THE WORLD

15th Annual
Southwest Chocolate & Coffee Fest

The world's largest festival for chocolate, coffee, and gourmet foods.

April 5 & 6, 2025 | 10-5

Expo New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM

15th Annual
Southwest Chocolate & Coffee Fest

APRIL 5 & 6, 2025 | 10AM - 5PM

Expo New Mexico | Albuquerque, NM

200 vendors, 7 stages, 250,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor shopping, tasting, and discovery.

Chocolates, coffees, teas, candies, baked goods and delectable surprises from around the world.
Culinary arts classes, tastings, and demonstrations by award winning chefs, chocolatiers, coffee roasters, & baristas.

2025 GUEST PRESENTERS

Full Schedule & List of Presenters Posting Soon

Dr. Maricel Presilla is a cultural historian, chocolate expert, James Beard Award-winning chef, founder of the International Institute of Chocolate and Cacao Tasting and the International Chocolate Awards, author of The New Taste of Chocolate, among other books.

Dylan Siemens has worked in the Specialty Coffee Industry since 2012, becoming a coffee educator in 2014. He is currently the Head of Education at Cafe Imports. From 2015 to 2019, he competed in US Brewers and Barista competitions, winning the US Brewers Cup in 2017. His focus at Cafe Imports is developing an open-source coffee curriculum and copy for marketing and web content. He lives in Arkansas with his wife and two young children.

CATHERINA HUGHEYDIRT Coffee

David CertainDavid Certain
CrudeLab Coffee

DR. MARICEL PRESILLAGran Cacao.
International Institute of Chocolate and Cacao Tasting.

GRACE LAPSYSExecutive Pastry Chef, Rice University

JUAN CAMILO ZULUAGACofinet Coffee North America. Cafe la Cabra Loca, Quindio – Colombia

JUAN CERTAINThe Bru Coffee

MARA MENNICKEN (joining virtually)The Good Chocolatier

MARK MICHAELSONUS Roasting Champion
San Franciscan Roaster Company

STEVE PRICKETTEldora Craft Chocolate

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