Event Description:
Location: Mehr als Wohnen, Conference Room Kägi, Genossenschaftsstrasse 18, 8050 Zürich
Time: 18:45 – 20:30 / Doors open at 18:30
Details:
Hosoe Caffè founders, Taro Hosoe and Alessandra Salvin, will introduce the world of specialty coffee (history, varieties, single origin), including the ethical and sustainable measures they take in their coffee roasting business based in Zurich.
Their presentation will then be followed by a short coffee tasting and end with ample time for networking amongst attendees. The networking session will be hosted by Andrew Travers, Zürich Networking Group founder.
Event Presenters:
Dr Taro Hosoe and Dr Alessandra Salvin
Taro is passionate about coffee, making food, and playing guitar. He has worked as a climate physicist, natural catastrophe expert and reinsurer.
Alessandra is an archaeologist. She splits her time between coffee and archaeology her passion since she was 11. She was volunteering in a Fair Trade shop as a student and introduced Fair Trade to Taro.
They both grow up in Italy, moved to the UK where they received their PhD’s and worked and then moved to Zürich in 2009. They founded Hosoe Caffè roastery in 2020.
Their website is hosoecaffe.ch
Networking Night Host:
Andrew Travers
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Group Event Organizer Contact:
Rose Nassif Travers
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Event Location Information and Directions:
Mehr als Wohnen
Conference Room Kägi
Genossensschaftstrasse 18
CH-8050 Zürich – Oerlikon
Tel: +41 44 325 40 40 (reception will be closed at 17:00)
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Directions:
20 minutes from Zurich / 6 minutes from Oerlikon train station
Mehr als Wohnen is a community that has integrated a sustainability culture into its residential agreements. One unique fact is that it is a vehicle-free area. This means there is no parking available on site. Public transportation, however, is made easy from Oerlikon train station.
Public transportation directions:
- Walk to Bahnhof Oerlikon Ost train stop (Gleis 8 side)
- Take bus 781 to Reidbach – the third stop.
- Continue walking in the direction of the bus.
- Pass Bagel Boys and take a right onto Dialogweg
- Turn left onto Genossenschaftstrasse
- Conference Kägi is straight ahead, passing the reception desk on your left.
Parking:
Parking Messe Zürich is a large, affordable garage only blocks away from Mehr als Wohnen:
Address: Andreasstrasse 65, 8050 Zürich-Oerlikon.
Mehr als Wohnen has a limited user and environmentally friendly special car parking policy. They charge CHF20+ for parking on-site, hence the recommendation to park a 5-minute walk away at the large Messe parking facility.
Should you have any questions or queries regarding the event, please email the event organizer
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