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About ExpoBaristi

About ExpoBaristi: built on the floor of real trade fairs

We are the barista crew exhibitors book when the stand has to perform. Specialty coffee, genuinely social hosts, and people who are paid well enough to actually care.

Born on the fair floor, not in a boardroom

Ten years in specialty coffee. Six years on the expo floor. We worked it inside other people's companies, show after show, and kept hitting the same two problems.

First, the people. A stand comes alive when someone behind the bar genuinely loves people and becomes the social heart of the booth. We are those people. That kind of host was almost impossible to find on a typical catering crew.

Second, how that crew was treated. So we stopped waiting and built the company we wished we had worked for.

Conversation at a trade fair booth over coffee

The human touch is the whole strategy

Pay people fairly, treat them with respect, and they make your stand unforgettable.

The uncomfortable truth about most fair catering: the budgets are large, but very little reaches the people pouring your coffee. Baristas and hostesses are underpaid and treated as interchangeable, so the best ones never stay. You pay premium prices and get tired service that never matches the bill.

We do it the other way around. We pay our crew up to 75% more than the typical agencies and treat them as professionals. Social people who love the job become part of your team for the day and make everyone at the bar feel seen. That is how a coffee becomes a conversation, and a conversation becomes a lead. The human touch is what converts.

What every cup is built on

Three things we never compromise.

01

Direct-trade premium beans

Our coffee comes direct-trade from RVTC: traceable, fair to growers, roasted for espresso. Premium prices should buy a premium cup.

02

La Marzocco machines

We pour on La Marzocco, the machine specialty cafés are built around. Café-quality drinks all day, even in a packed hall.

03

Fairly paid, respected people

We pay our crew up to 75% more than standard agencies and treat them as professionals. A happy bar fills your stand.

The ExpoBaristi team together at an evening event

Baristas who host, not just pour

Every drink is a conversation starter, so we hire people who can hold the conversation. Our crew works the bar like part of your team: welcoming visitors, learning your pitch, and handing warm leads to your sales staff with the cappuccino.

  • La Marzocco machines and direct-trade RVTC beans
  • 100 to 150 quality drinks per hour, per station
  • Espresso, cappuccino, flat white, chai, iced drinks in summer
  • Branded cups and your logo on the foam
10 yrsIn specialty coffee
6 yrsOn the expo floor
+75%More pay for our crew
24hTo get your quote

Who we serve

Exhibitors who want a busy stand, wherever the fair is.

NRW and Hannover are our home turf: Messe Düsseldorf, Koelnmesse, Messe Essen, Messe Dortmund and Deutsche Messe Hannover. From there we drive nationwide and Europe-wide, so wherever your stand is, we can be on it. Send one brief and you have a quote within 24 hours. Tell us about your event and we take it from there.

Some of our upcoming events

A few of the shows where you'll find us pouring this season.

  • Caravan Salon, Düsseldorf
  • IAA Transportation, Hannover
  • ORGATEC, Cologne
  • A+A, Düsseldorf
  • EuroTier, Hannover
  • MEDICA + COMPAMED, Düsseldorf
  • Essen Motor Show, Essen

Not on the list? We can come to any major expo across Germany and Europe — just tell us where and when.

Trusted by happy exhibitors

Coffee Catering Across Europe's Leading Trade Fair Cities

From Düsseldorf, Cologne and Frankfurt to Hamburg, Munich, Berlin, Amsterdam and Paris - ExpoBARISTI brings the same premium coffee catering experience to every venue, with the flexibility to operate across Europe.

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