Discovery Demos: Flavor Journeys (Day 3)

A walkable showcase of macro trends, Discovery Demo pods invite you to get hands-on with specialty food brands, encounter creative ideas, and consider your role in the food ecosystem. Head to Discovery Point (Booth 4631) to explore and get inspired!

The Flavor Journeys Pod

Taste trends from across the globe and regional America that are shaping the future of food. This pod will feature how spices are changing via sourcing, terroir, and entirely new products available on the global market for the first time. We will also focus on companies that have been caretaking traditions for hundreds of years that are now making a global impact. And we will look at the culinary mashup of America’s rich, immigrant-fueled cuisines, where neighbors with different ancestries create entirely unique flavors together.

Sarah Lohman, Culinary Historian & Author

Join Sarah for a brief introduction to her work and pod at 10:30am!

Featuring:

(10:30 am - 12:30 pm) Burlap & Barrel: A World of Flavor, One Farm at a Time

• Discover how Burlap & Barrel partners directly with smallholder farmers—from the mountains of Afghanistan to the fields of Zanzibar—to bring you spices with true terroir. Hear the stories behind the ingredients and how ethical sourcing is reshaping the global spice trade.
• View the Burlap & Barrel Virtual Booth

(10:30 am - 12:30 pm) Borderless VR: Bringing the Journey of Tea Harvesting to Life

• Borderless is a virtual reality company that transforms unseen stories into immersive experiences. In partnership with DONA Tea, we take you straight to the Wah Tea Estate in the Kangra Valley. Through VR, you can move through the tea gardens, watch the careful work of hand-plucking, and see the machinery that transforms fresh leaves into tea ready for the world. This experience brings the rhythms and craft of tea farming to life, showing exactly how it begins, at the source and in the fields themselves.