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The Garden Club of Virginia (GCV) avails tickets and the event's Guidebook in mid-February 2026, according to the announcement posted by the Garden Club of Virginia.
(https://gcvirginia.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/HGW-2026-Press-release.pdf)

GCV categorizes as a non-profit organization comprising 48 member clubs and operating with 3,400 volunteers, according to the GCV website's Historic Garden Week page.
(https://gcvirginia.org/historic-garden-week/)

Activities at Coffea Diversa's Academia (Academy) include planting of five plants of their favorite botanical variants by the participants, according to the Academia (Academy) page on Coffea Diversa's website.

A sign with the participant's name is placed at each five-plant plot.

Coffea Diversa cares for the plants after the event. Coffee beans are collected and processed. If participants wish, the processed coffee will be sent to them. Production is estimated at two to three pounds of green beans annually.

(Spanish text @ https://coffeadiversa.com/academia-2/...)
(Coffea Diversa's English translation @ https://coffeadiversa.com/en/academia...)

MBCC Mikkeller Beer Celebration Copenhagen features participation by over 100 breweries from around the world, with each brewery offering eight unique beers, according to the Buy Tickets link on MBCC's event page. Beers have been brewed specifically for MBCC. The event, therefore, provides over 800 special beers.
(https://mikkeller.unitedtickets.dk/event/mikkeller-beer-celebration-copenhagen-2026/oksnehallen/3427356#op1)

MBCC operates as a "free bar" experience, rather than as a token system. The token system entails purchasing tokens for samples. MBCC's tickets cover samples, so attendees have no token worries and are able to focus on roaming and sampling, according to MBCC's About page.
(https://mbcc.mikkeller.com/about)

For those wondering about dates for MBCC Mikkeller beer celebration Copenhagen:

The annual festival in Copenhagen is set for Friday, May 22, to Saturday, May 23, 2026, according to the event's webpage, which is linked to Mikkeller Beer's Festival page.
(https://www.mikkeller.com/events#festivals)
(https://mbcc.mikkeller.com/)

For those wondering about the topics presented in Coffea Diversa's Academia:

The course's website lists topics as:--(Spanish)
Variedades botánicas de café. Usted tendrá acceso a la colección privada más grande del mundo de variedades de café.
Preparación de almácigo
Siembra
Fertilización
Control de malas hierbas
Control de enfermedades
Control de insectos
Técnicas de poda
Cosecha
Beneficiado: Lavado, Miel, Natural
Despulpado
Secado al sol y mecánico
Descarado/pelado de pergamino
Clasificación de granos por tamaño
Clasificación de granos por peso
Separación de defectos a mano
Empaque
Catación de diferentes variedades botánicas
(https://coffeadiversa.com/academia-2/?v=d368cf7636ec)

--(website's English translation)
Coffee Genetis: botanical variants & cultivars (you will have access to the largest and most important private coffee botanical variants collection in the world).
Coffee seedlings
Coffee Planting
Fertilization
Weed Control Methods
Disease Control
Insects Control
Pruning/Cutback Techniques
Harvesting Techniques
Washed, Honey and Natural processing
Pulping
Sun-Drying/Mechanical Drying
Hulling
Bean Sizing
Weight Separation
Hand Sorting
Packaging
Coffee Botanical Variants Cupping workshop, Coffee Cascara Cupping, Coffee Flower Cupping
(https://coffeadiversa.com/en/academia/?v=d368cf7636ec)

For those wondering about Jeff Fuchs' writings for Outpost travel media:

Jeff is "a longtime editor-at-large for Outpost," according to Outpost magazine's author page for the explorer and tea expert.
(https://outpostmagazine.com/author/jeff-fuchs/)

Jeff's "Passage to Pashmina | On the Ancient Wool Route with Explorer Jeff Fuchs" was republished on Outpost travel media's "Features" Aug. 1, 2022. The article originally appeared in Outpost magazine March 31, 2018.

The article's meta description states: "For centuries, the rich fleece grown by Himalayan sheep was harvested for the world’s cultured capitals. How did it get there? Explorer and Outpost editor-at-large Jeff Fuchs went to the mountains to find out, and retrace the trading routes of pashmina wool.."
(https://outpostmagazine.com/passage-to-pashmina/)

For those wondering about the map of "Taioan" (this post's third image; eighth from the bottom):

Dutch cartographer Jan (Joan; also known as Johannes) Blaeu (Sep. 23 , 1596-May 26, 1673) is credited with creating the 17th-century map of "Taioan."

The map is included in Atlas Blaeu-Van der Hem, a 50-volume publication that is housed in the Austrian National Library.

In 2003 UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) inscribed Atlas Blaeu-Van der Hem in the United Nations specialized agency's Memory of the World Register, according to:
Austrian Commission for UNESCO;
(https://www.unesco.at/en/communication/documentary-heritage/memory-of-the-world-in-austria/atlas-blaeu-van-der-hem)
UNESCO Memory of the World.
(https://www.unesco.org/en/memory-world/atlas-blaeu-van-der-hem-austrian-national-library)

For those wondering about Jeff Fuchs and the 2024 World Tea Expo:

Jeff Fuchs appeared as the keynote speaker at the 2024 World Tea Expo, according to:
--Ashley Bray in "World Tea Expo Keynoter Jeff Fuchs Talks Connecting Through Tea," posted Jan 24, 2024, on World Tea News website;
(URL @ https://www.worldteanews.com/best-practices/world-tea-expo-keynoter-jeff-fuchs-talks-connecting-through-tea)
----Aaron Kiel in "Award-Winning Tea Explorer, Jeff Fuchs, to Keynote World Tea Expo 2024 in March," posted Nov. 1, 2023, on World Tea News website;
(URL @ https://www.worldteanews.com/whats-brewing/award-winning-tea-explorer-jeff-fuchs-keynote-world-tea-expo-2024-march)
-- World Tea News in "World Tea Expo Keynoter Jeff Fuchs Talks Connecting Through Tea," posted Jan. 24, 2024, on worldteaexpo @ Instagram.
(https://www.instagram.com/p/C2fnYJqSYPH/)

The event was held Monday, March 18, to Wednesday, March 20, 2024, at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas. Jeff gave his address, titled "Inspiring the Next Generation of Tea Lovers," Tuesday, March 19, from 8 a.m. to 8:30 a.m.

The course on botanical coffee varieties offered by Coffea Diversa's Academia (Academy) takes place at Coffea diversa Garden, Biolley, Costa Rica, according to the Academia (Academy) page on Coffea Diversa's website.
(Spanish text @ https://coffeadiversa.com/academia-2/?v=d368cf7636ec)
(Coffea Diversa's English translation @ https://coffeadiversa.com/en/academia/?v=d368cf7636ec)

The course's time frame covers four days ("Cuatro días completos de inmersión total"; "four full days of total immersion").

The number of participants in each offering of the course is limited to five to 12. Emphasis on personal attention to each participant influences this limit.

The course is conducted by Gonzalo Hernandez, Coffea Diversa's founder and owner.

The course costs $1,500 (U.S. dollars) per participant. This charge covers 50 hours of training; ground transportation from the airport in Costa Rica to Coffea Diversa and then from Coffea Diversa back to the airport in Costa Rica; and food and lodging at Coffea Diversa during the training.