This Thursday started the London Coffee Festival 2016 edition (7th-10th April). It is the first time I attended and It was a great experience, specially if you are a coffee lover. Everything from coffee machines, beans to coffee trade equipment.
There are also a few non-coffee drinking related businesses showcasing their products and some looking for distributor in the UK. Refreshing drinks, beautiful fashion and kitchen related gear. There’s something for everyone.
The Lab
The London Coffee Festival’s extensive Lab Programme is designed to offer visitors an array of interactive demonstrations, workshops, and tasting sessions, as well as fascinating talks and lively debates on everything from how to set up a cluster of coffee shops to develop your following on social media.
Open to the public at the weekend, the festival offers fun and educational sessions to inspire and entertain. Why not test your knowledge in Taylor St. Barista’s Coffee Pub Quiz, or learn how to brew the perfect cup of Turkish Coffee with experts from Kahve Dünyasi? There’re so many exciting things to look forward to.
The True Artisan coffee and DJ on site
Are you an actual coffee craftsperson? Or a coffee connoisseur? 32 of Europe’s best coffee shops are on site to inspire and deliver coffee with a difference at La Marzocco’s True Artisan Café. Showcasing their skills and create signature espresso-based drinks
 |
| coffee masters |
Coffee Masters and Workshops
Coffee Masters competition: multi-disciplinary barista competition designed to award world’s best baristas for this prestigious Coffee Master title with cash prizes too. The competition starts on Thursday with the final on Sunday.
 |
| coffee and food paring |
Coffee and food pairing
Scandinavian Embassy hosts a pop-up restaurant in the VIP suite book in advance: www.londoncoffeefestival.com/tickets
 |
| making your own late art |
Coffee art and Latte Art
Coffee art is art competition based on the theme of, you guessed, coffee! It showcases the creativity and talents of emerging and established artists while engaging a broad spirit of community among those who share a passion for great coffee!
Latte art
‘Top 5 benefits for barista: La Cimbali’s TurboSteam 4
1) Consistency — once programmed to the temperature and foam level required by the senior barista, the result is always the same
2) Ease of use — even someone new to coffee can create milk perfection and focus on a perfect pour
3) A helping hand during busy times — baristas can manually steam one jug while TS4 takes control of the second meaning productivity is increased while quality is maintained
4) Flexibility — you can tailor four different options of temperature and foam to cover all your drink selections
5) Smart foaming — the wand adapts the foam levels depending on how quickly the milk is heating, meaning that a range of jug sizes can be used without the need to change the program.’
Coffee and wine pairing
The 25-minute experiences will take place in a specially created Grand Crü Lounge on the trade days of the Festival (7-8 April).
Chocolate tasting
Enjoy savouring chocolates with experts from the Hotel Chocolat team. Tasting some Cocoa Bellinis too.
Friday : Espresso Martini party from 8pm-10pm
Lots to see, eat and drinkat The London Coffee Festival
 |
| coffee art |
 |
| Live music |
 |
| Coffee and technology : the new PrimaDonna Elite – amazing piece of machinery |
 |
| Baileys Bar |
 |
| and flowers too! |
For more info and how to book tickets: http://www.londoncoffeefestival.com
Until next time why not join me on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook…X
I bet this was such an interesting event, even if you're not a coffee lover. I love seeing latte art and the chocolate tasting would be right up my street lol!
A coffee festival sounds fun – I love the photos too!
How did I not know about this, this would be my idea of heaven :). I would love to go hopefully next year x
This sounds like a really interesting event to attend!
Wow I've seen it all now, didn't even know that coffee festivals existed! I would love to go as it looks like a lot of fun although I'd probably not sleep for days afterwards!! xxx
I've seen a few places in my town advertising about the coffee festival this week but sadly I'm not a huge coffee fan x
Wow! This coffee festival looks amazing, I really wish I was able to attend. The latte art is stunning x
Oh this is my idea of absolute heaven! Coffee is my only vice – I adore it. I would love to go to an event like this. Kaz x
I've been to this for the past couple of years and have always loved it. Couldn't get there this year but it looks like it was excellent, like always!
that looks like it was great fun, i love the coffee designs and the food looks yummy!
Oh wow this sounds like the perfect festival of coffee lovers, I can't believe I haven't heard of it before. x
There's a coffee festival! I need to attend this! Loving that steampunk coffee machine too – seriously awesome! 😀
Thanks Elizabeth, the machine raised £275 at the festival for project waterfall.
keep up with the adventures of steampunkcoffeemachine on instagram @steampunkcoffeemachine and facebook https://www.facebook.com/steampunkcoffeemachine/
Oh I've always wanted to go to this event! It looks really fun and informative!
MadeFromBeauty.co.uk
I am not keen on coffee but I would even be interested in attending this event! Looks great
Wow, this looks awesome! Sadly I missed it, but your pictures look great.
– Emily from http://www.emilyunderworld.co.uk ♡