London Coffee Festival

This is my first time visiting the London Coffee Festival at the Old Truman Brewery on a Friday afternoon. It kicked off on Friday 27th April at 5pm as the morning was specifically for the traders only. This is the second birthday of the Festival in London, and I'm certain that it will be back next year again!
Tickets can be booked in advance, however, you can purchase them at the doors for £3 more.

As soon as I walked through the entrance, the smell of coffee and overloading caffeine were literally everywhere! Inside the exhibition, there were many booths, all promoting their own brands of coffee beans, machines, grinders, cups, and all kinds of snacks you eat when drinking coffee.

The exhibition is divided by zones - Hyde Park, Showroom, Soho, Growing Community and Shoreditch.
The Hyde Park zone has the band area (with live music!) and the 'picnic' area where you can sit on benches and drink coffee and enjoy a quick snack. There are also chocolates, macarons and cupcakes (Hummingbirds). And if you have had enough of coffee, you can find some but limited tea exhibitors around. Oh do drop by Gelupo for a free tasting of their sorbets and gelato.
The Showroom has the hippest, hottest and the best looking coffee machines and other brewing kits where you can test around and ask the professionals for advices.
Soho area is more focused on the roasting process of the beans. There, you will find artisan cafes.
The Growing Community is an interactive zone where you learn about the very beginning of coffee bean, and this is sponsored by charities, raising funds to help the environment in coffee producing countries.
Lastly, what you will find in Shoreditch is food and snacks, mostly from artisan producers. There are also a few food stalls where have sell Spanish paella, Burger, French Crepes etc.

I managed to try some tasty and aromatic authentic coffees, and a few that I wish I haven't. I would advise to stay away from barley coffee (it is a misleading concept for your brains afterall).

 

You will receive a goodie bag in entrance, and you will receive a guide to the London Coffee Festival and all its info, coffee and tea samples, Green and Black's chocolate bar, biscuit and other promotional leaflets.

See you all coffee lovers next year.

For more information on the London Coffee Festival, please visit them on http://www.londoncoffeefestival.com