The beans are being roasted, baristas are poised, so get ready for a celebration of Scotland’s incredible speciality coffee community. It’s time to wake up and smell the coffee big time with the return of Glasgow Coffee Festival for its eleventh year.
Glasgow Coffee Festival, produced by Dear Green Coffee Roaster,s will be welcoming coffee professionals and friends from across the country to showcase their products, their skills and their passion for all things coffee. Expect to see all of your favourite baristas, cafes and roasteries exhibiting and sharing their favourite coffees.
Taking place at The Briggait on April 26 and 27, the Glasgow coffee party has been split into sessions across the two days, during morning and evening, to allow as many coffee lovers to visit. According to the organisers, the festival is going to be the biggest one yet.
For £16 a ticket, you’ll be able to access a whole host of deals and discounts from more than 50 of Glasgow’s best indie cafes and retailers for two whole weeks. With the ticket, you can keep the good vibes (and caffeine) flowing long after the Glasgow Coffee Festival weekend. Last year, the organisers raised thousands of pounds to help combat causes like the war in Ukraine, and this year will also be dedicated to a worthy cause.
Prepare your palate for a sensory journey of flavours, aromas, masterclasses, presentations, product demos, film screenings, art, giveaways and competitions. You can even roast your own beans, try out the newest coffee equipment as well as taste your way around the world of coffee.
Plus, helping coffee enthusiasts find that perfect cuppa, the Glasgow Coffee Trailis a free, self-guided tour that takes visitors on a journey through the city’s very best coffee shops and roasters. The insider’s guide covers over 22 of the city’s local businesses, including Space Speciality Coffee in the Southside, Laboratorio Espresso and the newly-opened Kaffeteria in central Glasgow as well as Papercup and Morning Glory in the West End.
One thing organisers will definitely not be changing this year is their commitment to limiting the event’s environmental impact. Once again, Glasgow Coffee Festival is asking visitors to bring their own reusable cup to the event to help combat the 30,000 tonnes of coffee cup waste produced in the UK each year.
Speaking about the upcoming Glasgow Coffee Festival, Coffee Services Specialist & Event Coordinator Gill McIntyre concluded: “We’ve built this festival around community and the love of coffee– but also around responsibility. From banning single-use cups to becoming a B Corp and joining 1% for the Planet, we’re serious about doing better by people and planet. Coffee’s future depends on it. Come and experience amazing coffee and coffee culture – leave with a bigger sense of what you’re part of.”