Thank you so much to everyone who joined us at the UK's largest artisan coffee and food event!  

 

We were so thrilled that so many of you (over 22,000!) were able to join us for an incredible four days of coffee, food, music and art.

 

The weekend saw latte art battles, DJ collaborations, design wear, pop up restaurants & coffee shops, pro-triangulation tests, live roasting, mixologists, brewing tutorials, cooking lessons, sounds from the coffee belt, the best baristas in the country, experiential workshops in the Lab as well as the launch of new event feature: Milk & Sugar (a showcase of urban lifestyle and culture). 

Sunday saw the UK Barista Championship final come to a climax where Maxwell Colonna-Dashwood (Colonna & Small’s, Bath) took the coveted title of Britain's best barista.

Elsewhere, in the Hyde Park Zone of the festival, Dhan Tamang of Caracoli won the Cravendale M.I.L.K Battle and a trip of a lifetime to Peru. 

Other features included: La Cimbali's Science of Espresso 'deconstructed' workshop, La Marzocco's pop up coffee shop the True Artisan Café, DRWakefield's green bean masterclasses 'Catalysing Coffees', the Kahlua Coffee House; Union Hand-Roasted's world coffee tour & roastery and the Make Decent Coffee Lounge. 

We also managed to raise an incredible £77,000 for Project Waterfall through tickets sales and onsite fundraising - raising much needed funds for water projects in Tanzania. 

Thanks again for making this the best year yet! Come back and visit this blog soon to see our photo galleries and highlight videos...

Team LCF

Oh and P.S - Don't forget to upload your coffee festival pictures to our Instagram @londoncoffeefestival using #londoncoffeefestival - we'd love to see them! 







Photo credit: James Bryant