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WHAT'S ON THE SCIENCE OF TRUE ARTISAN CAFÉ COMPETITIONS Festival features from La Marzocco hosts Talented aiming artisan coffee and L'Accademia di Cimbali baristas from the best for the top compete gourmet food stalls to talks pressure profiling independent coffee shops in the toughest coffee interactive workshops, and brewing techniques and roasters to serve competitions in the live music and art. for the perfect espresso. crafted signature drinks. country. 2 The London Coffee Festival 2014 The London Coffee Festival 2014 3

Welcome The joy of great coffee enriches our lives everyday.

he London Coffee Festival not the queues at coffee shops or your local I would like to acknowledge my team for only epitomises the exciting coffee restaurant now proudly serving quality their absolute dedication and enthusiasm journey the UK has experienced for beans from a reputable roaster - testimony since day one, without which we wouldn't Tthe last decade, but is a bold statement that that quality prevails. have been able to keep pushing boundaries London is fast becoming one of the most and our visitors coming back. To all our advanced coffee cities on earth. Coffee is becoming a lifestyle - seductive sponsors, supporters, suppliers - a massive and stylish, yet technical. The ‘fourth wave’ thank you for making this journey possible. Having been fortunate enough to have or the science of coffee is injecting a new lived and worked in London during this dimension to how coffee is served in cafés, Finally, I'd like to thank all our visitors coffee revolution, I can confidently say that enjoyed at home or at the office. for being such an engaged and passionate Londoners are now pretty serious about crowd. We hope you'll enjoy reading this their coffee. The thirst for knowledge, Our vision for The London Coffee Festival new version of our festival magazine and the experimentation and new flavours show is to promote the diversity and excellence of exciting features we have designed for you. that the London coffee scene still has many the UK coffee scene and as part of this, its bright years to come. lifestyle, spanning from food, design and art Looking forward to seeing you all at The to music and fashion. London Coffee Festival 2014. The opening of quality cafés, micro- roasteries and coffee-led eateries have The richness and breadth of coffee Ludovic Rossignol played a key role in making our streets and experiences offered at the festival, we hope, local communities a better place to live. will stir your senses and enable to elevate Head of Events & Festival Co-Founder Coffee is now an obsession - evidenced by coffee standards across London and beyond.

CREDITS What’s On 04 L’Accademia di Cimbali - The Science of Espresso 07 Editor: Make Decent Coffee - Master The 10 Kay Lockett La Marzocco & The True Artisan Café 14 OFF N C EE The London Coffee Scene 18 DO FE N S Graphic Design: DRWakefield - Catalysing Coffee 22 O T L I V Andy Mac Manus UK Barista Championship 24

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What’s On Celebrating the thriving and vibrant UK coffee scene, The London Coffee Festival 2014 promises to be an unmissable event for discerning coffee lovers and those working within the industry.

he festival will feature over 250 themed espresso and brew bar, showcasing and cocktails, listen to live DJs and artisan coffee and gourmet food Union Direct Trade sourcing, with tastes learn how to make professional coffee. And stalls, tastings and demonstrations from South America on Thursday and it’s all for charity too. In two years the True Tfrom world-class baristas, interactive Sunday, Africa/Arabia, Pacific Asia on Artisan Café has raised more than £4,000 workshops, street food, coffee-based Friday and Central America on Saturday. for Project Waterfall - The London Coffee cocktails, live music, DJs, art exhibitions Jeremy Torz and business partner Steven Festival's chosen charity. and much more. Visitors will also gain Macatonia will expertly demonstrate their See pages 14-16. access to Milk & Sugar, a new feature craft roasting in a vintage San Francisco showcasing some of London’s most Roaster and you can take part in a pro- UK Barista Championship inspirational brands spanning from fashion amateur flavour challenge. The festival is hosting the UK Barista and design to craft beer and food. See pages 35-37. Championship (UKBC) alongside Art, Coffee in Good Spirits, The Brewers The London Coffee Festival is also proud to Catalysing Coffees Cup and Cupping competitions. Watch be the official launch event of UK Coffee DRWakefield will be hosting a series of talented baristas aiming for the top Week 2014. green coffee masterclasses in conjunction compete in the semi finals of the UKBC on with some of their trade partners covering Saturday and the intense finals on Sunday. Our pick of the festival topics such as sustainability, varietals This competition tests coffee knowledge, features and microlots, while roasters will share presentation, preparation and all round a corner to showcase their offering and barista ability. L’Accademia di Cimbali serve a great brew. DRW itself will be See pages 24-26. The Science of Espresso ‘Deconstructed’ running tailored cupping sessions and will look at the importance of all areas competitions to challenge even the most Milk & Sugar surrounding from bean to experienced palette as well as share some Creativity, craftsmanship and . Share thoughts on coffee origins, roast, great stories from its 43 years in the culture will be celebrated at Milk & Sugar, brewing, temperature, pressure profiles industry. a new event to quench your thirst for all and drink profiles with a range in the latest See pages 22-23. things urban and artisan. Created for those espresso equipment technology on show. who have an eye for aesthetics, the event Geek out with the La Cimbali team. True Artisan Café will showcase inspirational brands from See pages 7-9. Watch, be inspired and drink some damn fashion and design to craft beer and food. good coffee in La Marzocco’s pop-up Head down to the ground floor of The Old Union World Coffee Tour coffee shop. Meet baristas from UK's best Truman Brewery on April 3-6. The ‘Union World Tour’ will have an origin- coffee shops and roasters, sample bespoke See pages 56-57. 6 The London Coffee Festival 2014 The London Coffee Festival 2014 7

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The Science of Espresso Meeting the expectations of the coffee connoisseur means boundaries have to be pushed to create the perfect espresso.

St Ali before greeting the palate with a rich malt visitors how to brew on different methods Sample the ultimate Aussie brunch presence. The finish is pure citrusy, resiny, using the Aeropress, Chemex, V60 and experience at Milk & Sugar, with Head Chef hoppy loveliness. . Check out the pop up shop ccording to L’Accademia di process, allowing for scope to experiment. "Setting the grinder can be a challenge. Andrew Gale crafting a bespoke menu with where you can buy all the tools you need to Cimbali, the appliance of We decided to geek out with Daniel Clarke A grinder has two burrs and the distance a selection of dishes focusing on seasonal Kahlúa Coffee House get making decent coffee straight away. science is the future for the next from La Cimbali UK to deconstruct the between these two burrs defines the produce, bringing you a taste of how they Mexican coffee liqueur Kahlúa will be See pages 10-13. generationA barista looking to respond to science behind a great espresso. fineness of the ground coffee. The closer do things over in Melbourne. Try the ‘The collaborating with bartending collective the demand for precision and quality that is the burrs are together the finer the Daddy’ - Peter Gott’s wild boar Cumberland The Liquorists and local coffee legends The World Music Stage driving the fourth wave coffee movement. Dan has been working with La Cimbali for grind. Temperature changes will affect black pudding, scrambled eggs, English Nude Espresso to host ‘The Kahlúa Coffee Hackney GT and Latinos in London have the past eight years and in that time has the fineness of the grind. It is therefore bacon and house made brown sauce. House’ in the Soho seating area. The pop-up joined forces to bring the sights and sounds As the world’s largest manufacturer of built up a wealth of knowledge around all important to check the grinder a few See pages 56-57. experience inspired by the unique heritage of the coffee belt to The London Coffee espresso and machines, and things coffee. times during the day." of Veracruz, Mexico, will feature Mexican Festival. You will be dancing to beats from over 100 years in the industry, La Cimbali The Lab inspired coffee cocktails such as the Kahlúa Brazil on Friday, Columbia on Saturday and is hitting the demands of today’s coffee He said: “I’m not so much a coffee geek, Pressure profiling The Lab will be running an engaging Espresso Martini. Africa on Sunday. Enjoy sounds of Samba, lovers head on by aiming to be at the more of an extreme coffee enthusiast.” programme of live interactive See page 45. Bossa, Jazz, Afro and DJ’s spinning the decks forefront of technology, taking coffee "Single origin coffees and ever changing demonstrations, workshops, talks, theatre in a celebration of dance, music, coffee and connoisseurship to another level with Grind house blends will require more flexibility and debates throughout the festival. The Coffee Art Project storytelling. innovative mechanisms and and involvement from the barista to Witness cutting-edge coffee art and science, Coffee-themed artwork, from sculpture, See pages 52-55. brewing techniques. "Obtaining the perfect grind for an ensure that a perfect extraction is experience first-hand the latest brewing watercolour and pencil drawings to espresso isn’t always that simple. If the achieved each and every time. The techniques and new taste sensations. photography, film and illustrations will Vintage sounds from Faema Here comes the science – it’s grinder is producing coffee that is too fine traditional approach to pressure profiling Discuss and debate coffee’s most critical be on display showcasing the creations of Hoxton Radio will broadcast live from the all about the pressure or there is too much coffee in the porta through the brewing cycle is very simple. ethical issues, gain top tips for setting up a finalists in an art competition that aims to Faema stand during the weekend, playing a filter, the end result will be poor and you Apart from the initial and final steps, coffee shop, explore the or represent a creative, unique and personal signature mix of vintage, swing, rock n roll, While the amount of pressure applied and can expect to find a burnt coffee with an a constant nine bar pressure is applied relax with a drink and enjoy a good story. connection to the concept of coffee or a blues and classic rock. Faema will be looking the point at which it is applied during the astringent or bitter taste with white staining throughout. See pages 42-43. coffee shop experience. The winner will be at its glorious cycling heritage as sponsors brewing cycle will have a direct impact on within the crema. This is not good. announced at the festival on Sunday and of the Eddy Merckx team in the late 70’s and the texture, flavour and tactile sensations "However, the new approach to creating Brewers & Union Craft Beer Bar artwork submitted will be auctioned with all early 80’s with its vintage Faema E61, the of the finished drink, the use of pressure "It is just as easy to under extract the that perfect espresso is very different. It is Brewers & Union will be bringing its proceeds going directly to Project Waterfall. team from La Bottega Milanese (specialty to exploit the characteristics of the coffee coffee as it is to over extract it. Perhaps accepted that adjustments to the pressure specialist craft beer back to the festival, they See pages 50-51. continental espresso bar in Leeds) will be is a difficult skill to master. Technology the grinder is producing coffee that is need to be made throughout the brewing are even brewing a limited edition beer - pumping shots of espresso to the vintage integrated into La Cimbali’s M100, features too coarse or there is insufficient coffee cycle in order to take into account the LCF Lager. Also enjoy Sunday Easy IPA on Make Decent Coffee Lounge soundtrack. an integral pressure profiling system that in in the porta filter. The espresso will have varying coffee blends in use and the tap - the golden, hazy orange pour intimates Specialist baristas will be on hand in the See page 55. effect gives the barista direct control of the very little body or flavour with a light type of drinks required - single espresso, the undertones of tangerine and grapefruit Make Decent Coffee Lounge, showing pressure at any point during the extraction and thin crema. double espresso or a piccolo." 8 The London Coffee Festival 2014 The London Coffee Festival 2014 9

The brewing cycle should Milk “Single origin encompass three different pressures: "If fresh milk is overheated the protein is coffees and ever destroyed and this affects the taste and 1. Pre-brewing pressure: the pressure on the surface characteristics of the finished drink, changing house coffee cake that mainly affects cream and as well as possibly burning your palate. blends will require texture in the cup. Poor milk prep affects the texture of the 2. Brewing pressure: the pressure that milk, which in some cases means there is more flexibility mainly affects body, sour and bitter no texture. If the basics aren’t right then sensation. the coffee menu is severely restricted. The and involvement 3. Tail pressure: the pressure that mainly aim is for perfectly textured milk with from the barista affects bitterness and astringency in the cup. consistently dense and velvety cream." to ensure that a Temperature The Science of Espresso ‘Deconstructed’ will be showcased at The London Coffee perfect extraction is "The water temperature should be Festival, looking at the importance of all achieved each and somewhere in the region of 90-96 degrees areas surrounding coffee production from centigrade and it is very important that bean to cup. The La Cimbali knowledge every time.” the chosen temperature is maintained share map will invite you to comment and and consistent throughout the brewing share thoughts on coffee origins, roast, process. Your choice of beans will brewing, temperature, pressure profiles influence the temperature that you need and drink profiles with a range in the to set the . For example latest espresso equipment technology on if you were to choose an Ethiopian single show. La Cimbali is also hosting artisan origin and you want to bring out the roasters York Coffee Emporium on Friday natural acidic side, a higher temperature night and all day Sunday when Peru Tunki would be most suited to help develop meets Moorlands Farm Cyder in a unique these flavours. Or if you are using a darker taste busting experience. Coffee and cider? roast of maybe an Italian blend with a Intrigued? We are. percentage of Robusta the temperature would be lower. www.cimbali.com 10 The London Coffee Festival 2014 The London Coffee Festival 2014 11

Make Decent Coffee Tasteless coffee at home can be a thing of the past by banishing that jar of instant from your kitchen and making a fresh brew from quality beans instead.

y mastering a few basic brewing who share a similar passion, which I find is For example, I’ve always found Kenyan techniques, you will no longer be something hard to not be extremely proud coffees brewed through paper filtered drip devoid of a decent cup of coffee. and passionate about. methods, such as the Chemex or V60, BAnd you don’t need to be a skilled barista create a clean brew which helps emphasise or own a fancy espresso machine either. We “Part of my role is trying to get the message the incredibly bright blackberry notes turned to specialist barista, Sean Pittaway across that brewing good coffee at home is prevalent in the coffee. Likewise, from Make Decent Coffee to tell us how we quite easy - it just needs care and attention Colombian coffees brewed through can make a consistently good cup of coffee to detail. I honestly believe this will benefit the Aeropress emphasises the amazing at home. the industry as a whole because if the mouth feel and body they are renowned general consumer knows what good coffee for. I’d recommend you experiment with Meet Sean is and how to make it at home, it means different coffees and brew methods to independent shops and chains will have to discover what each method brings to the “I started off working on coffee carts and make a good product and constantly adapt final brew.” bars for an events company based out of and improve.” Earls Court, Olympia, Excel and the NEC Make Decent Coffee at before moving on to work for various Keeping it fresh The London Coffee Festival coffee shops around London including Grind Coffee Bar, Notes Music & Coffee “All coffee is seasonal due to it being in “The main thing we want to share is and Ozone Coffee Roasters. Most of my essence a fruit. Coffee itself is the seeds of how easy it actually is to make a good, time with Make Decent Coffee is spent the coffee cherry and just like all fruit it consistent coffee across all the brew making sure the coffee available through needs to be grown, picked when ripe and methods. Our team of specialist baristas the website is of the highest standard. This processed before it can be prepared to be will be on hand in the Make Decent is achieved with constant cupping sessions, consumed. With this in mind, coffee is Coffee Lounge, showing visitors how to making sure a fresh supply of coffee best treated as a fresh produce. While most brew on each of the different methods of a consistent standard is available to origins of coffee are available throughout using the Aeropress, Chemex, V60 and customers, acquiring coffees to be sold and the year, the closer to the crop date the French Press. writing up training tips, blogs and general more expansive, unique and exciting the coffee related information.” origins taste. But as more months go by, “We’ll be using one coffee across the bar flavours fade and coffee starts to lose its for the whole weekend, which will help Why he loves coffee unique characteristics. us get across the message of the different flavours and tastes of coffee each brew “A great cup of coffee can have a multitude “Freshness of coffee is key, it’s often best method brings out. We’ll also be covering of flavours and characteristics depending to grind fresh each time you brew a coffee. the importance of the coffee recipe, grind on where it’s from. It isn’t just the country This has a massive impact on the overall and water quality. These three things are but the region in which it was grown which flavour of your coffee as pre-ground coffee probably the most important factors of will impact the flavour. This is something can give a slightly duller flavoured brew. making coffee and sometimes overlooked that has always fascinated me as much as While it will still taste good, it won’t have by the home barista. the routine and ceremony of making coffee. the same depths that freshly ground coffee would give you.” “The idea is that once visitors leave our “It’s seen as just a drink by many people lounge, they’ll understand how to brew but it’s so much more than that. It’s a Brewing methods coffee well and know how to play around to product that is cultivated, roasted, brewed get an even better cup of coffee at home.” and served over a large space of time by “Most coffees will generally have one a vast array of people all over the world brew method that brings out its qualities. www.makedecentcoffee.com 12 The London Coffee Festival 2014 The London Coffee Festival 2014 13

Mastering the Aeropress With some helpful hints from Make Decent Coffee specialist barista Sean Pittaway, Kay Lockett attempts to master the Aeropress.

There are several things you will need: Sean tells me this is an important step to that there is no need to be heavy handed wash away the papery taste of the filter as the air pressure pushing down onto the ▶ An Aeropress and prevent it entering the cup, as well as Aeropress is the important part. I wait for ▶ 14 grams of freshly ground coffee heating up my mug. the hissing sound and stop pushing as going ▶ 300ml fresh filtered water any further may force coffee grounds into ▶ Pouring kettle I grind 14g of beans slightly finer than your my cup, which will spoil the coffee. ▶ Filter paper average filter grind. I use a helpful funnel to ▶ Grinder prevent spillage as I pour the ground coffee I lift off this magical piece of kit, add a splash ▶ Scales inside the Aeropress, but still manage to of cold milk and then thoroughly enjoy ▶ Timer make a bit of a mess. drinking my fresh, at home brew that was not as difficult to create as I had anticipated. It feels a little like a science experiment as I A wave of excitement hits me as it’s time to pick up the unassuming interlocking plastic add the hot water and begin my brew. After Head to the Make Decent Coffee Lounge at tubes while waiting for the kettle to boil. a little shake to level out the coffee inside, I The London Coffee Festival to learn home As soon as I hear the water begin to rumble balance the Aeropress back onto the top of brewing techniques from the experts and before boiling, I take it off the heat so I don’t my mug and with iPhone in hand I slowly check out the pop up shop where you can burn the coffee. pour in the water. My timer starts as soon buy all the tools you need to get making as the water hits the coffee and I pour up to decent coffee straight away. I set up the Aeropress by removing the black the number four marked on the side of the filter cap and place a new, clean filter paper chamber. Once up to four, I give the coffee a www.makedecentcoffee.com into the filter cap and re-fit to the Aeropress quick stir eight times. chamber. After waiting for the longest 30 seconds ever I then place the complete chamber on to to give the coffee time to infuse with the my favourite mug and pour 40ml of hot water, I slowly push down on the plunger, water through the chamber and filter. fighting the urge to press too hard. Sean said 14 The London Coffee Festival 2014 The London Coffee Festival 2014 15

La Marzocco The London coffee scene is being admired globally and setting an example for others to aspire to.

ondon has managed to marry a La Marzocco hand-builds every machine Cornwall, Small Batch Coffee in Brighton culture of coolness, with great in Florence and in 1939 developed and and Extract Coffee Roasters in Bristol - produce, food and stunning coffee patented the first coffee machine with a which have been pushing the boundaries Lwithin well designed independent stores. horizontal boiler that is now an industry of local quality. In Edinburgh and Glasgow standard. The company opened up its first the likes of Dear Green Coffee Roasters “London has created a coffee lifestyle. UK office in Shoreditch in 2012 to connect and Steampunk Coffee are producing great Others are watching London build this with the evolving market. quality coffee. It doesn’t matter where culture and looking to emulate the social element and great food offerings alongside “We started to hear stories of different coffee artisan coffee that London does so well,” explains Paul Kelly from La Marzocco. a shops opening outside of London that were family run Italian company that has been handcrafting espresso machines since 1927. proud to be real artisan coffee shops - they are the pioneers now." The demand for quality coffee outside of London is growing and from suburbs The team is now looking to facilitate you are, you now have the choice to get to seafronts, regional roasters and coffee innovation in the UK market place and it’s something special with a story behind it. shops are raising the bar by changing local not just about the capital. Paul explains: attitudes and pioneering growth across “We started to hear stories of different La Marzocco is bringing the True Artisan the country. coffee shops opening outside of London Café to The London Coffee Festival again that were proud to be real artisan coffee this year, where baristas from some of the “The coffee industry is seeing a huge shift shops - they are the pioneers now - they are best independent coffee shops and roasters nationally. Speciality coffee will soon be people who are changing attitudes in places across the UK will take over this pop-up café the norm throughout the country, it will like Newcastle, Manchester and Cornwall, to serve carefully crafted signature drinks. be what people expect no matter where making a real statement about quality coffee So far top baristas from London cafés such they are. As an industry we need to support and trying to shake up the norm. I think that as Allpress, Ozone, Nude, Timberyard and this growth by evolving and opening up these people should be celebrated." Bulldog Edition have all signed up for this opportunities to all and respond to the special feature alongside the likes of Colour change in attitudes towards coffee The coffee industry is thriving outside Coffee from Newcastle, Number 35 from across the UK." of London, regionally there is Origin in Dorchester, Tamper Coffee from Sheffield 16 The London Coffee Festival 2014 The London Coffee Festival 2014 17

and Warwick University representing the Paul Kelly ON THE UK regional stars. COFFEE SCENE "Regional roasters and coffee shops Paul added: “It seemed the right time to put “The English palate is maturing and an extra bar on the True Artisan Café - so this changing - we see this with emerging trends from across the year there will be four - providing a platform for in artisan food and craft beer, people want country will be able speciality coffee supporters and pioneers from quality and value for money, an interaction inside and outside of London." and education from the products they buy to join the True - understanding where their coffee comes Regional roasters and coffee shops from across from and the processes it goes through - Artisan Café and the country will be able to join the True Artisan we want to be informed and are proud to have the opportunity Café and have the opportunity to shine. understand how much has gone into what we drink and eat.” to shine." La Marzocco will also be bringing elements of the Florence factory to the festival, where “Hotspots for coffee outside London are visitors can watch workers building machines, Bristol, Brighton, Cornwall and Sheffield. with Q&A sessions to discover more about the These are places that are coming alive with handmade story. quality, passion and bravery to go against the old school, people are embracing it and www.lamarzocco.com it’s fantastic.”

Come and see us at stand S09 during The London Coffee Festival Stockist enquiries: +44 207 042 3300 [email protected]

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The London Coffee Scene Today Londoners are spoilt for choice; we can sip a perfectly steamed latte at a lido, watch live roasting in a spectacular roastery café or even join a class to perfect our home barista skills.

ust a few years ago, there were barely a fonds of numerous potted plants. The café toilet attendant’s old window. Don’t be shy handful of places serving quality coffee fronts the workspaces of White Rabbit to spend a penny or two at one of London’s and an order for a outside Studios, and a large internal window most original coffee venues. JSoho would be met with a bemused affords a fascinating glimpse at the creative 26-27 Foley St, W1W 6DY stare. Innovation, quality and variety have projects of the neighbouring workshop. now propelled London to the status of While Magnus oversees the food, coffee Tower 47 global coffee city, rivalling even Melbourne is expertly poured by Sam, formerly head Camden has long been a destination for and New York. barista at Nude Espresso. exhilarating music, but its coffee scene has 471-473, The Arches, Dereham Place, lagged behind its sister neighbourhoods The London Coffee Guide co-editor, Guy EC2A 3HJ like a woebegone groupie. Tower 47 is Simpson shares his pick of top spots across on a mission to put Camden back in the the capital to help you explore the superb Fabrique Bakery limelight. The space incorporates a coffee this great city has to offer. Bakery café Fabrique is a cinnamon- bar, music shop, art gallery and a set of sprinkled slice of Stockholm nestled rehearsal rooms. An ensemble of London’s 2014 NEW OPENINGS in a railway arch near Hoxton station. rock star roasters grace the coffee menu, The Swedish coffee break, known as served with plenty of New York style Muff Customs Café fika, is a national institution almost enthusiasm. Tower 47 draws on a shared Swaggering into the creative hotbed always involving baked goods, and the love of coffee, music and the electric energy of Hackney Wick, Muff Customs is a sweeter the better. So it’s just as well that of Camden’s streets. motorcycle workshop and café. If it has Fabrique’s artisan bakers are revered for 47 Chalk Farm Road, NW1 8AJ two wheels and makes a loud noise, they’re their decadent buns, bejewelled with interested. However, the Muff Customs sugar crystals and doused with cinnamon Sharps Bar by DunneFrankowski Café (short for muffler, in case you were or cardamom. The coffee is crafted with An impressive collaboration with Sharps wondering) is a surprisingly tranquil beans from Johan & Nyström, a highly Barbers is the latest endeavour by well- setting to enjoy a coffee. Housed in a respected Nordic artisan roaster. groomed coffee gents Rob Dunne and separate building from the workshop, it’s Arch 285, Geffrye St, E2 8HZ Victor Frankowski. The space is smartly a laid-back space adorned with custom partitioned: barber shop and coffee bar motorcycle memorabilia. Like its souped- More than just great coffee complementing one another without a up creations, this café boasts a genuinely whisker of encroachment. Coffee here unique character you won’t find elsewhere. The Attendant is top drawer, featuring guest beans 4c Roach Road, E3 2PA The Attendant is a coffee bar sited in a from renowned international roasters. former Victorian public lavatory. This There’s an intriguing food offer too, Tuckshop astonishing conversion has artfully including a series of pop-up lunchtime Banish from your head any thoughts of preserved several original features. Suffice food residences by independent food mealy school fare; Tuckshop is a choice to say that the cups and saucers are not the companies. The café feels very neatly cut for coffee and delectable antipodean- only porcelain the visitor will encounter. pulled together as a whole; every detail inspired food. Opened by Australian chef Caravan coffee is accompanied by a mouth- from the trim tiling to clean-cut branding ©Kate Beard Magnus Reid, Tuckshop is a simple, yet watering array of New York deli style befits this dapper Fitzrovia location. inspiring space softened by the flowing sandwiches, with orders taken through the 9 Windmill St, W1T 2JF 20 The London Coffee Festival 2014 The London Coffee Festival 2014 21 8oz Londoners like their coffee short, with 21% ordering an 8oz compared to 12oz which is the most popular beverage size UK wide.

1.7bn 28% of Londoners listed artisan UK consumers drink 1.7bn roasters as an important factor when cups of coffee in coffee ordering coffee compared with just shops annually. 14% in the rest of the UK. 43% Londoners care about sustainability, with 43% stating that ethically sourced Takeaway is king, in fact coffee is important to them, 1 in 4 Londoners have compared with the average takeaway coffee every day. 36% of UK consumers.

Time is of the 23% essence for Londoners are all about the ? ? Londoners who quality of espresso. When ? spend the least asked what makes a great amount of time in coffee 23% claimed espresso a coffee shop, quality was key compared Clued up Londoners look for country of under 15 minutes. with 15% from the rest of origin when purchasing coffee to drink the UK. at home, 1 in 4 consider it important.

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DRWakefield Tackling treacherous roads to extremely remote villages and stealth money drops out the window of a low flying aircraft is all part of the day job for Simon Wakefield.

s director of coffee merchant ago - it was about an eight-hour drive or 40 commercial vs. Certified. We are the catalyst DRWakefield, Simon believes trips minute helicopter flight. This particular time between the farmers and the roasters. Field to origin to build long-standing was payday for the farmers but the money trips are educational, character building and relationshipsA with farmers and roasters is could not be sent back to the farm by road relationship adhesives.” the key to delivering consistent high quality because it would be stolen, so a four seat conventional grades. Cessna aircraft would be hired to make a Coffee characteristics ‘money drop’. This involved wrapping some Acting as a catalyst that brings grower and $30,000 cash up in a coffee sack, flying up “Working with all the people that we do roaster together, DRWakefield aspire to to the coop and flying low over the drying gives us a wide appreciation of the different transform the supply of the world’s most areas at stalling speed and throwing the cash coffees, processes and styles. From the essential coffees and Simon can often be out of the window and flying back to town. Sumatrans which have their parchment found on adventures to origin to make this There was no space to land a plane and removed at some 40% moisture, giving a happen. Here he shares his story with us. helicopters were too expensive to hire, so unique flavour of rich chocolate and fruits, that’s how it worked. This really emphasised to Ethiopia where you can have the fabulous Once upon a time the fact that coffee is produced in some delicate flavours from the washed process extremely remote areas, picked by hand to the full fruity ‘wow’ characters of the “The business was started by my father in and still made its way over to the UK in a naturals, from one region, but supplied by 1970. This meant that our family holidays condition that meant someone could enjoy Oromia Coop Union. were also his business trips, so I have been a great cup of . This does not visiting producing countries for many years. happen easily - it takes experience, time, “Originally, I favoured the full bright My working life started in logistics for a cocoa money and trust.” acidity of the Kenyans but over the years importing company in London, drawing up I now prefer the softer, sweet flavours of invoices and grading the cocoa beans. I then Responsibility the bourbon, carefully selected from some spent a year in Papua New Guinea working farms that we work with in El Salvador for the leading coffee exporter, who DRW “DRW has a privileged position in the chain, (Jasal or Monte Sion) and Brazil (Daterra). represented in the UK. This involved buying which comes with responsibility. Coffee These coffees work equally well in drip and parchment coffee from farmers, blending for is grown a long way from home, by people espresso methods. If you don’t like one export and cupping, but also understanding who have different cultures, expectations coffee, try another and remember, the best the production side and what coffee meant to and challenges. If we want to get a coffee is the one you like.” a smallholder farmer. reliable source of coffee, we need to really understand its roots - where is it grown, who DRWakefield will be at The London Coffee “I joined DRW in 1986 as the tea boy, grows it, how is it processed and how it gets Festival for the first time in 2014 with cupper and junior trader. Fast forward 27 to be exported. a feature named ‘Catalysing Coffees’ - a years and I am some 15 years into running concept to showcase its position in the the business since my father took a step “As an importer, if we do not visit our industry - bringing grower and roaster back. I am still regularly at the cupping suppliers, in my humble opinion, we cannot together with a special focus on provenance, table and involved in overseeing the trading honestly say we are experienced physical traceability, standards and quality. practices and direction of the company. We coffee people. While there, we talk and listen are a healthy 100% independent company, to the farmers and exporters who tell us It will be hosting a series of green coffee based in London trading globally.” about the coffee, the weather, the logistics masterclasses in conjunction with some of and all these factors contribute towards its trade partners covering topics such as Field trips to origin our decision of what to buy from who sustainability, varietals and microlots, while and when. We also learn about new farms, roasters will share a corner to showcase their “Papua New Guinea was an annual visit - processes and varietals that farmers are offering and serve a great brew. DRW itself usually including Sumatra and Australia at working with, and we take the requirements will be running tailored cupping sessions the same time totaling three weeks. We still of the consumer market back to the farmer and competitions to challenge even the most buy our Fairtrade organic PNG coffee from so that they can make a decision of what experienced palette as well as share some the same producer group as we did 20 years to produce, be it washed vs. Natural, or great stories from its 43 years in the industry. 24 The London Coffee Festival 2014 The London Coffee Festival 2014 25

UK Barista Championship Talented baristas aiming for the top will be at The London Coffee Festival to compete in the toughest coffee competitions in the country.

he festival is hosting the UK UK BARISTA CHAMPIONSHIP Barista Championship (UKBC) The Top 20: alongside , Coffee in Good Celebrate the art of coffee making TSpirits, The Brewers Cup and Cupping with the UK Barista Championships competitions. (UKBC). This competition tests coffee 1. Maxwell Colonna Dashwood - knowledge, presentation, preparation Colonna & Smalls After four intense days of qualifying heats and all round barista ability. During the 2. Dale Harris - Has Bean at Birmingham’s Millennium Point in heats, contestants are required to make 3. John Gordon - Square Mile February, 20 of the UK’s top barista talent four , four and four 4. Darryl Docherty - Artisan Roast have made it through to the finals of the espresso-based non-alcoholic signature 5. Estelle Bright - UKBC at The London Coffee Festival, to drinks. These drinks are marked by two Caravan Coffee Roasters compete for a place in the World Barista technical and four sensory judges, who 6. Joe Meagher - Flat Caps Coffee Championship which will be held in June assess the knowledge of the entrants as well 7. Dan Fellows - Origin Coffee in Rimini. as their attention to detail and creativity of 8. Diana Johnstone - Avenue G Cafe their signature drink. 9. Heidi Beeton - Prufrock Coffee In 2013, John Gordon from Square Mile was 10. Ewan Osprey Allan - Brew Lab crowned winner of the UKBC after beating SCHEDULE OF EVENTS 11. Casper Steel - J Atkinson & Co more than 80 entrants and 20 semi-finalists, he will be back this year to defend his title. Cup Tasting Competition 12. Don Altizo - Baxter Story Last year he took the judges back to their Thursday April 3 - Morning 13. Imogen Ludman - Six Eight Kafe childhoods to discover the sweet and bitter Latte Art Competition 14. Steve Pearson - Devon Coffee attributes of the coffee while providing them Thursday April 3 - Afternoon 15. Alex Passmore - Origin Coffee with a full sensory experience. John used The Brewers Cup 16. Chris Walton - a mixing deck and wireless headphones Friday April 4 - Morning Union Hand Roasted to provide the sensory and head judges Coffee in Good Spirits 17. Emiliya Yordonova - with classical music while he was making Friday April 4 - Afternoon Avenue G Cafe his coffee. The audience was played UKBC Competition 18. Mark Williams - Relish three alternative tracks. The final sensory Saturday April 5: UKBC Semi Finals 19. Jason Gonzalez - experience came from a smoking chamber Sunday April 6: UKBC Finals Colonna & Smalls filled with an aromatic that complemented 20. Laura Holmes - his signature drink espresso, filling the glass For more information and timings of all Small Batch Coffee Company the ingredients were mixed into, then drawn competitions go to through a glass pipe. www.londoncoffeefestival.com/whatson 26 The London Coffee Festival 2014 The London Coffee Festival 2014 27

How To Become A Barista Champion Breakfast’s most popular Andrew Tolley, co-founder of Taylor Street Baristas and Harris + Hoole, is a Q grader (professional cupper), sensory judge for the World Barista plant-powered partner Championship and head judge for the UKBC. Here he tells us how to become a barista champion. Find out why plant power has caught the popular imagination and why more and more UK consumers are drinking our plant-based alternatives.

Using Alpro as an alternative efining a good barista is pretty “Under all of this scrutiny it is easy to make will offer the same level of satisfaction easy, it is becoming one that is simple mistakes. The best routines are clearly through mental, sensory, social and physical to milk in your favourite incredibly hard. It is pretty much well rehearsed and the most successful stimulation. drink or adding it to your Dguaranteed that the top five baristas in competitors know the rules and regulations the competition today have spent many back to front. Baristas often lose points by Experience lovingly created porridge years working at their craft. This means going overtime, using essences with alcohol All baristas make mistakes, the best baristas or smoothie makes a time spent working on the bar, drinking, or putting liquids on the machine. These are don't serve them. You need experience to thinking, reading, and talking coffee." easy mistakes to avoid and will save a lot of minimise mistakes and rapidly rectify them. surprisingly tasty change. points if avoided.” “Winning the UK Barista Championship Training is the product of dedication - there is no A good barista is the sum of “Training is fundamental to any quality other way you would invest all the time, these parts focused coffee business and this is why we money, and effort required. Everyone who have developed the training program with competes thinks deeply about the coffee Humility Harris + Hoole to be at the forefront of all they serve, what makes it special and how Knowing how much you don’t know, and barista training. I do not know of another best to represent it in the cup. honouring all the people who have laboured coffee business that formally trains its to get the coffee to you. baristas to the standards we do before they “In a barista champion we are looking for step into a shop. an ambassador for speciality coffee. It is Enthusiasm important to remember that speciality is Enjoying the challenge of working with a “An early lesson we have learnt with our only 3% or so of the coffee produced in complex raw product, and using tools, skills, barista training at Harris + Hoole is that the world, yet for those of us lucky enough knowledge and experience to make it taste theory and practical training needs to be to work in this industry it is 100% of our damn good. enhanced with in shop experience. The real coffee world. The champion represents world experience consolidates everything speciality coffee - it's provenance, defining Knowledge learnt in the training centre and allows us qualities and flavours, the craft of the Origin, agronomy, processing, technical and to then develop the baristas further. Our barista, and the equipment used to make a sensory - you have to lap it up like a kitten current program has a three-month initiate great coffee. The 15 minutes presentation drinking a latte. There is more training and training, followed by further training time is highly scrutinised. Every word resources available now than ever. in-store. This is a huge investment but we spoken, movement and coffee made recognise that good coffee and training go is assessed by seven judges. We look Skill hand in hand. for professionalism, coffee knowledge, It only comes with hours and hours of customer service, technical and sensory practice, 10,000 of them if you want to gain “To develop our baristas further we also proficiency, movement, workflow, expertise according to Malcolm Gladwell. hold the Hoolympics. These competitions accurate taste descriptors, enthusiasm/ emulate the Barista Championships, Brewer's communication skills and the barista's Dedication Cup, Cupping, and Latte Art competitions. personality and ability to get their Don't get distracted, stay focused on being Competitors are judged to the same Alpro stand HP4 + HP5 message across. the best barista you can be, few other jobs standards by our UKBC certified judges."

14047 LCF COFFEE AD.indd 1 11/02/2014 15:32 28 The London Coffee Festival 2014 The London Coffee Festival 2014 29 Spotted We snapped you beautiful lot around town enjoying your favourite fix. Just because.

Juliet (Journalism student) Spotted: Brick Lane Drinking: Chai latte Favourite coffee shop: Craft Coffee Favourite places for brunch: The Barrel Boulangerie, Hackney Rachel (Teacher) Tristan (Knowledge Transfer Manager) Coffee at home: Cafetiere Spotted: Federation Coffee, Brixton Village Spotted: Shoreditch Drinking: Flat white Drinking: Black Americano Favourite coffee shop: Federation Favourite coffee shop: Look Mum No Hands Favourite places for brunch: Duck Egg Café, Brixton Favourite places for brunch: The New Rose, Angel Andy (Graphic Designer) Coffee at home: Cafetiere, Aeropress Coffee at home: French Press Spotted: Workshop, Clerkenwell Drinking: Flat white Favourite coffee shop: Tap, Look Mum No Hands Favourite places for brunch: Workshop, Caravan Coffee at home: Gaggia espresso machine, French Press,

Rossi (Digital Marketing Manager) Georgia (Coffee Packer) Stuart (Online Marketing) Mark (Designer, Blogger, Photographer) Spotted: The Book Club, Shoreditch Spotted: Federation Coffee, Brixton Village Spotted: Burnt Toast Café, Brixton Village Spotted: Craft Coffee, Brick Lane Drinking: White Americano Drinking: Flat white Drinking: Green tea Drinking: Flat White Favourite coffee shop: Anywhere that serves Musetti coffee Favourite coffee shop: Allpress Favourite coffee shop: Fernandez & Wells, Soho Favourite coffee shop: Nude Espresso Favourite places for brunch: Bella Italia Favourite places for brunch: Cafeand, Shoreditch Favourite places for brunch: Burnt Toast Café Favourite places for brunch: The Counter Café, Hackney Coffee at home: Vintage percolator Coffee at home: Cafetiere Coffee at home: Aeropress Coffee at home: Aeropress 30 The London Coffee Festival 2014 The London Coffee Festival 2014 31

Marvellous Milk Fresh cold milk, steaming techniques and the perfect pour are the all-important factors to get that artistic fern in your latte.

s the official milk sponsor of Coffee consultants 4. Too much banging doesn’t do it a lot of The London Coffee Festival, DunneFrankowski share good - all the work which you need to do to Cravendale will be setting up its their tips for steaming and the milk should be done on the steam wand, veryA own Milk Bar bringing with them a pouring milk. having the milk textured and heated properly whole host of fun activities to show you how ready to be poured. If all is done correctly milk can be marvellous. 1. Always use fresh milk - would you eat old then you don’t need to bang the jug. By fruit? For most of us the answer would be banging the jug you are helping gravity come On Thursday, Friday and Sunday you can no. Fresh fruit is sweet, acidic and tasty and into effect and separate the milk and foam, watch top baristas from across the UK it’s the same with milk. Fresh milk will taste which you then have to re-texture to pour. compete in the Cravendale M.I.L.K. Battle. sweeter and make a creamer texture when The only time you should bang the jug is The heats taking place on Thursday and steamed for coffee. The higher the fat content when you have bubbles on the surface of the Friday will see baristas go head-to-head to the creamer the milk becomes. Milk develops milk, which need to be popped. test who can create the most elaborate latte bacteria as it ages making it harder to steam art. The final takes place on Sunday where and texture correctly. 5. If you don’t see a pattern you’re too far one barista will win the trip of a lifetime to a away - when you start to pour and you want coffee country of origin. 2. Always use cold milk - when steaming milk to see a pattern of sorts appearing, it should. always use milk straight out of the fridge. The If nothing is coming out it usually means that Weekend visitors to the festival are invited to colder the milk is, the longer it takes to heat up, the tip of the jug is too far from the surface of see if they can beat the barista. Throughout which gives us a longer time to texture it and the milk. You might have to change the angle the day Cravendale’s barista will be offering turn it into a silky smooth liquid. The longer of the cup or the jug to get the tip of the spout milk masterclasses, from how to achieve the you texture the smoother the milk becomes. closer to the milk. perfect foam to how to create impressive latte art at home. Everyone who tries to beat 3. Stretch the milk within the first five 6. Follow the steps - if you don’t have a good the barista will be entered in to a prize draw seconds - in the coffee world we refer to espresso, you won’t have a good coffee at the to win a coffee machine and a year’s supply stretching milk when we insert air bubbles end. Imagine you start with garlic in a sauce - of Cravendale. Head to the Milk Bar to into it. Inserting air bubbles into the milk if you burn it the sauce just doesn’t taste right. discover why milk matters. is the first step to creating micro foam and The same goes for milk - you need to texture depending on how much air you insert you and heat the milk correctly to be able to pour can create thin or thick micro foam. The large a pattern correctly and get the right texture bubbles we insert then get diluted during for the correct drink. texturing, hence the reason why we insert air bubbles right at the start. www.milkmatters.co.uk 32 The London Coffee Festival 2014 The London Coffee Festival 2014 33

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Union Hand-Roasted Coffee Union is a speciality artisan coffee roaster based in east London where it hand roasts coffee every day in small batches to display the coffee’s fullest expression of flavour and aroma.

omeone told me some time ago that we will do two, three or four test roasts, and business partner Steven Macatonia is nine-tenths science then taste those in detail, looking at times expertly demonstrate their craft roasting and one-tenth witchcraft - it’s very and temperature and then decide on the in a vintage San Francisco Roaster. There Plant Power Strue, said Jeremy Torz, co-owner of Union best way of roasting that particular coffee. will also be an origin themed espresso and So much good stuff grows straight from the ground Hand-Roasted Coffee as we talk about the It all comes down to the micro-climates in brew bar and you can take part in a flavour and you don’t need a spade, just a spoon to enjoy importance of knowing and nurturing your which they were grown and the way they challenge to test your senses. healthy plant powered foods. beans for the perfect roast. were processed. Jeremy said: “The London Coffee Festival “When it comes to roasting I tend to look “For example we have some wonderful is a great environment for people to come here is a whole host of plant-based as a stated intention, however this was an cookie and gluten free orange and almond at coffee like photographic negatives - some coffees that we call honey coffees - they and find out more about coffee and we pick-me-ups available in our increase from 90% in 2011. cake with berries and compote on its list of pictures you see are very tonal, bold and are produced in a particular way after want to give visitors a point of difference favourite coffee shops such as soya, baked goods. emotive and there are other images that harvesting where by there is a small and a learning opportunity. Talmond and hazelnuts alternatives to milk Kate Arthur, Alpro UK’s dietician said: are very soft, subtle and gentle - I think of amount of the coffee cherry fruit left on the for a dairy-free flat white or gluten and “Plant-based eating is easy - just incorporate There will be plenty of delicious and healthy coffees in the same way - there are coffees bean and left to sun dry. If they are roasted “We are again roasting coffee live to wheat free snacks full of fruit and natural whole grains, nuts, seeds, fruit and treats at the festival. Check out Bee Me with big personalities and character so they too hot then all of the extra sugars are demonstrate the roasting process and ingredients. They can help you take care of vegetables into your diet - such as picking Yogurt serving up natural, low fat, make-your- need a little bit more development, a bit destroyed,” explains Jeremy. show how much of an artisan skill it your wellbeing and waistline, or provide a up an almond porridge or a soya latte to day frozen yogurt to nurture your body and more driving, a firm hand on the roaster, really is. tasty option for those with allergies add more nutrients to your diet. Almond or soul, Nakd Wholefoods snack bars are made with a hotter roast, where as other coffees “You really have to and intolerances. soya alternatives to milk are low in saturated from fruits and nuts lovingly ‘smooshed’ will need something a bit more gentle “There will also be a taste challenge. fat and calories, while being packed with together to make a delicious healthy whole so not to override their delicate inherent know your coffees, When we talk about great flavours and Research from Allegra Strategies shows essential nutrients food snack with no added sugars or syrups characteristics. You really have to know what potential it has nuances that coffees have, some of these that soy drink consumption in coffee shops and vitamins.” and are wheat, dairy and gluten free, plus your coffees, what potential it has and flavours are really broad and bold, then is now considered mainstream with 11% one of your five-a-day, Moma Pots of Bircher where it has been grown to inform how and where it has been some are more subtle, so what we will be of coffee shop users drinking a soy based We are increasingly choosing plant-based Muesli are packed full of plump, apple juice- you roast it. grown to inform how doing is inviting people to take part in beverage once a month. foods as we look for healthier choices soaked wholegrain oats, tangy fruit and low a challenge where they have three cups and ‘free-from’ products are appearing fat probiotic yoghurt, Arancini Brothers will “You learn through experience. The most you roast it.” in front of them and they have to pick Attitudes towards what we put into our on menus so we can still enjoy a dense be whipping up its hand made wholesome important thing for someone roasting the odd one out against the clock. It’s bellies are changing - 95% of consumers chocolate brownie or two without the guilt risotto balls and Rola Wala (pictured above) coffee is to learn to critically taste it - if Union is returning to The London Coffee a chance for people to participate in a surveyed in 2013 by Allegra Foodservice or anaphalic shock. Nude Espresso cafés for will create fresh Indian inspired street food they can critically taste the coffee then they Festival this year with its ‘Roastery on tasting that replicates the way we taste stated that they either have or would want example, have a delightful gluten and wheat with super thin naan filled with colourful can relate that back into the roast. Every Tour’ where visitors can experience the coffee as professionals to evaluate and buy to have a healthier lifestyle. Fairly obvious free peanut butter with chocolate ganache crunchy salad and sharp pickles. batch consignment we bring from origin intensity of the roast first hand, as Jeremy it. There will be prizes too. 36 The London Coffee Festival 2014 The London Coffee Festival 2014 37

“We will have a selection of our supreme “Coffee is very sensitive to its been told that they are not worth anything micro-lots, which are coffees that are environmental temperature and in a and are at the bottom of the chain - but incredibly characterful with amazing number of growing countries the coffee our work moves them significantly up flavours and represent small parcels from does not do well in direct sunlight so there by giving them respect and dignity individual farms that may only be one or they have to be given some shaded tree for what they do and that goes a long two sacks - coffee from where the sun, protection but the amount of shading is way in building important and strong moon and stars all come into alignment on relationships. the day of harvesting.” “The most important “The real gem is that Ethiopia for us is the Jeremy recently returned from an origin trip thing for someone birth place of coffee and most of the coffee to Ethiopia where he is working to preserve roasting coffee is to that is grown around the world nowadays the sustainability of natural coffee reserves, has a very narrow genetic diversity which he said: “The whole premise behind Union learn to critically taste means its very susceptible to pests, diseases is that we want the best coffees year in, year it - if they can critically and a narrow range of temperature. We out, we are not interested in opportunistic believe that the coffee that is growing buying, we try to develop multi year taste the coffee then naturally in wild forests retains the full relationships with communities that are they can relate that complete gene pool of coffee - so it’s very producing great coffee. important for the future of coffee to look back into the roast.” after the natural reserve.” “In Ethiopia they have a real challenge with farmers encroaching into some of the important to get the balance right. A lot of www.unionroasted.com wild forest areas which are long standing the work we are going to be doing over in natural forests, where a lot of the trees are Ethiopia alongside buying coffee, is a lot of being cut down to increase farm land, but technical training with other specialists to in reality there is a lot of coffee that grows advise the farmers how much they need to wild in the forest and if the forest canopy thin and manage the forest canopy, without is managed carefully you can get quality disturbing the sustainability and in fact in coffee production in those areas without turn protecting the sustainability of coffee. disturbing the forest. We are now working in conjunction with the Royal Horticultural “It all comes down to trust - for 150 Society Kew Gardens to work together on a years that coffee has been in commercial forest canopy stabilisation project. cultivation, farmers and growers have 38 The London Coffee Festival 2014 The London Coffee Festival 2014 39

Time For Tea Whether it’s a mug of strong builder’s with two sugars, soothing floral chamomile or fragrant loose leaf jasmine tea, us Brits love a good cuppa.

ccording to The UK Tea Council “We encourage a less is more approach - boiling, anything less and the tea can taste a 66% of the British population quality rather than quantity - this leaves little flat - this means brewing the tea before drink tea every day, that’s 165 plenty of room for innovation, like you add milk - it’ll cool the water and stop millionA cups daily or 60.2 billion per year. cold brew. the brew. So alongside being a nation of coffee lovers there is also still a thirst for all aspects of tea. “Cold brew iced tea has its advantages. Brew Brewing the tea for longer over many hours This is the most important thing for rolled, Coffee shops across the UK are also taking helps to extract a full range of balanced whole leaf tea. You should allow between tea seriously, such as Sacred cafés that serve flavours from the leaf, but equally the three and five minutes depending on your its own house loose leaf tea blend which is tannin doesn’t infuse, leaving a super crisp preferred strength, never more than five as grown in co-owner Tubbs Wanigasekera’s and refreshing drink. It presents endless this is when the tea will start to stew and family fourth generation plantation - opportunities to customise and offer become a little bitter. Nandana Tea Factory in Akuressa, healthier cold drinks, plus the iced tea Sri Lanka. market is long overdue a makeover. Armed with the best tea and these steps you can’t go wrong. All the teas at Sacred are loose-leaf and “We’re finding that by focusing on real hand filled at ordering in specially made tea and classic blends our customers are pouches - teabags are banned. Make getting excited by what tea can offer them Brew Time sure you drink-in to enjoy your tea from - particularly when they know about how a beautiful antique teapot from Tubbs’ to prepare a great cup. English Breakfast is Brew Tea Co’s Earl Grey & Vanilla extensive collection. around 75% of our business which just goes Cold Brew to show that folks absolutely love tea, they The London Coffee Festival is not only all just need a quality brew which has been Ingredients about the bean, it is also flying the flag for blended and prepared with care.” tea-totallers too. From Indian inspired 99% ▶ Earl Grey loose leaf tea caffeine free Chai latte by Drink Me Chai Phil Kirby’s tips for a proper ▶ 400ml cold, filtered water and slimming infusions by EqualiTea to cup of tea: ▶ One fresh vanilla pod organic tropical green tea by The London ▶ Tea Pot Tea Company, there will be plenty to sip and Something the coffee guys are amazing at sample at the festival. is taking the time and effort to make great The Method drinks with their ingredients. While tea Chill Out perhaps needs less equipment, there are Place three teaspoons of Earl Grey loose three critical things to look out for: leaf tea into the teapot. Gently split the Cold brew teas are a perfect pick-me- vanilla pod and scrape all of the seeds up for a refreshing post lunch slump fix How Much Tea? into the teapot. Fill the pot with either and will prove a staple tipple during the You need to use just the right amount of tea cold or room temperature filtered water summer months. for your water. It varies slightly with the leaf and stir it all up a little. Throw in the shape and size but we recommend 2.5g for vanilla pod and pop the lid on. The Brew Tea Co use hand-picked, rolled, every 200ml of water. whole leaf tea that is perfect for cold brew. Leave your cold brew in the fridge for Co-founder Phil Kirby, said: “We small Water Temperature around five hours, or overnight, and pour batch blend classic teas, but do them as they The water temperature for classic English over ice into a chunky glass when you’re should be done - for a proper cup of tea. Breakfast (or any black tea) needs to be ready to go. 40 The London Coffee Festival 2014 The London Coffee Festival 2014 41

The Importance Of Water It is as important as the quality of your coffee beans, but the water that comes out of the tap just doesn’t cut it.

o one is happy about negatively From an equipment manufacturer’s the content of the water they use. Whether affecting the taste of their beans perspective, Martin Morrell from Eversys, it’s reverse osmosis or cartridge based water with sub-standard water and it shared his view on water in the machine filtration, these systems help regulate the quality Ndoes terrible things to your equipment too. world: “Water has always been seen as the of water being used. While you don’t have to We talk to some industry experts to find enemy - a source of scale. It causes more go to this extent at home a recommended and solutions for banishing bad water. issues than it resolves, so you have to deal viable solution would be to use a filter kettle. with it effectively. We have technology that These are relatively good value and by filtering Miles Dawson from Brita Professional tells the operator when the filter needs the water you use at home you will instantly see believes that a filter system is the answer by changing. This guarantees the machine is an improved cup of coffee.” balancing the mineral content of the water protected against scale, works efficiently and and in turn enhancing the look, smell and ensures the final taste too.” Whichever method you choose to improve taste of espresso. He said: “There’s no point the quality of water in your coffee cup, it’s in choosing a great coffee if you’re going to When you understand that typically 98% of clear that just turning on the tap won’t get the drown it with imperfect water. your cup of coffee is water, it becomes clear best from your beans. how important the quality of that water is in “By brewing up with filtered water, the making the end drink taste nice. Visit Brita's stand at the festival to see how aroma of the coffee will be stronger, more you can improve the water for your coffee. complex and, for those who drink espresso, Raphael Prime, speciality coffee merchant you’ll notice a richer, smoother crema. and Q-grader from Mercanta The Coffee London water Hunters, said: “Baristas have to work with “Our filters reduce and control the water that’s either too soft or too hard. ▶ Hard water contains a high level of variables found in water straight from When I’m profiling the coffee I always have a naturally occurring calcium and the tap. This includes limescale, natural problem with consistency. magnesium. deposits and tannins. If you take a look ▶ 70% of the UK has hard water. in your kettle or around your taps you’re “Water is a difficult thing to get to know and ▶ Hard water restricts the development of likely to see a build up of scale - a problem you need a clinical, scientific background to fine flavours in hot drinks. eliminated by using filtered water. understand all the technicalities. There’s some ▶ Scale is a product of hard water that awareness in the industry - but not really an damages equipment and machinery. “Without getting too technical, inner accepted way around it. ▶ London is the most hard hit area of London water has a calcium hardness of water hardness with > 22 degree of around 267mgl, which is particularly high “Water is also not just present in the cup, but general hardness and 267mgl of compared to other parts of the UK. The in the natural processing too. The make up calcium hardness. SCAE specifies that ideal water for brewing of the water at this stage can also affect the ▶ For superior quality extraction of speciality coffee should have calcium taste and quality of the coffee. Sometimes the coffee beans, the brewing water should hardness between 17mgl and 85mgl. water is too good and it ruins the coffee or it’s have between 17-85mgl of hardness as set London has triple the recommended too harsh and ruins the coffee too.” by SCAA. maximum, which is why it’s so important ▶ Chlorine and heavy metals released from to look after your water.” Good water is important at home as well the pipework can affect the final taste as for the professionals. Specialist barista of coffee. Water recently took the spotlight at Sean Pittaway from Make Decent Coffee, ▶ Hard water reduces the transparency and a roundtable debate hosted by Brita comments: “One of the key factors in changes the colour of tea. Professional at the European Coffee brewing good coffee is the water. Water is a ▶ Scaled up boiler systems need more time Symposium in Paris. Attended by leaders massive factor that is usually completely over and energy to heat up. and experts from across Europe’s coffee looked in the home. ▶ Hard water reduces the quality of industry, the future of coffee was discussed, the crema. specifically looking at water as a "High street and independent coffee shops key ingredient. and even coffee carts pay huge attention to www.brita.co.uk 42 The London Coffee Festival 2014 The London Coffee Festival 2014 43 The Lab There will be a wealth of engaging talks, live interactive demonstrations, workshops, theatre and debates to get stuck into throughout The London Coffee Festival.

on’t miss the opportunity to learn Chocolate Pairing clear exploration of the flavours coffee can how to taste test some of Lindt’s Combining Lindt Excellence chocolate with give us and the ways we can communicate melt in your mouth chocolate coffee is the best way to experience an array of and share them. Dmatched with your favourite coffee, geek out exquisite flavours, but for the best experience Saturday with the guys from La Cimbali as they talk you need to choose the correct coffee to about the science behind a great espresso, complement your chosen chocolate. Join Culture listen to fascinating stories of adventure at Lindt Master Chocolatier Stefan Bruderer for - Inspiring Poetry for Generations origin from DRWakefield or get the creative exclusive pairing demonstrations where you Join Jeannette Meinl, international expert juices following with as they will be able to learn and taste three types of in coffee quality and trading, and buying talk poetry and art in coffee shops. The Lab chocolate pairings with coffee, wine and tea. director of Julius Meinl, for an introduction will showcase all that you ever wanted to He will explain the art of combining them to to the delights of Viennese coffee and learn about the coffee world. create delicious flavour combinations, making coffee house culture. Learn about Arabica sure there is something for everyone. blends, specialised roasting techniques and Our pick of must-see Lab Friday & Saturday the important finishing touches that make sessions Viennese coffee remarkable. This session Catalysing Coffees will also provide insight into the historical The Science of Espresso - The DRWakefield Way Viennese coffee house culture, which has Deconstructed Simon Wakefield has been visiting coffee inspired poets, artists and academics for What is the perfect grind? Every coffee farms and roasters for over 40 years - that’s generations and remains at the heart of the roaster will be able to give you the best because DRWakefield is an independent Julius Meinl brand. recipe for your chosen blend whether business and the founder took his son on Sunday for an espresso, filter coffee or any other. many business trips in school holidays. The Development within ‘the science of approach of bringing farmer and roaster Cooking With Coffee espresso’ has enabled La Cimbali to together has always been at the forefront of John Quilter, Cru Kafe owner, TV chef and create technology to control the grind in a Simon’s approach to trading coffee, acting as mate of Jamie Oliver will talk about how to measurable way, controlling the accuracy a catalyst to ignite the business. This shares maximise the potential use of your coffee of gram throw, brew weight and brew time. information and builds relationships from when cooking at home. Think espresso Head to The Lab and let Rob Ward from La farm to roastery, getting the right coffee truffles, coffee baked beans on toast and Cimbali show you how. from the right supplier, in the right quality at Arabica belly pork. Yum. Saturday & Sunday the right price. Simon will give some insight Sunday into the ways in which this has happened for Coffee Cocktails 101 many years and continues today. Are you an industry professional? Mexican coffee liqueur Kahlúa, has Saturday The Lab programme will host numerous collaborated with bartending collective free, relevant seminars and workshops that The Liquorists and local coffee legends Sustainable Sourcing Isn’t About will provide industry visitors with the latest Nude Espresso to host ‘The Kahlúa Coffee Stickers market insight, innovative ideas and ready- House’ lab sessions. The masterclasses will A discussion on Has Bean’s journey through to-implement training and vocational skills be packed with storytelling and a multi- various buying practices and the search for during the trade days of the festival sensory exploration of the four flavour a method that secures both their customer’s (April 3 & 4). components of Kahlúa - coffee, rum, vanilla needs and those of the modern producer. and sugar cane. The team will be showing Expect opinions and honesty. For the full line-up go to visitors how easy it is to make iconic serves Sunday www.londoncoffeefestival.com/whatson like the Espresso Martini and The at home. There will also be plenty Tasting Coffee of discussion about the inter-play between Everybody can taste - but some people are coffee and cocktails, covering flavour genetically more sensitive to strong flavour, matching, provenance, and heritage. For some people are more confident or successful visitors aged 18 and over only. at describing flavours in certain products. Has Friday, Saturday & Sunday Bean will facilitate an open, immersive and 44 The London Coffee Festival 2014 The London Coffee Festival 2014 45

The Kahlúa Coffee House Mexican coffee liqueur Kahlúa will be collaborating with bartending collective The Liquorists and local coffee legends Nude Espresso to host ‘The Kahlúa Coffee House' as part of The London Coffee Festival.

he pop-up experience inspired by lust for all things boozy kept us in.” In the To enjoy a Kahlúa Coffee the unique heritage of Veracruz, booze trade they remained, and vowed to House cocktail at home Mexico, will feature Mexican serve up the best drinks they could to as follow this simple recipe. Tinspired coffee cocktails such as the many people as they could. Kahlúa Espresso Martini, made using Kahlúa Espresso Martini Nude Espresso’s East Espresso Blend Jody will be demystifying the science behind and the Mocha (Kahlúa, Tequila, Cherry cocktail making, explaining how easy it is ▶ 1 ½ parts Kahlúa Coke, Chocolate Ice Cream) as well as to make cocktails in a coffee shop setting or ▶ 1 part Absolut Vodka multisensory masterclasses exploring the at home. He will be showcasing ingenious ▶ 1 part freshly brewed espresso four key components of Kahlúa – coffee, cocktail creations made using coffee rum, vanilla and sugar cane. The Kahlúa machines and unique dried blends that can Combine all ingredients into a cocktail Coffee House will also showcase a cold be brewed in a cafetiere. There will also be shaker. Add ice and shake vigorously. Strain brew coffee cocktail, developed especially plenty of discussion about the inter-play into a chilled Martini glass. by The Liquorists and Nude Espresso for between coffee and cocktails, such as the the festival. role of flavour matching, terroir, provenance, www.kahlua.com quality and heritage. Jody Monteith and Tom Sneesby aka The Liquorists have worked in bars and restaurants for most of their adult life and in their own words: “tried to leave, but weren’t any good at anything else, plus our insatiable 46 The London Coffee Festival 2014 The London Coffee Festival 2014 47

Perfect Pairing Coffee and chocolate is quite possibly the proof that the universe loves us and wants us to be happy, combine them and you have a heavenly pairing that will seduce you into caffeine filled wonder.

s Lindt’s Master Chocolatier, Stefan Next, take your cup of coffee and slurp some perfect pairings Bruderer is a man who is seriously of the liquid from a teaspoon, making sure into his cocoa: “Combining the liquid sprays equally around your mouth Burundi Ngozi Murama - this is chocolateA with coffee provides the ultimate so all the different notes can be detected. a complex coffee with a spicy, almost tannic way to excite the senses and experience an Savour all the aromas and flavours. quality. The result of pairing with Lindt amazing array of flavours. But be sure to use Excellence Dark Chilli is akin to a spicy quality chocolate. Look out for a nice sheen, Sniff the chocolate and savour the aroma meal, cooled by a rich red wine. For added it should break easily and neatly with a snap before breaking off a diamond, listening for taste perfection wait for the chilli to bite and will melt with your body temperature.” the snap. Take a small piece and let it melt before taking a second sip of the coffee. slowly in your mouth. To fully appreciate Expert barista, Robert Henry has partnered the chocolate’s scent, make sure you inhale For Lindt Excellence Intense Orange there with Stephen to share some tips on how through your mouth and out through are different tastes to discover depending to perform your own coffee and chocolate your nose - this allows for the flavours and on the time of day. For a daytime taste tasting. He said: “I am a firm believer that aromas to fully penetrate your senses. Think sensation try a Bolivia Copacobana coffee is not just a drink - it’s an experience. about the aroma, the texture, the length of Americano, the citric notes of orange, Combine coffee with great tasting chocolate time it takes to melt. When you have finally mangoes and peaches make the chocolate’s and that experience is heightened swallowed the chocolate, consider the candied orange and almond notes come even further." flavour and how long it lingers. alive for a wonderful morning treat. For an evening rich experience try a Sumatra Step by step guide to coffee Immediately take another slurp of coffee Takengon Americano - a bold, smoky coffee and chocolate tasting and note how the flavours combine with reminiscent of a freshly rolled cigar. The the chocolate you have just tasted. Do hints of leather and spice react well with the After preparing your cups of coffee, select the flavours and aromas complement or orange and citrus chocolate notes. the chocolate that you would like to taste. contradict each other? Perhaps one releases more detectable flavours from the other? www.lindt.co.uk Be sure to fully embrace each step on the sensory journey. This includes the look of Lindt will be holding pairing sessions at the packaging, the sound it makes as you the festival where you can discover how unwrap it, the first aroma that escapes once their 85% Dark goes down with a flat white it is open. Consider how each of these or Caramel With A Touch Of Sea Salt is impact on your final impressions of taste. matched with an Americano. 48 The London Coffee Festival 2014 The London Coffee Festival 2014 49

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Project Waterfall APRIL 2014 Project Waterfall has one clear objective: improve access to clean water, good hygiene and proper sanitation for some of the poorest communities in the coffee growing regions of Africa.

ince 2010, the project delivered by the the water. Improving the access to adequate all taking part by hosting events from coffee Allegra Foundation along with charity and clean water within a walking distance of mornings and barista masterclasses to pop partners WaterAid, has supplied safe 1,000 meters has resulted in these women up coffee bars and coffee karaoke. Swater to over 8,000 people in the Mbulu and children saving more than half their District, a remote area that is home to one time fetching clean water. To date as the flagship event of UK Coffee of the most vulnerable and marginalised Week, The London Coffee Festival has groups in Tanzania. Also by installing a new pump at the local raised £180,000 for Project Waterfall school the project has given 114 students through ticket sales and on-site fundraising. Almost 21,000 children under five in access to clean water. Let’s hope we can all make a difference again Tanzania die every year from diarrheal this year. diseases caused as a direct result of unsafe Yasintha Edward community leader, said: water and poor sanitation. Only 54% of “To me this is a wonder; I did not expect to For more information on UK Coffee Week people have access to a source of clean water see gravity water in Mongo wa Mono in my events and how you can get involved go to and on average women and children spend life time.” www.ukcoffeeweek.com or visit the over two hours a day collecting water. UK Coffee Week team at their stand UK Coffee Week 2014 runs from April 7-13 during the festival. Project Waterfall has so far laid 5km of and is the annual, charitable programme pipeline in Mongo wa Mono village, that celebrates the UK coffee industry while constructed four water points and protected raising vital funds for Project Waterfall. the water source with fences to prevent Some of the leading coffee chains and an cattle damaging the works and polluting abundance of independent coffee shops are 50 The London Coffee Festival 2014 The London Coffee Festival 2014 51

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The Coffee Art Project Coffee can give us the stimulation to be inspired and Silvia Lioci, curator of The Coffee Art Project believes that coffee culture helps fuel artists, creative thinking and unique spaces.

offee themed artwork, from Around 85 artists submitted works last year Poetry Café sculpture, watercolour and pencil with Claudia O’Sullivan taking the top prize drawings to photography, film for her Untitled watercolour ink and pencil The good people of Viennese speciality Cand illustrations will be on display at The illustration on Khadi paper. The competition coffee roaster Julius Meinl is bringing its London Coffee Festival, showcasing the saw entries from a variety of media, including Poetry Café to The London Coffee Festival creations of finalists in an art competition a guy who painstakingly stuck hundreds of this year, encouraging visitors to share their that aims to represent a creative, unique and coffee beans to his head for a self portrait, an favourite piece of poetry with them before personal connection to the concept of coffee impossible sculptural piece with seemingly the event. As the headline sponsor of The or a coffee shop experience. magically suspended pouring stovetops and an Coffee Art Project, the Poetry Café will run interactive installation where you could create alongside the pop up exhibition between Silvia said: “Creativity is unexpectedly your own image in coffee grounds on lit glass. March 20-30, and the best poetry will be around and inside us in every single moment displayed at the Julius Meinl stand at the of our lives - the winning piece needs to have Artwork submitted will be auctioned with all festival. Budding poets are encouraged intensity and profoundness - I hope that proceeds going directly to Project Waterfall to visit the Poetry Café to submit their the artists have not been afraid to express which supports clean water and sanitation favourite works or can take part via The themselves and felt totally free to create.” initiatives in coffee producing countries, this London Coffee Festival website. year in the Mbulu District in Tanzania, in The project is one of the core initiatives of partnership with WaterAid. www.londoncoffeefestival.com UK Coffee Week and the winning artist will take home a cash prize of £1,500, as well Silvia added: “This project represents the as the chance to have the artwork appear connection between coffee and art - making a on the packaging of Coffee by Tate for 12 good coffee and roasting coffee beans is an art months, sold in Tate Modern and Tate form in itself.” Britain. Five shortlisted runners-up will receive £250. Artwork entered will also be displayed between March 20-30, at The Old Truman The winner will be announced at the festival Brewery, Shop 12. on Sunday April 6, and visitors will be able to vote for their favourite too. www.coffeeartproject.com 52 The London Coffee Festival 2014 The London Coffee Festival 2014 53

Music At The Festival From DJs spinning the decks in the True Artisan Café to world music straight from the coffee belt - you will be up and dancing to some Brazilian beats or sipping your espresso Martini to the sounds of samba.

he London Coffee Festival has Currently I run nearly all aspects of a cycle rich countries and continents of Brazil, teamed up with Russ Jones AKA fashion business from designing jerseys Colombia and Africa. Hackney GT to bring the music of to doing the accounts, I promote Latin TBrazil on Friday, Columbia on Saturday and American/Tropical party Arriba La Cumbia Who are the artists that will be Africa on Sunday to the main stage at The every other month and try to race cross performing at the festival? Old Truman Brewery. country bicycles most weekends. Da Lata will be representing Brazil and essentially are one of the finest Brazilian Hackney GT’s DJ skills have taken What are your musical influences? inspired bands in the UK playing their him around the world and he regularly My musical tastes are extremely wide. own great mix of Samba, Bossa and Jazz entertains the masses from hosting stages Coming of age in the early 80’s I am with some of the best musicians you will at Glastonbury, organising events for the essentially a soulboy and jazz head but love hear anywhere. Papayera are straight out of Barbican and last year hosting the world music from all quarters of the world. DJs Colombia although now based in London, music stage for the Open East Festival at the Gilles Peterson and Norman Jay and bands their music is essentially folkloric roots, Olympic Park. Joining him on stage will be like The Specials have been a very Cumbia with Afro, indigenous and tropical headliner Da Lata and Spiritual South. big influence. influences. KasaÏ MasaÏ play on Sunday bringing some of the best African music you Q&A with Hackney GT Tell me about the music programme will ever hear playing - incredibly rich music aka Russ Jones you have devised for The London Coffee from the Congo, and Soukous - upbeat, Festival this year. infectious and truly joyful. What/who is Hackney GT? I had DJ’d at The London Coffee Festival Essentially a platform for cycle fashion, previously, presenting a musical set of the Why do you think music and coffee music, events and creativity straight out of music of Colombia and particularly Cumbia. culture go hand in hand? east London to the world. It was at this time that I thought it would Essentially both are something we really be great to have bands at the event and associate with pleasure and something to be What do you do? this year the vision is coming to fruition. treasured. They both make our lives richer in I am a nine to five avoider, cyclist, DJ, Taking the international coffee belt as the a very simple manner and sit together very designer and aspiring social entrepreneur. inspiration we are highlighting the musically comfortably. 54 The London Coffee Festival 2014 The London Coffee Festival 2014 55 The World Music Stage Friday - Brazil Saturday - Colombia Sunday - Africa

Kicking off three days of quality music Papayera Hackney GT will be a night of south American music - From the hottest part of the Caribbean Dance, music, and storytelling are among combining the sound of samba, Bossa Nova coast of Colombia comes Papayera, led the ancient art forms that have flourished and new tropical beats. by the voice of Angelica Lopez. Bringing for many centuries in Africa. Join the man you a warm cocktail of African, Latin and himself as he takes to the decks in celebration Da Lata indigenous music. Playing traditional of coffee, food and the music of Africa. Music heavy-weights Da Lata join us on the instruments from their homeland along Friday evening, bringing with them their with the modern sounds of drum kit and KasaÏ MasaÏ distinct sound combining Afro-Brazilian electric guitar, they mix rhythms of Cumbia, Based in London and led by Voodoo influences with other strands from the ‘Chande’, ‘Vallenato’ ‘Mapale’ and more. King Nickens Nkoso, Kasaï Masaï brings melting pot of their native London. the traditional sound of the most remote DJ Cal Jader equatorial villages with an urban twist. Spiritual South Introducing to the festival the most traditional The band is a five-piece outfit, consisting Spiritual South is a well respected DJ and of Colombian rhythms from Afro to of d’jembe, guitar, saxophone, bass producer widely recognised as one of the indigenous to Caribbean and beyond. DJ Cal and drum, successfully marrying vintage most entertaining DJs of his kind, spinning Jader and Moviemientos are one of the leading grooves with an overwhelming urge to move Brazilian, Latin and tropical beats. lights and purveyors of Latin music in the UK. the dance floor.

Da Lata Vintage sounds from Faema

oxton Radio will broadcast live Faema will be looking at its glorious and those still keeping the flame alive from the Faema stand at The cycling heritage as sponsors of the Eddy today. Dusting off rare pressed and limited London Coffee Festival during Merckx team in the late 70’s and early 80’s edition finds and treats from jettisoned Hthe weekend, playing a signature mix of with its vintage Faema E61, the team from jukeboxes and car boot cast offs. vintage, swing, rock n roll, blues and classic La Bottega Milanese (specialty continental rock presenting shows Swing Time and The espresso bar in Leeds) will be pumping The Devils Dinner Party Devil’s Dinner Party. shots of espresso to the vintage soundtrack. Liam Young spins an inspired mix of party music to get you smiling and ready to There will be prizes and giveaways with DJs Swing Time dance across the genres of blues, rockabilly, The Preshaah and Liam Young, while the Sizzlin Jim brings you Swing Time, a show psychedelia, rock n roll and classic rock. High Tea Cast with their bountiful fashion dedicated to keeping the classic sounds of Liam’s bravado and flair brings an uplifting and eyelashes bring an interactive mix of fun the 30′s, 40′s and early 50′s alive. Paying and energetic vibe to match the pace of and energy to the event. homage both to the artists of yesteryear the music.

hile tapping your toes to the to signage for Drink Shop and DASH in coffee belt beats, you are also in Kings Cross, Manu's work is brightening up for a visual treat; enjoy a painted coffee shops across the land. He said: "I get illustrationW of the coffee journey by talented inspiration from many different sources; Coffee Profiles artist Manu on the bandstand and also in the nature, words and expressions, relationships, centre spread of this magazine. daily experiences, good food and hand drawn Brazil Columbia Africa letters. But one of my main inspirations has Jeremy Torz from Union Hand-Roasted Liz Booker, regional coffee Amit Khosla from Kahawa Origins, said: MEET MANU always been music, in particular the D.I.Y Coffee, said: “The best coffee regions are ambassador for London said: “Latin “Africa’s vast range of species and varietals culture related to punk music. in Minas Gerais state where the weather is American coffees tend to be clean, familiar thrive due to rich volcanic soils, elevation Manu aka PINCEL specialises in illustration, temperate but not quite tropical and this and friendly, with flavours reminiscent of and abundant rainfall and are quintessentially sign writing, bespoke signs, wall decoration “I love drawing in my sketchbooks while gentle year round climate nurtures coffees nuts or cocoa. The coffees here tend to be characterised by clean bright fruit flavours such and mural painting. With a graphic design drinking a soya cappuccino - I´ll grab all my that at their best offer a soft, elegant mouth lively and mild - they are prized for their as citrus and berries with excellent floral hues background, a passion for D.I.Y and all things pens and brushes and see you at The Old feel with hints of clarified butter, and vanilla. delicate flavours. The best brewing methods including honey, vanilla, lavender and even handmade, PINCEL brings to life high quality Truman Brewery in April.” The flavour notes mainly comprise toffee, for Colombian coffees are the French Press sometimes jasmine (when lightly roasted) or hand painted signs and murals that you will gentle red fruits and milk chocolate, praline and drip methods which will bring out all full bodied Grenache, spicy strawberries and see throughout the festival. From characters www.pincelsigns.com and hazlenuts." their flavours." dark chocolate in espresso." on brick walls at Black Cat Cafe in Hackney www.manugrinon.com 56 The London Coffee Festival 2014 The London Coffee Festival 2014 57

t. Ali will offer the ultimate Aussie brunch experience, with Head Chef Andrew Gale crafting Sa bespoke menu with a selection of dishes focusing on seasonal produce, bringing you a taste of how they do things over in Melbourne. Devour ‘The Daddy' with Peter Gott's wild boar Cumberland black pudding or secret recipe Mexican corn fritters with poached eggs and halloumi crumb. St Ali owner, Salvatore Malatesta said: “We love the London coffee scene and can’t wait to get back there and establish a permanent home for St Ali UK. London feels like our sister spiritual home.”

Milk & Sugar Creativity, craftsmanship and coffee culture are comfortable bedfellows that will be celebrated at Milk & Sugar, a new event to quench your thirst for all things urban and artisan.

reated for those who have an eye Individualism (pictured right) will Monokel Govino Nicce London for aesthetics, the event debuts host a collective of features from style at The London Coffee Festival tips and confessional interviews to live Monokel is a sunglasses label based in Govino is where wine meets design – Nicce clothing is formed of a team of Cthis year, showcasing inspirational brands tailoring. Tunes will be mixing on the Stockholm, Sweden, producing handmade the ultimate go-anywhere, re-usable, creatives that live in East London and from fashion and design to craft beer decks as people confess their style sins to statement sunglasses while still keeping true shatterproof wine glass with a unique have a combined passion for fashion and and food. Individualism founder Reuben Christian. to their heritage of Scandinavian simplicity. ergonomic thumb notch - perfect for dance music. Then perfect your pose for the photo picnics, parties and bike rides. Visitors will be able to explore and style booth. “This season’s collection is dedicated to the “The key was to immerse ourselves experience immersive features, brief moment of chaos and clarity when an “Necessity is indeed the mother of without being cliché, offering an collaborations and creations located on Eden by Wonder Bars will create a idea starts taking shape, when dopamine invention. Govino was originally created as alternative to many new street wear the ground floor of The Old Truman bespoke menu of herb-infused, fresh and flushes your system and connections a trade tool to help professional salespeople brands. Nicce clothing has quickly Brewery on April 3-6, accessible through fragrant cocktails. Visitors will be invited beyond rational thinking become visible. showcase their wines whenever and established itself as an independent the coffee festival itself. Entry is free for to relax and sip the tasty creations in the Every person involved in our different wherever proper stemware isn’t accessible. unisex brand designing the latest street all you lucky festival goers. sophisticated lounge. projects has somehow inspired us with their Once we began testing the market, we wear and apparel for the street fashion capability to do just that. Some through art, realized there was an even bigger need in the conscious boy and girl. The spring Pall Mall Barbers (pictured above) will Brewers & Union will be running The some through skate or snowboarding, some consumer sector - how many times have we summer collection was focusing on bold be doing what they do best, hosting a full Gentlemen’s Craft Beer Bar where you can through music and some simply by living all had to endure drinking good wine from and simple print designs mainly focusing sized pop-up barber shop experience, with experience its beer flights, including Beast of lives dedicated to what they love. You are bad glasses?” on text, along with head wear.“ cuts, shaves and grooming tips. the Deep, Weiss and IPA. Monokel, and this collection is for you.” 58 The London Coffee Festival 2014 The London Coffee Festival 2014 59

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