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Something's Brewing Partner
                        Angus McKenzie from Fracino reviews
               Caffѐ Culture continues to innovate
                       this year’s Caffѐ  Culture show in
                       London.

                                                                         Insights - a series of invaluable
                        The exhibition felt like the best-attended
                       UK coffee-centric show to date. Over the          business talks in partnership with café
                       two days at the start of October, a steady        industry consultant John Richardson.
                       and even flow of operators, overseas
                       visitors, and marketers descended on the

                       Business Design Centre.
                        Final visitor numbers from the organisers
                       recorded this to be the case with an
                       audience of 3,421 trade professionals - the
                       highest number in recent years – as well as

                       a record number of exhibitors rebooking
                       for 2025.



                                                                       John Richardson
                                                                       at Caffѐ Insights


                                                                          Our BSA booth, now a regular
                                                                         partnership with the organiser,
                                                                         provided a welcome networking zone
                                                                         for potential and existing members,
                                                                         along with showcasing new members.

                                                                          Fracino kindly gave their time and a
                                                                         British-made coffee machine to
                        A busy innovation theatre                        provide a friendly meet and greet

                        Visitors were met with the finest of the         coffee point for BSA members old and
                       British roasters in the Dalla Corte Roasters      new.
                       Zone where coffee showed the best it can           Our chairman Steve and Directors

                       be in a welcoming taster nirvana. This year,      Peter and Angus flew the flag proudly
                       enlightened operators came seeking                and our attendance has already
                       professional suppliers to help them focus         yielded new members to the BSA - a
                       on quality, provenance, automation, and           testament to the show’s relevance
                       technology to survive and thrive on the           and power.
                       high street.
                        In addition, the busy ESTA Tea Hub on                                                       NOVEMBER/DECEMBER. 2024 | ISSUE 39
                       the first floor provided an equally diverse
                       showcase for tea hosting both the tea-

                       tasting championship and the matcha
                       latte art championship. The show further
                       welcomed the successful launch of Caffѐ

                                                                       A busy BSA stand
                                                                       at Caffѐ Culture

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