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Caffè Culture
With Caffe Culture shining a light on the art of
roasting and the issues around the supply-chain
journey of speciality coffee, two new headline
feature sponsors are welcomed to the show.
The eagerly anticipated Caffe Culture will once New Roasters Zone equipment sponsor Brew-it
again be throwing open its doors to welcome back Group will host 16 of the UK’s finest roasters
1,000’s of industry professionals who will be who will be showcasing their full array of
heading to the show to source and test the latest brewing and espresso skills. For the roasters
innovative products and services but also looking themselves, new Roasters Forum partner
for solutions and inspiration to navigate the Sucafina has curated a series of compelling
challenging economic times ahead. discussions that cover topics such as managing
risk within small-to-medium roasteries, creating
With the UK experiencing a perfect storm of a carbon-neutral supply chain to the
labour and skill shortages, rising prices and the unpredictable and potentially heated ‘ask your
withdrawal of government business rate and vat green trader anything’ session.
support, operations of all sizes will have to adapt
to evade the challenges ahead. Solutions to tackle The popular and thought-provoking Coffee
these issues will be one of the central themes at Studies programme is back in its successful
the show this year with an extended programme ‘TED’ style’ format. Curated by Nick Mabey at
of workshops and training opportunities which will Assembly, and with its contrasting and
range from a series of half-day sessions on complementary perspectives, Coffee Studies will
overcoming staff retention and recruitment
issues, rebranding and effective social media focus on real business stories and challenge the
campaigns to how to scale-up your business in prevailing narratives around speciality coffee
the current climate. These will be in addition to and its position within the framework of global
more hands-on and interactive training sessions trade.
from some of the UK’s most renowned barista
champions. The show also continued to receive the support
of the industry with some very important and
The show, which takes place at London’s iconic influential partners and associations. The British
Business Design Centre on 1-2 September, is Coffee Association joins the BSA, alongside
working with some fantastic new and existing ESTA and SCA whom both have a larger
partners to showcase the exemplary skills and presence at the show this year.
expertise within the hospitality sector.
The European Specialty Tea Association
The Victoria Arduino Skills Hub is the latest new introduces several workshops and
interactive feature which will focus on the four key presentations to their Specialty Tea Hub to
pillars of innovation, engineering, education and meet the growing demand in the sector. The
operations. Each pillar within the Skills Hub will SCA will host the UK finals of two major
offer attendees the opportunity to get hands-on competitions with the addition of Coffee and
with the technologies of Victoria Arduino to Good Spirits to the Latte Art finals, creating
improve workflow, increase productivity, and drama and tension amongst the many
achieve operational efficiency.
spectators and competitors.
