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We came. We saw. We slurped, spro\u2019d and shotted. The 2019 edition of the New York Coffee Festival<\/a> was perhaps the event\u2019s biggest, best running yet here on American shores. Long a staple of the London specialty coffee culture thanks to the wildly successful London Coffee Festival<\/a>, the New York edition of the event\u2014like its sibling show, the Los Angeles Coffee Festival<\/a> (November 8-10th)\u2014brings a global energy to one of the world\u2019s great coffee scenes. The booths, the competitions, the art, the films, all of it buzzing with Manhattan energy.<\/p>\n Whether you trekk\u2019d in by subway from 15 stops deep in Brooklyn, or had your chauffeur waiting in the private subterranean carport of that quiet little Tribeca loft you call home, there was something for everyone at the NYCF. Here\u2019s a few of our favorite moments from the 2019 edition of the New York Coffee Festival.<\/p>\n The Coffee Art Project<\/strong><\/p>\n Art! Yes, art. There was a lot to see and try at the festival, but everyone here on Team Sprudge were truly impressed by this year\u2019s exhibition of the annual Coffee Art Project. The brief is simple: \u201cArtists that apply will need to submit a piece of artwork that represents a creative, unique and personal connection to the concept of \u2018coffee\u2019 or \u2018coffee shop experience.\u2019 The work submitted can be any form of art, providing that it has a justifiable conceptual link to coffee or coffee shop experience.\u201d In execution that meant evocative vistas of coffee farms at origin, playing cards reimagined in a coffee milieu, portraiture of coffee drinkers from around the world, and best\u2014indeed, most striking\u2014of all, a tribute to New York Yankee legends made entirely out of coffee beans. Not every coffee festival is also an art festival\u2014it\u2019s something we keep coming back to at these events around the world.<\/p>\n Learn more about the Coffee Art Project here.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n Roast Masters + MCs<\/strong><\/p>\n Which host boasts the most roast? The Roast Masters tournament made its North American debut at the 2019 New York Coffee Festival, pitting ready roasters against each other in a browning battle royale. Expertly MC\u2019d by NYC coffee heroes Erika Vonie and Ezra Baker, with judging overseen by Anne Lunell, Alexandria Dancy, Ben Kaminsky, and John Coyne, an incredible quorum of 25 coffee companies put their roasts to the test across three action packed days.<\/p>\n In the end, the team from Elixr Coffee<\/a> in Philadelphia proved triumphant! A huge congratulations to Elixr Coffee, and stay tuned for our exclusive interview with the 2019 Roast Masters champs right here on Sprudge.<\/p>\n Oatly<\/strong><\/p>\n Allow, if you will, for this brief personal vignette from inside the NYCF showfloor.<\/p>\n Scene: Opening morning of the festival. The floor is starting to fill up, and every booth is open, but before I can even really begin to comprehend all the coffee, first I need\u2026 some coffee. And then, glowing before me as if placed there by some divine being, was the Oatly<\/a> booth, a wonderland of creamy oat beverage product ready to be steamed and combined with espresso in a delicious dance of plant-based pick-me-up. I just so happened to approach while Equator Coffees<\/a> was the on the bar, which meant that I, yours truly, was treated to a luscious, delicious, creamy macchia-oat-o that nearly brought me to tears. It wasn\u2019t just the best coffee of the morning; it wasn\u2019t just the best coffee of the festival; it was my favorite coffee I drank all week long in New York. Believe it.<\/p>\n Wax & Gold\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Not to be outdone by the art show, NYCF was also home to a rolling film festival. We found ourselves bouncing back to the film room again and again throughout the show, to check in on the beautiful films on offer. None cooler than Stumptown Coffee<\/a>\u2018s remarkable Wax & Gold<\/a>, a film journey to the coffeelands of Ethiopia, exploring the country\u2019s endless overlap between the twin cultures of coffee and music.<\/p>\n![\"new](\"http:\/\/thecurbkaimuki.com\/file\/2019\/10\/nycoffee_fest_coffee_wall_jeremy_paul_hernandez-1170x780-1.jpg\")
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