{"id":418,"date":"2018-04-05T04:00:52","date_gmt":"2018-04-05T14:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thecurbkaimuki.com\/2018\/04\/05\/the-2018-london-coffee-festival-is-coming\/"},"modified":"2018-04-17T12:13:42","modified_gmt":"2018-04-17T22:13:42","slug":"the-2018-london-coffee-festival-is-coming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecurbkaimuki.com\/2018\/04\/05\/the-2018-london-coffee-festival-is-coming\/","title":{"rendered":"The 2018 London Coffee Festival Is Coming"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nIt’s true! The 2018 London Coffee Festival<\/a> kicks off in just a few short days, bringing with it the sights, sounds, smells and slurps of the world’s premiere consumer coffee event. This is Sprudge Media’s astounding fourth consecutive year attending and covering the event, and we’re thrilled to be back again for a wild whirligig of a good time in the city that never sleeps…er, the city that sleeps after a nice long lunch.<\/p>\n

That would be London, global capital of coffee culture (with heaps of great wine). It’s a city that leads the world in cafe cool, and at the center of it all sits the London Coffee Festival. What began in 2011 as a new event is today Europe’s leading coffee festival, drawing exhibitors from across the UK and EU and more than 30,000 attendees annually. It is a hot bed of brand exhibitions and product launches\u2014the work we do covering London Coffee Festival each spring informs content all year long on Sprudge.<\/p>\n

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An important facet of the fest is its work with Project Waterfall<\/a>, an international water charity focusing on bringing drinkable water to coffee growing communities. 50% of ticket sales at this year’s festival will be donated to Project Waterfall. This ethical approach to hosting coffee festivals is inspiring and a big part of why we’re proud to continue supporting the London Coffee Festival in 2018.<\/p>\n

So what’s on at the fest? Heaps, to put it mildly. There is of course the 4th annual running of the Coffee Masters Tournament at London Coffee Festival<\/a>. This year’s tournament promises to be the biggest and best yet<\/a>, drawing an international cadre of top flight competitors to the stage at LCF. Sprudge Media Network has expanded its coverage of the Masters this season to include live content via the Sprudge Live Twitter<\/a> and web hubs\u2014you’ll be able to follow up to the minute coverage from the event all weekend long, with coverage supported by Cafe Imports<\/a>, Acaia<\/a>, Assembly Coffee<\/a>, Oatly UK<\/a>, and\u00a0Faema.<\/a>\u00a0Follow Sprudge Live on Twitter<\/a> and visit our Sprudge Live<\/a> coverage hub for content all weekend long form London.<\/p>\n

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The showfloor itself is an enviably deep bench of brand activations, product launches, pop-up bars, and educational opportunities. It’s hard to figure out where to start with the highlights, but we’ll do our best by diving straight in.<\/p>\n