Ten years on

We celebrate the London Coffee Festival’s first decade with a look at its successes

Year after year, the London Coffee Festival has highlighted coffee innovation, pushed boundaries, and brought the coffee community together to celebrate what we love the most. It’s been almost a decade now, and it has grown from 7,000 visitors in 2011 to a whopping 30,000 in 2019 – it’s safe to say the festival knows how to put on a show! As it nears its 10th event, we thought it was time to take a trip down memory lane to see how the festival has become what it is today.

Since its humble beginnings in 2011, the London Coffee Festival has been a mecca for coffee professionals, aficionados and enthusiasts alike. This first event saw the launch of The Lab, an exciting hub of live interactive workshops, demonstrations, thought-provoking talks and debates, a feature that has since become key to all global coffee events organised by Allegra.