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Coffee Festival takes to the streets L-R Adele McPhee - Willow Grove Coffee,Danny Gorton - Spitfire, Lisa Lawson founder of Dear Green, T his year’s Glasgow Coffee Festival is set to be the biggest ever as it takes to the streets businesses and all of the knowledge, passion and technical coffee skills on offer across the Tom McDermott - Sprigg, Erin More from Dear for the very first time, in a bid to encourage city. Green, Gillian MacIntyre Glaswegians to visit local, independent businesses. The event takes place at an incredibly challenging time for coffee shops, as the - Mayze and Sidhean Barlow
The annual event, initially scheduled for furlough scheme, something which has been which enrich our communities and boost our May, was postponed due to lockdown, and of vital support to owners, staff and customers, local economy, by serving and roasting great next month’s rescheduled two-day event can draws to a close. coffee.” no longer take place indoors due to current restrictions. The mission of the festival is to show Glasgow the true meaning of supporting local, and Among the sponsors are SAFE2GO, a digital contact tracing solution which will enable
Instead, organiser Lisa Lawson, Dear Green’s encourage coffee drinkers to swap their visit to visitors to any venue to provide contact details founder, has announced her plans to transform a big chain for a coffee served in a local coffee quickly, easily and securely. the festival into a ten-day-long citywide celebration of the city’s baristas, roasters and coffee shop owners shop, which serves coffee roasted by a local roaster, and directly supports the local economy. Lisa said: “This festival is for everyone in Also sponsoring the event is La Marzocco UK & Ireland. Their sales manager Paul Kelly added: “It’s been a tough time for coffee shops and
In its six years, the event has become a mustGlasgow who enjoys coffee. Glasgow punches roasters, so this event is perfectly timed. We visit for coffee fans from Glasgow and beyond. above its weight in the coffee world and that’s believe this event will shine a light on Glasgow’s In 2018, it became the first coffee festival in the because of an amazing culture, where all the brilliant coffee scene, and encourage people to world to ban disposable cups. Now it’s the first businesses support one another - it’s been visit coffee shops around the city. coffee festival to take to the streets. A ticket, which costs just £5, will provide amazing to watch this evolve in the almost ten years since I launched Dear Green. "Whether it’s indoors or on the streets, we are always proud to support the Glasgow Coffee unlimited deals and discounts in Glasgow’s best “Your local coffee shops and roasters have Festival.” cafes from October 16-25. Glaswegians are encouraged to visit not only been fuelling your home working whilst fighting their own survival battles. For more information on what cafes are involved, and to find out more about the people their local coffee shops during the festival, but “Let’s show support to the amazing people behind them, follow the Glasgow Coffee Festival to discover the uniqueness of independent behind all of these wonderful local businesses social media channels.