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The Weekend London Was
High On Caffeine

April in London has not been this sunny and warm ficult to tell that a considerable amount of visitors were
for quite a few years. Between the 6th and 9th, it saw tourists. Becoming more and more like some renowned
London getting high on both the glorious sunshine and the UK music festivals for which many people travel from all
joyfully fed caffeine. It marked the highest temperature so over the world, the LCF is now not just serving its role as
far this year on Sunday the 9th; it was also the come back to celebrate the shared passion with coffee lovers, but also
for the largest of its kind, as well as the ever getting better to exhibit London’s coffee scene proudly while taking
annual event which brings the whole city to celebrate the advice from the rest of the world .
black gold that so many of us are in love with, the London We saw the grand areas to celebrate the 90th birthday
Coffee Festival (LCF). of La Marzocco where in one festival goers could play with
Once again the LCF transformed The Old Truman Linea Mini the domestic espresso machine, while in an-
Brewery in Shoreditch into a three-level coffee wonderland. other a U-shaped coffee bar displayed the oh-so-beautiful
Room after room, section after section, the maze-like space new Strada AV constantly pulling perfect shots; we saw
was filled with food and drink stalls alongside interactive the UK debut showcasing of O2, the world’s first smart
workshops, talks, live shows, and the Coffee Master (CM) full-automatic milk frother; we saw Gwilym Davies the
competition. WBC 2009 champion hosting the CM; we saw coffee ori-
Some facts in a nutshell: more than 250 artisan food ented experiments happening from food to drink, butter
and drink stalls, over 35,000 visitors expected, first latte to beer.
art live show on LCF, CM 2017 UK winner was James That said, this year’s LCF did illustrate one of the
Wiise from Treves & Hyde.Sailing one’s way through the current trends in the London Coffee Scene clearly, the
crowd inside The Old Truman Brewery, it was not too dif- integration of good coffee and good food.