Here's how: Go to this year's New York Coffee Festival. Hosted at the 69th Regiment Armory on September 16 - 18, you can get your cup of coffee with a dose of music, art, food, education and charity.
You can find vendors, new lab sessions, latte art demonstrations and more at the actual event. You'll find Bluestone Lane Coffee, La Marzocco, Ally Coffee and Califia Farms at the festival, alongside 70 other innovate exhibitors. Additionally, the Coffee Masters NYC barista championship, The Lab program with interactive demonstrations, workshops, talks and tastings, the Coffee Music Project and the Coffee Art Project will be going on during the three-day festival.
After the success of last year's inaugural event, there are a number of new features to get excited about. I know, let's all try to contain ourselves. The Latte Art Live allows visitors to learn how to make latte art through demonstrations given by some of the best baristas in New York City and from around the world.
The Village features innovative brands that you may have not heard of before and offers products that are not sold or available elsewhere (yet).
The Espresso Martini Bar is probably the most exciting, at least for me. Try a range of coffee cocktails that will absolutely be an upgrade from your regular order of brewed coffee before work.
Another cool announcement for this year is the "Coffee With" Campaign: Which New York personality would you like to share coffee with? The festival is giving New Yorkers a chance to reveal who their ideal coffee date would be, as well as to enter to win VIP passes to this year's festival. Fill out this form and send in who would be your perfect coffee date.
But it's also the launch event of Coffee Week NYC, which promotes the coffee industry while also raising money for clean water and sanitation projects in coffee producing communities.
Get ready for hundreds of free samples of coffee and food. But, another incentive to attend is that The New York Coffee Festival is donating 50 percent of ticket proceeds to charity: water via the Allegra Group's Project Waterfall initiative. Project Waterfall will be able to continue bringing clean water to coffee countries, like Tanzania, Ethiopia, and Rwanda with the help of these proceeds.
All in all, learn how to make latte art, give back and get caffeinated at this year's New York Coffee Festival. See you there.
EVENT DETAILS:
WHAT: The New York Coffee Festival
WHEN: Fri., Sept. 16th – Sun, Sept. 18th
WHERE: 69th Regiment Armory | Lexington Ave & 26 St | New York, NY 10010
TICKETS: www.newyorkcoffeefestival.com/tickets
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