The seventh annual Glasgow Coffee Festival is almost upon us and organisers have teamed up with nearly 100 local businesses for coffee aficionados to sample the best of the city’s emerging coffee culture.
For the first time in two years - due to pandemic disruption - the 2022 edition makes a return to the indoor festival in the city's Briggait, this May 7 and 8.
After the festival went 'to the streets' during the pandemic, this element has now become a permanent feature, despite the end to lockdown.
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That means more than 50 Glasgow businesses will be offering discounts and deals over festival fortnight.
Some of the discounts that will be on offer include:
- Free cannoli with every coffee at Laboratorio Espresso
- Free coffee with every food purchase at Sprigg
- Free cake with every coffee at Five March Guid Egg and Morning Glory
- 2 for 1 coffees at the Alchemy Experiment
- Free coffee with every bag of beans at Black Pine Coffee
All discounts can be claimed through the Best Coffee App, which ticket holders can download to use deals at participating businesses, and there’s no limit to how many deals can be used from 2nd-15th May.
Organiser and founder of the Glasgow Coffee Festival, Lisa Lawson, believes that by combining the traditional festival format with the ‘to the streets’ element, this year’s event will be better and bigger than ever.
She said: “Glasgow has an incredible coffee community. It’s brilliant to see so many coffee businesses offer great discounts and deals. These deals are a thank you to everyone who supported coffee businesses during the pandemic, and a nudge to coffee fans old and new to try some new cafes during the festival fortnight.
“I’m very proud to say this will be the biggest coffee event Scotland has ever seen. I feel like everything’s been building up to this point since we launched in 2014.“
Deals at “To the streets” include:
Laboratorio
- Free cannoli with every coffee
- Or free venchi chocolate with every coffee
- House coffee reduced from £12.90 to £10.00 per bag
Gordon Street
- Free coffee with each bag of beans purchased
- 20% off coffees
- Free coffee deal applies to any "wee" beverages
Outlier
- limited edition product exclusive to GCF ticket holders - Coffee + Exclusive bakery item (TBC) for £5
Bare Bones
- 10% off hot chocolate
Locavore (all 3 locations)
- 10% off everything to ticket holder
Sprigg
- Free coffee with each bag of beans purchased
- Free coffee with every food purchase
- 20% off coffees
Brave Bakers
- Free coffee with each bag of beans purchased
- Free cake with every coffee
- 20% off coffees
- Free coffee for any other 3 products bought
Dandelion Cafe
- Free coffee with other product
- Free coffee with each bag of beans purchased
- Free coffee with every Dandelion Keep Cup purchased.
- Free affogato with every sit-in lunch
Market
- Free coffee with each bag of beans purchased
- 20% off coffees
French Monkey
- 10% off coffees
Cafe Salmagundi
- Free coffee with each bag of beans purchased
- 20% off coffees
- Free coffee with main menu item purchased
Mayze (both Finnieston and Dennistoun locations)
- Free coffee with any purchase over £5
- Free coffee with other product
Andina
- Free coffee with each bag of beans purchased
Zennor
- 20% off coffees
- Free coffee with other product
- Free coffee with each bag of beans purchased
Five March (both Morning Glory and GUID EGG)
- Free cake with every coffee
- Free coffee with each bag of beans purchased
- Free friande with your coffee! It's our fave
Cottonrake
- Free coffee with every food purchase
Kelvin Pocket
- Free coffee with each bag of beans purchased
- 20% off coffees
The Alchemy Experiment
- 2 for 1 coffees
- Free Alchemy sticker pack
Black Pine
- Free coffee with each bag of beans purchased
- 20% off coffees
1841
- 15% off retail coffee
Ottoman Coffeehouse
- 20% off coffees
Absolute Roasters
- 20% off coffees
Deals and discounts TBC at:
- Grain & Grind
- Neighbourhood
- Big Bear Bakery
- SPACE
- Broken Clock
- Akara Bakery
- Us V Them
- Riverhill
Tickets for the festival, which will cost £12 per person, will include presentations, film screenings, tastings, and a chance to meet with 40 exhibitors.
Sponsors of this year’s event include coffee equipment companies La Marzocco, Compak, Bunn and Dear Green Coffee Roasters, Us V Them, Oatly and Story Shop, a Glasgow-based marketing agency.
For more information on the businesses involved, and to find out more about the people behind them, follow the Glasgow Coffee Festival social media channels or visit glasgowcoffeefestival.com.
