What’s brewing for The London Coffee Festival 2025?

What’s brewing for The London Coffee Festival 2025?

5THWAVE - The Business of Coffee and Hospitality · 2025-05-02

This year’s London Coffee Festival is right around the corner and with it comes four days of caffeine-fuelled celebration in this city’s ever-evolving coffee scene.

Founded in 2011, The London Coffee Festival is a major event in global industry’s calendar, drawing thousands of coffee professionals, enthusiasts, and innovators from around the world to connect, collaborate, and share their passion for all things coffee.

And so in this episode, we’re catching up with some familiar faces from the festival community to hear their standout impressions of the show, how to get the most out of a trade show, and what they’ve got planned for this year’s event.

We'll speak with Agnes Potter, Managing Director, Allpress UK, Stewart Johnson, Sales Director, Sanremo UK, Chris Farnworth, Founder, Blendsmiths, Frances Booth, Marketing Director, Biscoff UK, Harry George, Founder, Send Coffee, and Lee Hyde, Senior Beverage Expert at Monin.

Credits music: "London’s on Fire" by Daisy Chute in association with The Coffee Music Project and SEB Collective

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5THWAVE - The Business of Coffee and Hospitality

A forward-thinking interview series examining the business of progressive coffee culture.

The 5THWAVE Podcast is hosted by Jeffrey Young, Editor-in-Chief of 5THWAVE magazine and Founder of Allegra Group.

Each episode features inspiring stories, business lessons, and thought leadership from the entrepreneurs and industry experts blazing trails to success across the world of coffee.

The podcast will delve into the detail of achieving operational excellence, get to grips with green coffee sourcing and seek out the very best of global coffee culture. We’ll also examine the future of e-commerce and coffee at home, the changing face of cafés and coffee shops, and how to hone winning HR strategies – plus much more.

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