A festival is returning to the city for a weekend full of coffee, latte art competitions and new blends. Brighton Coffee Festival is back and will be open today and Saturday at All Saints Church in The Drive in Hove. The event has grown into one of the most popular UK independent coffee festivals and aims to promote the best the city’s coffee scene has to offer.
The Level Coffee Championships - a competition aiming to level the playing field of coffee competitions (Image: Brighton Coffee Festival) In addition to the local scene the festival will be welcoming some international brands. Some of the sponsors include Califia Farms, Victoria Arduino, Embargo App, iX Water and DeBaere. This year sees the launch of the Brighton Coffee Festival Coffee Liqueur in partnership with Devil's Dyke Distillery.
Devil’s Dyke Distillery is a small family business that started as a lockdown project in 2020. Faye Collyer-Rolls and her partner own, locally source and distil their gin from around West Sussex. Faye Collyer-Rolls and her partner own, locally source and distil their gin from around West Sussex (Image: Devil's Dyke Gin) She said: “When lockdown hit it was a bit difficult to go out and enjoy our gin habits, so we thought ‘how hard can it be to make our own?’ and that’s where the project for Devil’s Dyke Distillery was born.
“Four years on we are going strong and our cocktail-making events have been increasingly popular. Our London dry gin is our base and all the botanic.