A new Boulder County eventuality facilities all from films and coffee-roasting demos to barista lessons—plus copiousness of caffeine.
| Apr 11, 2019
Imagine a festival dedicated to a libation many adults in a United States arise adult with and you’ve got Coffee Fest, a weekend-long jubilee of java and enlightenment that’s debuting on Apr 13 and 14 in a easterly Boulder County towns of Lafayette and Erie.
The thought behind Coffee Fest started when Erie Coffee Roasters participated in a 2018 Flatirons Food Film Festival in October. “We desired their coffee and operative with them, that spawned a thought of a some-more poignant partnership in a future,” says Julia Joun, a executive executive and owner of a Flatirons Food Film Festival. “Coffee is a good topic, so we motionless to try it in a initial eventuality outward of Boulder.”
Not to be confused with a trade uncover Coffee Fest, this internal chronicle facilities “everything from films about coffee and coffee roasting demos to barista lessons on latte art and espresso shot pulling,” Joun says.
Attendees can design to learn about a nuances of coffee from seed to cup. Waste diversion will also be a prohibited topic, and we can design to learn how coffee companies are producing reduction rabble and what we as a consumer can do to help. Highlights embody a Saturday screening of a documentary Caffeinated during Arts Hub (420 Courtney Way, Lafayette, 303-229-1127), that dives into a fascinating routine of formulating some of a world’s best joe, as good as a coffee portrayal muster by visiting Pennsylvania artist Craig Peterson.
While coffee geeks will find copiousness to love, a uninformed java drinker is also welcome. “The specialty coffee attention can seem like an strenuous abyss of a unknown, something usually for professionals,” says Lisa Zautke, co-founder of Erie Coffee Roasters. “We suffer holding divided a arrogance that tends to follow high-quality coffee. Specialty coffee is for everyone, either we splash it daily or usually on special occasions—it’s a mindset, not an snob act.”
You can see firsthand how Erie Coffee Roasters (300 Airport Drive, hanger #307, Erie; 720-309-3968) roasts, packages and sells a beans during a Sunday morning debate from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Local baristas from East Simpson Coffee Company and Precision Pours will also be on palm to showcase their skills and learn visitors a thing or dual about latte art and pouring a ideal cappuccino.
And, combined Joun, we can design copiousness of coffee on palm for sipping.
If we go: Tickets for a 2019 Coffee Fest run $15 per day or $26 for a weekend, and are giveaway for ages 12 and under. Guests who move their possess mugs get a $1 remission or sheet cost discount. Purchase tickets here or during a door. Apr 13 and 14, times and locations vary