What happened at Guangzhou's first coffee culture festival?
Guangzhou held its first specialty coffee culture festival in July 2017 at the 289 Art PARK Cultural Plaza. The 500-square-meter market gathered local specialty coffee shops such as Front Street Coffee, Yuyuan Coffee, and Dream House Cafe, where visitors could taste beans from Brazil, Colombia, Guatemala, Yemen, and Jamaica, plus creative drinks, drip bags, and pour-over gear.
Beyond coffee, the event included dessert, craft beer, tattoo, and handmade stalls. Attendees voted for their favorite shop, joined tasting salons and amateur pour-over competitions, and sampled rare lots like Kenya AA, Geisha, and Kopi Luwak. The festival showed how coffee culture in Guangzhou mixes serious tasting with lifestyle market fun for connoisseurs and beginners alike.
In July 2017, Guangzhou welcomed its first specialty coffee-themed lifestyle market—the Guangzhou Specialty Coffee Culture Festival, held at the 289 Art PARK Cultural Plaza. The event brought together the city's top specialty coffee shops, including brands like Front Street Coffee, where visitors could taste coffee beans from various origins, fresh creations by champion roasters, as well as creative coffee, drip bags, pour-over equipment, and cultural merchandise. Beyond coffee, stalls featuring desserts, craft beer, tattoos, and handmade goods were equally exciting. Consumers could vote for their favorite coffee shop, join coffee tasting salons and amateur pour-over competitions, and experience tattoos and photo interactions. Whether a coffee connoisseur or a beginner, everyone could find their own fun here.
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This will be Guangzhou's first specialty coffee culture festival. At the 500-square-meter market, you can taste all kinds of coffee drinks and creative coffee, buy freshly roasted coffee beans from champion roasters, specialty drip bags, coffee pour-over equipment, and various coffee cultural merchandise. In addition, there will be stalls for desserts, craft beer, tattoos, and more.
* Taste the top specialty coffee shops across all of Guangzhou *
Haoye Coffee | Douzhan Coffee | BARISGO COFFEE
COVITA COFFEE | Roasted by Yadaco
PTN studio | WANTOK COFFEE
Yuyuan Coffee | Dream House Cafe | Bank Coffee
Miji Coffee Training | Coffee Salon | Yiwai Cafe
Yinge Coffee | Guangzhou Barista Coffee Academy
Kumia Coffee
Talk with super handsome baristas and roasters
A gathering of specialty coffee beans from various countries and origins—Brazil, Colombia, Guatemala, Yemen, Jamaica, and more—including Mandheling, Huila, Kenya AA, Geisha, Kopi Luwak, and others.
Experience the distinctive flavors of coffee beans from different countries and origins, taste the special flavors of the same variety handled by different roasters, and enjoy original specialty coffee drinks by champion baristas—one after another bombing your taste buds.
At this coffee festival, loving coffee stall owners have also brought specialty coffees that are hard to buy in China. Many exceptional ones, due to scarce production, have never even appeared in the mass market. If you're at the event, you're in for a treat this time.
Dessert Foodie Research Institute
Meticulously crafted, sweet summer
Five-star Western pastry showcase
An irresistible taste bud experience
Selected high-quality premium ingredients
Demanding perfection for every finished product
Just the right buzz, the mood is just right
Guangzhou's largest craft beer house
TIPSY Craft Beer Restaurant & Bar
Advocating craft beer culture
Has the most draft beer in all of Guangzhou
And offers self-brewed beer made in-house
Professional craft beer sommeliers
Recommend the most suitable beer tailored to you
Playful and super fun | Play
A big collection of multiple interactive activities
Suitable for young people to be artsy and let loose
Those bringing kids along won't feel bored either
Experience value UPUP!
Favorite Coffee Shop Voting
Some like the collision of coffee and milk
Some like the ever-changing pour-over single origin
Some like the bright fruit acidity as dazzling as sunlight
Others like the rich, lingering cocoa sweetness
What matters is, I like it
Consumers can give their voting stamps to the coffee shop they love
Finally, the number of stamps for each coffee stall will be counted
To select the consumers' "Favorite Coffee Shop" of this coffee festival
Coffee Tasting Salon
This is a gathering place for coffee experts and beginners to exchange ideas.
Parker has specially invited practitioners from various coffee fields to bring you 2 specialty coffee experience journeys.
Let you know what specialty coffee is,
How to extract the best-tasting coffee,
And appreciate the distinctive flavors of coffee beans from different countries.
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Amateur Pour-Over Competition
If you think you're a coffee veteran, come show off your skills! The international examiner/instructor (AST) of the SCA Coffee Certification Course will taste and score on the spot.
The top three winners will receive coffee equipment, limited-edition specialty coffee beans, and more.
Life is full of challenges—do you dare to come?
On-site Tattoos
A tattoo is a lifetime matter,
After thinking once, twice, three times,
If you still want to get inked, then come on!
Redink tattoo, a super cool tattoo studio.
Skill-focused, bold flavor, quirky style.
There's even a free tattoo perk!
Shopaholic's Favorite
The handmade area will welcome MARMOR
An independent designer brand dedicated to light customization of women's suits
Overturning the traditional impression of suits, creating an aesthetic lifestyle experience space
Here, experience the charm of design
Share the enjoyment of an aesthetic life
Without photos, how do you prove you've lived wonderfully
At the coffee festival, Parker has prepared several fun photo boards,
So everyone can show off their own coffee freestyle,
Needless to say, just snap, snap, snap!
——Everyone is an artist of life
Guangzhou's first specialty coffee culture festival
A coffee-themed lifestyle market
A creative stage that gathers, opens up, diversifies, and shares
An artsy garden party where inspiration collides freely
There are many big players in coffee lifestyle, waiting for you to join!
Event Organizer
289 Art PARK
Event Time
July 22-23, 2017
Saturday & Sunday 14:00-22:00
Event Location
289 Art PARK Cultural Plaza
(No. 289, Guangzhou Avenue Middle, Yuexiu District, Guangzhou)
Surrounding Transportation
Metro: Wuyangcun Exit C
Bus: Nanfang Daily Station
The above content is compiled by CoffeeHunters, a coffee news website.
