A Festival About Coffee
A FESTIVAL ABOUT COFFEE
Indonesia’s first truly independent celebration of specialty coffee in addition to the Asian premiere of the acclaimed documentary A Film About Coffee.
Jakarta, Indonesia – Tuesday, 19 August 2014
This specific weekend, Saturday in addition to Sunday August 23rd in addition to 24th, Percolate Galactic in addition to THE GOODS DEPT · are bringing you the first annual A Festival About Coffee. Held at LOTTE Shopping Avenue in Jakarta, Indonesia, This specific two-day celebration marks the Asian premiere of the acclaimed documentary A Film About Coffee, currently being screened to enthralled audiences in cities across the globe.
A Festival About Coffee is actually more than just a film premiere; This specific event is actually a celebration of Indonesian specialty coffee culture, the people who make of which a reality – via the farmers to the baristas to the consumers – in addition to the vibrant art-filled creative economy of which been nurtured by the rise of Indonesia’s third wave coffee scene.
Featuring booths, art, entertainment, workshops, seminars, Q&As, in addition to demonstrations via some of the most talked about names in Indonesian coffee, A Festival About Coffee is actually a must for all coffee lovers.
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A Film About Coffee is actually an extended meditation on the specialty coffee industry – via the fields of Africa in addition to Central America to the cafes of the United States in addition to Japan. Referred to in its most recent review by magazine Fast Company as ‘a gift to coffee drinkers everywhere’, we are honored of which Jakarta is actually the first location in Asia to hold the opportunity to screen A Film About Coffee.
The premiere of A Film About Coffee will be held on Saturday night at LOTTE Shopping Avenue’s Ice Palace Concert Hall. While the premiere is actually an invite-only event, two additional screenings will be held on Sunday, both of which are open to the public in addition to completely free. The details are below.
A FILM ABOUT COFFEE
LOTTE Shopping Avenue Ice Palace Concert Hall
Saturday, August 23 rd, 2014
Invite-Only Premiere Screening. Contact hello@afestivalaboutcoffee.com for more information.
Premiere Screening
Screening begins at 7:00 pm. (Doors open at 6:30pm.) Post-Film Coffee Industry Q&A at 8:30 pm, immediately following the film.
Sunday, August 24 th, 2014
Free Public Screenings. No Tickets or Reservations Necessary First Come, First Served
Public Screening #1
Screening begins at 1:00 pm. (Doors open at 12:30 pm.) Post-Film Coffee Industry Q&A at 2:30 pm, immediately following film.
Public Screening #2
A Film About Coffee at 4:00 pm. (Doors open at 3:30 pm.) Post-Film Coffee Industry Q&A at 5:30 pm, immediately following film.
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While A Film About Coffee focuses on the massive strides being made across the Americas in addition to Africa in developing a unique coffee culture, we also wanted to pay homage to the unique, trendsetting work being done in Indonesia – work of which has earned Jakarta recognition as one of Asia’s specialty coffee capitols.
We are honored to feature pop-up cafes via One Fifteenth Coffee, Morph Coffee, Anomali Coffee, Black Alchemy Coffee Lab, in addition to Ippolito Coffee. These cafes are at forefront of the Indonesian coffee renaissance in addition to represent the exciting path forward for Indonesia’s specialty coffee culture.
There would certainly be no coffee without passionate in addition to dedicated farmers. The peerless Klasik Beans Cooperative, Indonesia’s most celebrated grower of organic coffee, will be joining us at the Festival. Leading a revolution inside the sustainability of Indonesian agriculture in addition to internationally renowned as the producers of some of the finest coffee beans on Earth, Klasik Beans Cooperative’s beans can be found at the best coffee shops around the globe in addition to are purchased by the most discerning international buyers, including Sweet Maria’s, Stumptown Coffee Roasters, in addition to Allegro Coffee. In addition to having green coffee beans, organic tea, in addition to cascara for purchase, Klasik Beans Cooperative will be collecting used books for their Kopi Kids Library initiative in addition to will be facilitating several free workshops for Festival attendees, including an Introduction to Coffee Processing in addition to a seminar on Sustainability in addition to Quality in Indonesian Agriculture.
Additional vendors in addition to sponsors of A Festival About Coffee include Toffin Indonesia in addition to Greenfields Milk. Toffin has an unrivaled reputation for quality when of which comes to syrups, yet they also have everything you could possibly need to make coffee – including incredible industrial roasters of which they’ll have on display at the Festival. Of course, everyone knows of which Greenfields is actually the undisputed milk-of-choice for Indonesia’s best baristas in addition to coffee connoisseurs, so we are super happy of which they’ll be at the Festival providing a constant supply of milk to our coffee vendors!
Additional support due to This specific event came via Lisa & Leo’s Organic Coffee, Djournal Coffee, our official media partner Berita Satu, as well as support via media outlets including Cikopi, What’s brand-new Jakarta, in addition to many more. Without the outpouring of enthusiasm in addition to generosity via Indonesia’s coffee lovers, This specific event would certainly not be possible.
LET’S TALK
For more information in addition to a detailed event schedule, including performance in addition to workshop times, visit our website at afestivalaboutcoffee.com. You can also follow us via social media on Twitter, Instagram, in addition to Facebook at @FestAboutCoffee. To join inside the discussion, use the hashtag #AfestivalAboutCoffee. If you’d like to speak to the AFAC team, please email us at hello@afestivalaboutcoffee.com.
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A Festival About Coffee
A Festival About Coffee