There are so many exciting homegrown coffee festivals happening in Europe right now itโ€™ll make your head spin. Glasgow, Ljubljana, Tehran, thereโ€™s an exciting new breed of festivals for locals worldwide (to speak nothing of the larger, Allegra-organized events in London, Madrid, Amsterdam, and Milan). No list of international coffee festivals is complete with out Prague. Now in its seventh year, the Prague Coffee Festival is a weekend full of lectures, workshops, and of course, tons of coffee.

Taking place October 20thย and 21stย at the Prague Market, this yearโ€™s festival includes over 50 Czech and international roasters and cafes working either the brew bar or espresso bar (or in some cases, both), including notables like: La Cabra (Denmark), Origin Coffee (UK), EMA Espresso Bar (Czech Republic), and Double B (Russia).

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Along with tasting coffee, the Prague Coffee Festival invited attendees to a host of discussions and workshops. Expect to find a range of lecture topics, from โ€œGood coffee hunting: tips and tricks for enjoying specialty coffee in 2018โ€ to the headier โ€œMechanisms of resistance of the genus Coffeaโ€ as well as a โ€œPhysiotherapy for baristasโ€ session. And for those looking to get more hands-on, workshops on cupping, making coffee at home for a variety of brew methods, sensory training, and even a โ€œcoffee cosmeticsโ€ are all available. Workshops (as well as cuppings) do require a registration through the Prague Coffee Festival website, so make sure you get signed up in advance.

Tickets for the Prague Coffee Festival are 399 Kฤ (roughly $18 USD) and can be purchased through the website. Saturday has already sold out, so snag your Sunday tickets now before they are all gone. For a full roster of roasters and events, visit the Prague Coffee Festival’s official website.

Zac Cadwaladerย is the news editor at Sprudge Media Network and a staff writer based in Dallas.ย Read more Zac Cadwaladerย on Sprudge.

Top image via the Prague Coffee Festival

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