Event Seoul Coffee Festival

Event Seoul Coffee Festival

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2023 Seoul Coffee Festival

Together, Freshly - Blend New, Brand New A global coffee culture festival in the city where coffee lovers can fully enjoy coffee.

Coffee cannot stand alone as well as Cafe Show Seoul. Its value can be greater and sustainable through coexistence. This year’s Seoul Coffee Festival takes "Symbiosis" as its keyword, sharing various ideas through coffee and together envisioning a new world.

Blend experience: Experiences accumulated alongside diverse coffee cultures – Seoul Coffee Spot 
Blend insight: Insights gained through various coffee brands and stories – Coffee Library, Coffee Talks, Coffee Art Gallery

Seoul Coffee Spot

YWhat will the cafe look like in the future? 20 unique cafes in Seoul, each preparing for the future in their own way!

In 2023, Coffee Spot showcased 20 cafes contemplating the future and coexistence through initiatives like supporting diversity and protecting the environment. These include vegan cafes and pet-friendly cafes.

  • - Period :  Nov. 8(Wed) ~ 11(Sat), 2023
  • - Place :  Seoul Coffee Spot Cafes

Coffee Art Gallery

The Infinite World of Art Unfolding from Coffee!

In 2023, the Art Gallery featured AI artist Heather Lim, who illustrated the future of the coffee industry. Artist Kim Soon-mi's works, exploring curiosity about various people, were also hidden throughout the Cafe Show Seoul venue.

  • - Period :  Nov. 8(Wed) ~ 11(Sat), 4days
  • - Place :   Coffee Art Gallery Area, Hall B on the 1st floor

Coffee TALK

Stories from people who offer a whole new experience through coffee.

What stories will unfold under the categories Roast, Blend, and Foam? At the 2023 Coffee Talk, both domestic and international coffee brands gathered to share engaging coffee stories.

  • - Date :  Nov. 8(Wed) ~ 9(Thu), 2023
  • - Place :  Coffee Talk Stage in Starfield Library
  • - Subject : “Speak through Coffee. Our inspiration is rounded up.”

Coffee Library

Encountering books and life in the process of turning green beans into coffee.“

This year's Coffee Library has prepared a special curation under the categories Roast, Grind, Extract, and Blend. By drawing parallels between the coffee-making process and books and life, it introduces books that could be the beginning of transformation.

  • - Date :  Nov.1(Wed) ~ 11(Sat), 2023
  • - Place :  Starfield Library in Starfield Coex mall B1 floor
  • - Subject : “Meet books and life in the process of green beans becoming coffee”

Partner: Bright Books, Chaegbang Yeonhui, HOWS SEOUL, KYOBO SAM

Bright Books
Bright Books is a lawyer-run humanities and social arts bookstore that seeks to broaden understanding of humans and society, focusing on law and human rights. We all want to live in a relationship with others and feel connected.
Chaegbang Yeonhui
Chaegbang Yeonhui stands for "Book, Yeonjui (演戲, a play)“. It is an urban humanities bookstore and curation bookstore that talks about books and cities in words, writings, and movements. Bookstore Yeonhui is run by a writer and urban researcher, and it is not a bookstore that only sells books, but a place to produce and consume the stories contained in books.
HOWS BOOKS
HOWS Books, a local bookstore that goes well with coffee, dreams of becoming a space full of passion, inspiration, and discovery that resembles coffee. HOWS Books introduces independent published books discovered by young writers.
KYOBO SAM
Kyobo SAM is the first E-book subscription service in Korea that contains the meaning of 'a fountain of knowledge and wisdom’. SAM enables you to experience a variety of knowledge and cultures and suggests another way to love E-books.