Coffee lovers are being urged to put Saturday 14 October in their diaries when the Edinburgh Coffee Festival will take over the Corn Exchange to bring together 3,000 coffee lovers, 40 speciality coffee and tea exhibitors and some of the best coffee cocktails, food and cake around.

The event comes as the city’s speciality coffee scene continues to out-pace the majority of cities in the UK.

More high quality shops open up to more customers with ever-more discerning coffee and tea palates.

Edinburgh is one of the top three cities in the UK outside of London for specialty coffee and, right across Scotland, more consumers are taking their foodie fascination toward coffee.

Event organiser Martin Dare said: “Customers are getting choosier about their coffee. While we’re still loyal to our local coffee shop, we’re venturing further to try new shops, different brewing methods and meeting up with like-minded coffee lovers.

“We’re in our third year now and the Edinburgh Coffee Festival brings everyone together under one roof to talk to roasters and baristas, taste loads of different coffees and get to know the great coffee scene we have.”

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