The Bahrain Coffee Festival 2025 will be launched next December to celebrate the culture, innovation and creativity of coffee. The Bahrain Coffee Festival 2025 strengthens the Kingdom’s position as a regional center for specialty coffee. The first edition of the Bahrain Coffee Festival 2025 will be launched during the period from 9 to 13 December 2025 at the Bahrain Exhibition Centre, in an event that is the first of its kind in the Kingdom of Bahrain, organized by DXB LIVE, in cooperation with the Bahrain Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Bahrain Authority. Tourism and Exhibitions, and the Bahrain International Exhibition Centre. The Bahrain Coffee Festival 2025 aims to celebrate coffee culture, its innovations, and everything related to the field of specialty coffee and methods of preparing and serving it, in addition to opening new horizons for commercial opportunities and partnerships between local and international investors.
The festival also seeks to enhance the position of the Kingdom of Bahrain as a destination for cultural and entertainment events by expanding the circle of interest in the participating brands and highlighting their experiences to a wide segment of the public, and providing training opportunities through specialized workshops presented by experts and baristas from various countries. It contributes to highlighting emerging Bahraini brands in the field of specialty coffee, expressing the spirit of authentic Bahraini hospitality, and linking the brands to the global scene.
The main program of the festival offers a diverse mix of exciting events, shows and competitions that allow participants to showcase their skills in preparation and creativity, and includes the latte art competition, which celebrates creativity in drawing designs on the surface of coffee, and the tasting challenge, which tests participants’ ability to distinguish between different flavours, in addition to the quick barista race, the home baristas challenge, and the best coffee with milk competition, which adds an atmosphere of enthusiasm and friendly competition, as the Bahrain Coffee Festival represents 2025, through its rich activities and interactive programmes, is an exceptional event that celebrates creativity and good taste in the world of coffee, and enhances the Kingdom’s position as a thriving destination that combines culture, innovation and hospitality.
On the sidelines of the festival, a diverse program of educational and practical workshops covering various aspects of the coffee industry will be held, starting with techniques for preparing drip coffee (V60) and preparation in the Aeropress style, passing through barista basics, roasting basics, an introduction to specialty coffee, latte art for beginners, tasting and analyzing flavors and fragrances, and the relationship between water and coffee, all the way to advanced topics such as the coffee brand innovation and packaging workshop, the steps to establishing a café in Bahrain, and cleaning machines. Espresso preservation, and roasting principles.
The festival’s entertainment and cultural program extends to include a group of interactive activities that give visitors a comprehensive sensory experience, where they can enjoy live drawing on coffee, learn about the art of mixing coffee with sweets, and follow demonstrations of the Arabic coffee protocol, in addition to visiting the arts corner and the mini coffee museum that documents the history of this ancient drink.
The program also includes shows such as “Coffee Around the World” and the future of sustainability in the world of coffee, and a screening of a documentary about the coffee journey, in addition to the “coffee and music lounge,” which provides a relaxing atmosphere that combines flavor and music, and innovative coffee taste experiences that express the global diversity in this field.
The festival gives participating companies and brands the opportunity to showcase their latest products and technologies in preparation, roasting and coffee manufacturing, and to build new partnerships within a vibrant environment that brings together the business and consumer sectors. It also highlights the future of coffee and sustainability through innovative environmental initiatives such as recycling coffee waste and turning it into environmentally friendly charcoal, which reflects the festival’s commitment to supporting the concepts of the circular economy and sustainable practices.
