Coffee and Chocolate with James Hoffmann

  • 2nd December 2023 - UK Time
  • 11:00 am until 11:45 am
  • Fidelio Cafe Farringdon, Clerkenwell Road, London, UK

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About the talk

James Hoffmann is a coffee expert, former World Barista Champion and C0-founder of Square Mile Coffee Roasters. He’s also a craft chocolate fan and has been a subscriber since the early days of Cocoa Runners. In this talk, he will join Spencer to discuss the similarities between Specialty Coffee and Craft Chocolate, what he learnt at the Penny University of Coffee and how this may be relevant to Craft Chocolate. They will share how they savour both coffee and chocolate – and you’ll be able to taste some of Square Mile’s Coffee and James’ favourite bars.

James Hoffmann

About James Hoffmann

James Hoffmann has worked in coffee since 2003 and is passionate about sharing what he’s learned along the way. James won the World Barista Championship in 2007 and in 2008 co-founded Square Mile Coffee Roasters, a multi award-winning coffee company based in East London. These days, he creates videos about anything and everything to do with coffee for his YouTube channel. His YouTube videos cover how-to recipes, guides, reviews, video essays, and mini-documentaries. James has published two books with Octopus Hachette: his 2014 book ‘The World Atlas of Coffee’ has since been translated into twelve languages and his 2022 book ‘How To Make The Best Coffee At Home’ was a Sunday Times top ten bestseller, and has several foreign editions on the way.

About the Craft Chocolate Christmas Fair

Cocoa Runners is hosting a free-to-attend, two day Christmas Craft Chocolate Fair in London for one weekend in December. The fair is taking place on Saturday 2nd and Sunday 3rd December at Fidelio in Farringdon, a music venue, cafe, and restaurant. Bean-to-bar craft chocolate makers from across the UK, including Pump Street, Duffy’s, Tosier, Chocolarder, and Dormouse, will be there to share their festive bars, drinking chocolate and Christmas gifts with you. Alongside the free fair, we’ve also scheduled ticketed talks from experts in wine, cheese, music, health and of course, craft chocolate, including talks from guest speakers James Hoffman and Tim Spector. Check out our Christmas Fair event page to find out more – we’re looking forward to seeing you there!

Please note: all tickets are non-refundable. You will receive a confirmation email after booking, then more information via email closer to the event. Each talk lasts for approximately 45 minutes.