Coffee & Art Fringe Festival Asia 2015, or more know as CAFFA 2015 promises to be an unmissable event for the discerning coffee lovers, as well as connoisseurs working within the industry. Happening from 11th September 2015 – 13th September 2015 at Publika Solaris dutamas, KL, CAFFA 2015 will surely bring the thriving, vibrant Malaysian coffee and creative scene into a brighter future.
Presented by NESCAFE, the coffee leader in Malaysia, CAFFA 2015 stretches out within the Publika areas of the Boulevard, The Square and MapKL, with food, coffee, tea, art, and many more to have this family-oriented consumer and trade event truly lives up to its name while celebrates the wonderful rise of the speciality coffee scene, music, arts and culture.
This year, NESCAFE showcases a wide variety of products to delight coffee lovers at CAFFA. From NESCAFE Classic, to NESCAFE Blend & Brew, NESCAFE Cans, and finally, NESCAFE will reveal the new NESCAFE Dolce Gusto capsule machine.
At NESCAFE booth, you can even get your name crafted on limited edition mug by joining their fun, easy-to-win activities. So make sure to drop by and play some games. You deserves a souvenir for every trip and event as long as it is memorable, isn’t it ! Free entry somemore!
Besides the must-visit NESCAFE booth, CAFFA 2015 is having over 30 innovative speciality coffee industry exhibitors and more than 20 food vendors including artisan bakers, soda and ice-cream vendors; Latte Art Jam with the World Barista Champion 2015 Sasa Sestic; Numinous Live Poetry and Music evening; Art Exhibition featuring renowned artist Justin Y; Live Bands and Street Performers; BBoy Dance competition; Doodle Competition by the Doodict Collision; Art Installations; and the list goes on!
Among the coffee highlights at CAFFA 2015:
• Mixology and Steampunk demonstrations by Dankoff Coffee Specialists
•‘Keepcup reuser’ campaign with Keepcup to promote eco-friendliness
• Latte Jam with WBC2015 champion Sasa Sestic presented by Eciatto Coffee Group
• Brew Bar by Coffex
To make CAFFA 2015 a more meaningful festival, a new component is added in, named as ART Project. The ART project is a CAFFA initiative to support local artists and designers by putting together several events in collaboration with Artemis Art Gallery. A great move, as this creates an accessible platform for the new artists, photographers and designers to interact, present their work to the public.
This time, ART Project hosts an exhibition by renowned artist, Justin Y, a Malaysian-born, Hong Kong base visual artist, who is also a self-taught artist that is famous for using his fingers to create spectacular works of art, emotionally charged by his cumulative travelling around the world.
He has travelled far and wide, from ancient cities and palaces to deep-sea nature reserves, deserts, snow-topped mountains and down the valley, soaking up the wonders of all places he had walked through. Hence, his work of art are no doubt, an honest reflection of his experience.
CAFFA 2105 is prides to have Justin Y to do a live- demo at 10:00 am on Saturday, September 12, at White Box, MAP@Publika. From a pure white canvas base to a colourful artistic end product, which he named as “Celebration of Diversity”, the fingerpainter channels lots of vibrant colours, energy, cherry and hope into this abstract painting.
As part of the Art Project, Artemis Art has also presented Young Art Award personally to Dedy Sufriadi, on Saturday, September 12, at White Box, MAP@Publika. His artwork, Burning Series: Eat, Love and Art #2, was judged the best among the five finalists in Young Art Taiper 2015. Following the award presentation, Dedy also shared his journey as a visual artist, as well as provide us with a broad overview of the Indonesian contemporary art scene.
Weather was super hot and hazy, we hopped over to Freshy Freeze opposite to The Sound Stage, The Square for some ice-cream to chill down. Freshy Freeze is originated from Thailand, and we called it “Teppanyaki-inspired ice cream”, seeing the way they prepared their ice cream. No, you don’t get them scoop pre-frozen ice cream, but a more photography-worthy process.
They will first stir-well the ice cream mix, then pour them over a “grilling pan” and start “cooking” them. The liquid will slowly turn into solid form as the “stir-frying” plus “flipping” continues. After few minutes, violaa! Your “Freshly Freeze” ice cream is ready! So fun.
Freshy Freeze offers 4 flavours in CAFFA 2015, which is Coffee Toffee, Belgian Chocolate, Japanese Green Tea and Cookies n’ Cream. We love the Belgian Chocolate the most, extra rich, creamy and chocolaty. Cookies n’ Cream is equally good too, added with biscuit crunch for more bites.
Check out some highlights of events and programs at CAFFA 2015 as below:
CAFFA ,FRIDAY 11 SEPTEMBER 2015
10am-8pm
COFFEE ALLEY @ THE BOULEVARD
Mixology session by Monin Asia at 1pm and 3pm
Brew Bar Demonstrations
Steampunk demonstration by Dankoff Coffee Specialist at 2pm and 4pm
Tea Appreciation
Coffee Sensory bar
Coffee appreciation sessions
Milk tasting by Magnolia Milk
Soda drinks mixology
THE SOUND STAGE @ THE SQUARE
Food Fiesta and BBQ
Numinous live poetry session at 8pm
THE ART PROJECT @ WHITEBOX
Art Exhibition and demonstration by Justin Y
Vivid Art Exhibition
Art Installations by Secret Hideout and Dumpster+
Emerging artists exhibition
CLICKS @ BLACKBOX
“Hari ini dalam (MY) Sejarah” Photography Exhibition
CAFFA , SATURDAY 12th SEPTEMBER 2015
10am-8pm
COFFEE ALLEY @ THE BOULEVARD
Mixology session by Monin Asia at 1pm and 3pm
Latte Jam with World Barista Champion 2015, Sasa Sestic @11pm-12pm
San Remo Showcase with Sasa Sestic @2pm-4pm
Brew Bar Demonstrations
Steampunk demonstration by Dankoff Coffee Specialist at 2pm and 4pm
Tea Appreciation
Coffee Sensory
Introducing the different coffee roast, specialty and commercial blends
Coffee appreciation sessions
Milk tasting by Magnolia Milk
Soda drinks mixology
THE SOUND STAGE @ THE SQUARE
Live Bands and Performances from 8pm till late
BBOY Dance Competition from 11am-6pm
Food Fiesta and BBQ
THE ART PROJECT @ WHITEBOX
Art Exhibition by Justin Y
Vivid Art Exhibition
Art Installations by Secret Hideout, Ajim Juxta and Dumpster+
Children Art Workshops By Haris Rashid from 2.30pm-4pm
Emerging artists exhibition
Instant Portrait booth from 3.30pm-5.30pm
CLICKS @ BLACKBOX
“Hari ini dalam (MY) Sejarah” Photography Exhibition
Documentary Photography with Jahabar Sadiq at 11am
X Stage: Inspiring Talks from 3pm-6pm
Photography Workshops and Talk from11am
Kanta Box Karma Photo talk from 6pm-7pm
CAFFA, SUNDAY 13th SEPTEMBER 2015
10am-8pm
COFFEE ALLEY @ THE BOULEVARD
Mixology session by Monin Asia at 1pm and 3pm
Latte Jam with World Barista Champion 2015, Sasa Sestic from11pm-12pm
San Remo Showcase with Sasa Sestic from 2pm-4pm
Brew Bar Demonstrations
Steampunk demonstration by Dankoff Coffee Specialist at 2pm and 4pm
Tea Appreciation
Coffee Sensory
Introducing the different coffee roast, specialty and commercial blends
Coffee appreciation sessions
Milk tasting by Magnolia Milk
Soda drinks mixology
THE SOUND STAGE @ THE SQUARE
Live Bands and Performances
Doodle competition by Doodict Collision from 11am-5pm
Food Fiesta and BBQ
THE ART PROJECT @ WHITEBOX
Art Exhibition by Justin Y
Vivid Art Exhibition
Art Installations by Secret Hideout, Ajim Juxta and Dumpster+
Children Art Workshops By Haris Rashid from 11am-12pm
Emerging artists exhibition
Live Music
CLICKS @ BLACKBOX
“Hari ini dalam (MY) Sejarah” Photography Exhibition
Photography credited to : Summerkid Malaysian Flavours
