NY Coffee Festival is perfect for caffeine addicts

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If you're someone who's always reaching for that next hot cup of joe, then this event is the one for you. This weekend, September 25-27, the New York Coffee Festival is coming to Manhattan for a perfectly brewed weekend of over 70 innovative exhibitors.

Those exhibitors include Starbucks reserve, La Marzocco, La Colombe and much more delicious, caffeinated brands we all know and love. The event will also feature a barista competition of 20 baristas from around the world.

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Beyond coffee, the festival will also include live music from the Coffee Music Project. As if that wasn't enough, gourmet street food will be floating around to cleanse the pallet.

For those looking to learn a little something themselves, The Lab sessions will give attendees the opportunity to be a part of educational workshops and seminars from some of the coffee world's most prominent leaders.

See the slideshow below for pictures of crazy latte art:



Not all of the event is about coffee, though. There's charity involved. The festival is donating 50% of ticket proceeds to charity: water for the Allegra Group's Project Waterfallinitiative.

Tickets for the festival are now on sale at: www.newyorkcoffeefestival.com/tickets. The event is hosted by Allegra Events Ltd., and was created to celebrate the booming specialty coffee scene.

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