Amsterdam Coffee Festival 2027
8–10 April 2027 | NDSM Loods, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Amsterdam Coffee Festival is a public coffee festival centred on roasters, tastings and workshops. It gives coffee enthusiasts and professionals a place to explore coffee through direct sampling and practical learning. The official 2027 listing highlights these activities; detailed session information should be checked with the organiser as it becomes available.
Why Amsterdam Coffee Festival matters
Coffee is best understood through more than a label or a menu description. Sampling different cups can help visitors notice how flavour, roast and preparation affect their preferences, while workshops offer a chance to build knowledge through participation. Meeting roasters in person can also give café teams and coffee professionals a more direct way to ask about the coffees they serve or consider.
Who should visit Amsterdam Coffee Festival?
Coffee enthusiasts
Use the festival to explore coffees beyond your usual order and compare what you enjoy.
- Taste deliberately rather than rushing between samples.
- Note the aroma, flavour and finish that stand out to you.
- Ask roasters how they describe the coffee and how they recommend enjoying it.
Baristas and coffee professionals
Tastings and workshops may help you refresh your sensory vocabulary and collect ideas for explaining coffee to customers.
- Compare how different coffees present in a tasting.
- Bring questions about roast character, serving suggestions and customer preferences.
- Record techniques or explanations you could adapt to your own work.
Café owners and operators
Explore the roasters represented and consider how their coffees might fit the style and needs of your café.
- Identify the types of coffee that complement your current offer.
- Ask about product characteristics and practical service considerations.
- Follow up after the festival with any roaster whose range merits a closer look.
What can you find at Amsterdam Coffee Festival?
The official listing names coffee roasters, tastings and workshops. It does not provide a verified 2027 exhibitor directory or detailed session schedule in the information reviewed, so use the organiser’s website for the latest programme and participant details.
How to prepare for Amsterdam Coffee Festival
- Choose a purpose. Decide whether you want to discover new coffees, improve your tasting skills or explore options for a café or coffee business.
- Prepare a few questions. Ask about flavour, roast approach, recommended preparation and how a coffee might suit the people you serve.
- Plan to compare. Use the same simple notes for each sample—aroma, flavour, body and overall preference—so your impressions are easier to recall.
- Check current details. Confirm ticket, access and workshop information with the organiser before travelling.
How to make the most of the tastings and workshops
Give each sample your attention and record what makes it distinctive instead of relying on memory. A useful note can be as simple as coffee or roaster → what I tasted → why it matters to me → question or next step. If a workshop adds a technique or new way to describe flavour, write it down while it is fresh. The detailed 2027 schedule should be checked with the organiser.
After Amsterdam Coffee Festival: keep the value going
Review your tasting notes soon after the festival. Separate coffees you would like to find again from those that were interesting but not right for your needs. Professionals can follow up with roasters about product details or serving suitability; enthusiasts can use their notes to make more informed choices when buying or ordering coffee.
Is Amsterdam Coffee Festival worth visiting?
The festival is a strong fit for people who want to explore coffee by tasting it, learn through workshops or speak with roasters. Your visit is likely to be more useful if you arrive with a clear question and make brief notes as you go. It is less suited to anyone looking for a verified trade-buyer programme or a published exhibitor directory, neither of which was confirmed in the information reviewed.
Amsterdam Coffee Festival 2027 at a glance
| Item | Information |
|---|
| Event | Amsterdam Coffee Festival |
| Dates | 8–10 April 2027 |
| City and country | Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Venue | NDSM Loods, NDSM-Plein 85, 1033 WC Amsterdam |
| Main focus | Coffee roasters, tastings and workshops |
| 2027 programme | The official listing highlights roasters, tastings and workshops; detailed sessions were not verified. |
Make your visit purposeful
What do you want to understand, taste or take back to your work? Let that question guide the samples you try and the conversations you have. Discover. Taste. Learn. Remember.
Coffee opportunities in the Netherlands
Market size and demand
CBI’s market review, updated in February 2026, reports that the Netherlands imported 222,400 tonnes of green coffee in 2024, making it Europe’s sixth-largest importer. It also reports 90,000 tonnes of green coffee re-exports and 96,000 tonnes of roasted coffee exports in 2024. These figures show a substantial coffee-trading and roasting base, not guaranteed demand for any particular product.
Market drivers and commercial opportunities
CBI describes Dutch trade in specialty coffee and consumer interest in quality, while noting price sensitivity and differing sustainability preferences. Coffee producers and roasters could investigate relationships with Dutch specialty importers and roasters; product fit, pricing and supply requirements need to be assessed individually. Fairtrade green coffee sales reached 5,664 tonnes in 2024, up 4% year on year, but this represented about 5% of the Dutch market.
Regulations and market-entry conditions
The EU Deforestation Regulation is in force and covers coffee. The European Commission lists application from 30 December 2026 for large and medium-sized operators and traders, and from 30 June 2027 for micro and small enterprises. Relevant businesses should check their own due-diligence obligations and product scope.
What this means for exhibitors and visitors
Roasters and coffee suppliers may use festival conversations to understand taste preferences and explore potential product fit, but the event’s public listing does not confirm buyer matchmaking or sales outcomes. Visitors can compare coffees directly; professionals in the supply chain may also use the Netherlands’ import and roasting activity as context for further market research.
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