SCA 2025

UK CUP TASTERS CHAMPIONSHIPS FINAL

For the first time in history, the SCA UK Cup Tasters is coming to Glasgow!!


We are delighted to announce that the Final of the SCA UK Cup Tasters Championship will be held at the 2025 edition of the Glasgow Coffee Festival! The competition is a platform for highlighting the best palates in the UK coffee industry and will be taking place in Glasgow for the first time ever!

 

The 2025 competition has featured four heats; one in Bristol, one in Manchester & two taking place in London last year. The winners of all these heats will battle it out in the final at Glasgow Coffee Festival this April!

 

The final will involve eight sets of triangles (three cups of coffee where two are the same and one differs) with a time limit of four minutes. Contestants will use their finely honed palettes to pick the odd cup out. As competitors progress through the sets they get increasingly harder as the coffee gets increasingly similar. We can’t wait to host what will be an amazing finals weekend! See you all there!

If you'd like to witness all the action, you can secure your ticket for Glasgow Coffee Festival right now!

  • 09:30 - Competitor Briefing

    10:00 - Set 1

    10:30 - Set 2

    11:00 - Set 3

    11:30 - Set 4

    12:00 - Set 5

    12:30 - Set 6

    13:00 - Set 7

  • 14:30 - Set 8

    15:00 - Set 9

    15:30 - Set 10

    16:00 - Set 11

    16:30 - Set 12

  • Round 2

    9:30 - Competitor Briefing.

    10:00 - Set 1

    10:30 - Set 2

    11:00 - Set 3

    11:30 - Set 4

    12:00 - Set 5

    12:30 - Set 6

    13:00 - Set 7

  • Semi Finals

    14:30 - Set 1

    15:00 - Set 2

    15:30 - Set 3

    Finals

    16:30 - Set 1
    (announcement approx 16:45)

Commenting on this year’s competition, SCA UK National Coordinator Alexx said
“We couldn’t be more excited to bring the second heat for this year’s Latte Art Championship to the Glasgow Coffee Festival. Within the speciality coffee community, Glasgow Coffee Festival has always had a reputation for being one of the country’s most dynamic and exciting coffee events, run by a passionate group of coffee people who always have the interests of the coffee community at the heart of what they do”