MEET OUR PARTNERS
We’re extremely lucky to have the support of incredible industry partners; without them, Glasgow Coffee Festival wouldn’t be possible. Aside from this year's headliners: La Marzocco UK, Mossgiel Organic Dairy, and Dear Green Coffee Roasters, we would like to introduce you to even more brilliant organisations. Without the invaluable support of these greats, Glasgow Coffee Festival simply couldn’t be the diverse and growing celebration of caffeination that it is today.
From water to coffee equipment to legends of the Glasgow creative scene, meet our Showcase Partners!
BWT Water
The other main component of our beverage consumption is ensuring the water supply at GCF is spot on! Since coffee is generally 99% water, it’s important to us to celebrate our favourite drink with the best water source possible.
Luckily, we’ve got BWT Water on our side. Industry leaders in treating and improving the quality of water wherever possible. BWT ensures we have innovative tech and a whole lot of know-how, and a tagline of ‘remineralising the north’.
With Scotland famous for its water and BWT fabulous for its tech, we have the perfect combo for brewing so many great coffees all weekend at GCF! As well as having their own stall where you can learn more about their work, BWT will also be supplying water cartridges and remineralisation services to all our vendors, ensuring they’re working with the best water (and therefore the best coffee) possible!
Eureka Grinders
So we’ve got great water - now we can get stuck into the coffee!
While La Marzocco have been kind enough to provide us with their phenomenal espresso machines, coffee is no good to us without grinders - that’s where Eureka Grinders come in.
Exclusively distributed by our friends at Jaguar Epresso Systems, Eureka Grinders are handmade in Florence, Italy, and have been for over a century! Serving thousands of coffee lovers over the GCF weekend, our vendors need excellence, and that’s exactly what they get with Eureka.
Combining artisanal knowledge with modern technology and innovation, Eureka grinders are used worldwide by coffee professionals of all kinds. No one likes a grinder that’s loud, hard to clean, or that eats up coffee, resulting in inaccurate results. Thanks to high-quality burrs, whisper-quiet operation, and low retention, they’re a no-brainer for a festival that revolves around great coffee and great chat!
Of course, this couldn’t be achieved without Jaguar. Since 1995, Jaguar has been providing equipment for the coffee industry, priding themselves on top-class customer service. With over 50,000 professional-grade products on their website, if Jaguar doesn’t have it, it’s probably not worth having!
Story Shop
Having the best coffee roasters is all well and good, but who do we call when we really need to make a splash about it? The answer is Glasgow’s own Story Shop.
The gold standard when it comes to getting the word out about just about anything, we’ve been fortunate enough to work with the wonderful Story Shop team for several years now.
Comprising journalists, strategists, marketing experts, content creators and creatives,
As well as being our PR partners in crime, we can always rely on Story Shop to bring the fun to the fest - usually with some seriously juicy coffee prizes - keep an eye out for their stand and accept whatever challenge they throw at you, you won’t regret it!
2GoCup
At Glasgow Coffee Festival, we’re proud of our sustainability credentials. Not only are we associated with the B Corp movement, but we were also named Best Sustainable Event at the Scottish Event Awards 2025.
A big part of that is how we manage waste, and another is the reusable cups we provide. This year, we’re collaborating with our friends at 2GoCup to keep GCF neat, tidy, and free of single-use cups.
It might seem like everyone has at least one reusable cup these days, but according to 2GoCup, each year, we humans go through 500 billion single-use cups, with the vast, vast majority ending up in landfill. Even for those who do have a reusable cup, 7 in 10 have one, but only 1 in 10 consistently use theirs.
To make sure no one is left out, visitors to the Glasgow Coffee Festival will be able to rent a 2GOCup to enjoy all the wonderful coffees on offer from our many stallholders. Whether you’re using a reusable cup for the first time or have forgotten your own, we’ve got you covered.
Brewed By Hand
Another stalwart of the UK community that’ll be joining us for GCF26 is Brewed By Hand! The go-to for all things coffee-brewing equipment, Brewed by Hand works with the industry’s top manufacturers, including Hario, Loveramics, Sage, Wilfa, Felicita, Comandante, Peak Water, and Opal.
At GCF, a huge part of what makes the weekend so popular is the chance for our guests to sample the work of so many brilliant coffee roasters. Without the right brewing equipment, this simply couldn’t happen on the scale that it does - thanks for keeping us stocked up, BBH!
The Social Hub - Glasgow
Last but not least, it’s our neighbours at The Social Hub Glasgow, an all-in-one solution for co-working, creativity and crashing after a big weekend of highly caffeinated activities.
Beginning life as a student accommodation company in 2012, The Social Hub evolved into a space for everyone. Now offering 21 hybrid hospitality locations throughout the UK and across Europe, each location is perfect for those seeking a base of operations, co-working and collaborating, eating and drinking, and events.
In Glasgow, The Social Hub does all of the above and serves as a home for some of the city's best creative forces, including Story Shop and Made Brave. Oh, and did we mention the trained baristas at their restaurant & bar serve Dear Green coffee? As GCF’s accommodation partner,
Read more about our headline sponsors, venue info and our team on our blog. You can also join the waiting list for tickets for Glasgow Coffee Festival 2026 right here.
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