The Specialty Coffee Association of Europe (SCAE) have announced the first members of the World of Coffee Dublin’s Ambassador’s Club, the second year in a row the SCAE have run this program alongside their annual event. The Ambassador’s Club is a programme whereby approximately 30 of the best cafes, restaurants, hotels and bars serving speciality coffee in Dublin are chosen as finalists and supported through a detailed range of training and marketing initiatives. The SCAE’s vision is to establish Dublin as one of the world’s greatest coffee destinations in time for the World of Coffee event this coming June and to create a lasting legacy that would benefit the city long beyond the staging of World of Coffee. The finalists are: Keoghs Cafe
TWOBEANS Speciality Coffee Bar
River Café
Fallon & Byrne
Irish Whiskey Museum
O'Connells in Donnybrook
O'Callaghan Stephens Green Hotel
Oxmantown
Coffeeangel
Chapter One
Café Tri Via
Fresca Restaurant (Formerly known as Pasta Fresca)
KC Peaches
Bewleys
Kaph
Blu Apple
Delisle Taverns Ltd(Brannigans)
Bewley’s at Arnotts
Grove Road
HMSHost Dublin Airport
Joe's Coffee
Metro Cafes Ltd
Morrison Hotel
Science Gallery Cafe
Fitzwilliam Hotel
Silverskin Coffee Roasters
Kay's Kitchen
VICE COFFEE INC
Tamp & Stitch
Butlers Chocolate Café