Experience Lunar New Year with Origin | Events Guide

Guided by our coffee team, our tasting experiences offer an opportunity to learn how to ‘taste’ coffee from the experts, using a method known as cupping. You’ll be taken on a journey through taste, sampling the entire Lunar New Year coffee collection, including the rare (and very limited) Taiwanese special edition, Qing Yé.  

Join us for engaging, relaxed evening that’s suitable for coffee professionals and curious learners alike, a chance to explore your palate, learn a new skill and experience our most anticipated coffee launch on the calendar.

• Thursday 16th January, Origin Edinburgh 
• Friday 17th January, Origin at The British Library 
• Tuesday 21st January, Origin Cornwall
• Tuesday 21st January, Origin Bristol 
• Thursday 23rd January, Society Café, Cheltenham 
• Tuesday 28th January, Society Café, Oxford

In our talk and taste evening, we will be joined by our partners Indochina Coffee, a family-run business that has specialised in importing high-quality specialty coffee from Asia for nearly twenty years.  

We'll brew and taste a selection of exceptional coffees from Asia while discussing the challenges of coffee farming in the region, its significance for the future of specialty coffee, and how Indochina is championing fair prices, sustainability, quality, traceability, and the unique flavours of Asian coffees. 

Join our Director of Coffee for an exclusive brewing workshop featuring our Lunar New Year Special Edition, Qing Yé. In this small group setting with Freda,you'll brewand taste Qing Yé three ways,exploring the nuances in flavour between the methods, and delve into the unique story and flavour profile of this exceptional Taiwanese coffee, enjoyed alongside traditional Taiwanese pastries.